Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian hero who led the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, witnessed first-hand humanity’s failure to stop genocide. He is the one who coined the term Human Promise, when he said that “No human is more human than the other.” This quote is the inspiration forThe Human Promise, since we believe that every human, regardless of where they were born, has the right to live in peace and security and be able to pursue a better life.  The Human Promise is a group made up of teenagers from the Montreal area that believe strongly and are committed to doing our utmost to ensure that action is taken to preserve human dignity and further the causes of those people in terrible situations, especially children.    

       Our biggest ongoing campaign at the moment is to try to help the people of the Darfur region of the Sudan.  The conflict there has been called the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, and it has claimed over 300 000 lives.  Our main goals are to sensitize our peers and encourage teenagers to take action and raise money to help end this crisis.  Although teenagers today may be concerned primarily with their own day to day lives, we believe that the care, advocacy, and support from teens are necessary to end the slaughter and destruction of lives in Sudan.

       Our organization is now in its third year and we have been quite successful so far.  We are in the process of making a major donation of about $10, 000 that has been raised to build a well in a refugee camp near Darfur.  This well will enable children to go to school, as they no longer have to spend their days walking miles to get water, and enable women to lead safer lives as they will not have to leave the camp’s safety.  As well, The Human Promise donated $5, 000 to send relief to the victims of the terrible earthquake in Sichuan, China.

       The choice is yours; will you close your eyes to human rights abuses, or will you do all you can to end them?  If you value human life, if you respect and value people of all countries and cultures, if you are committed to ending the killing of innocent people, then join our cause.  For only with your help can the Human Promise truly fulfill the promise to humanity.