by Keiron Audain

Created on: September 22, 2009   Last Updated: September 25, 2009

The aftermath of the Tsunami tragedy touched the very depths of the human soul, and the generosity of the British public was overwhelming. The kindness of warm-hearted citizens should be acknowledged, for it proved that it is possible to make a difference in the lives of people less fortunate.

It is probably near unthinkable for anyone in the civilised world not to be aware of the Tsunami. It went from television footage, to website links, to information "pop-ups" on your desktop. Eventually, anyone with any form of compassion felt compelled to donate to the catastrophe, and as a result, Britain donated more than 200 million. The donation campaign was even downscaled Britain due to the amount of money that was raised.

While browsing through a business magazine around April 2004, I came across a picture of what appeared to be a war stricken African country.

As tear dropping as the picture seemed, it was not surprising to me. As far back as I can recollect, I have been exposed to pictures of a starving Africa, an Africa of famine, poverty, and death.

The article went on to describe a situation related to "ethnic cleansing", where the dark-skinned peoples of Sudan were being driven off their land, and being raped and killed in the process.

Assuming that these events were relatively recent, it shocked me to discover that fighting in Sudan had been ongoing since February 2003, and was only a spark from the flame of a 21-year civil war.

It seems that Sudan has always had political problems regarding Islamic rule, and the forcing of the doctrine upon non-Muslims. During this civil war, more that 2 million people have been killed, and over 4 million displaced.

The information of the situation in Sudan soon became widely distributed, and the public, as well as government officials were bombarded with images and footage of the horrendous acts of inhumanities done to the Sudanese people. It reminded me of a grisly historic film, or one of those biblical stories telling of entire nations being invaded, and the people either enslaved or killed.

Yet despite all this media attention, the quantity of aid being donated to Sudan remained unreported. What did make the news was the fact that the E.U had been finally trying to unlock approximately 400 million Euros, which was caught up in a 14-year development aid freeze, and the UK's plan to sort out Sudan's $26 billion US debt had somehow been delayed.

Being the largest country in Africa, Sudan is slightly more than

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