About the Tents of Hope Project

Tents of Hope is a national community-based project that envisions a powerful union of artistic creativity and social concern in response to the crisis in Darfur. The goal of the one-year project is to draw attention to the genocide in Darfur while encouraging donations of material support for the millions of uprooted persons in Sudan - many of whom have been living in tents for years after being violently forced from their homes and villages.

The mission of the Tents of Hope project is to support a one-year process in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan by creating tents that are both unique works of art and ongoing focal points within communities for learning about, assisting and establishing relationships with the people of Sudan. The tents are not answers in themselves. Rather, they are points of entry for more concrete forms of Darfur advocacy.

What: Tents of Hope is a one- year campaign in which people respond as communities to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan by decorating canvas refugee tents.

Why: The tents are both unique works of art and focal points for learning about, assisting, and establishing relationships with the people of Sudan.

How: Congregations, schools, and groups in over 350 cities in over fifteen countries are painting tents with images of hope, love, freedom, humanity, and peace to create awareness about Darfur and to raise funds for humanitarian relief.

When: The project will cumulate November 7th-9th

Where: The “Gathering of the Tents” in Washington, D.C.