Europe .. the Eldorado of Africans

The focus of this page is on the incredible and deadly journey that thousands of Africans - men, women and children - make every year as they attempt to reach Southern Europe. Many of them die during this journey, either in the Sahara desert or drowning in the sea. We have collected several videos that tell stories of this horrific feat of desperation. We at D2O, hope that, through this visual testimonies, you can see a reality unknown to many here in America.

Our desire is for the Church to understand why hundreds of thousands of human beings are willing to risk their lives chasing a dream, Without understanding, we become judgmental and critical of other people who are different from us...simply because we have no idea why they do what they do, we are indifferent to their lives! I was like this when I began my missionary/social work among the Nigerian and Ghanaian community in Castelvolturno, Italy. I was eager to judge and condemn their uncivilized and pagan ways of living...but mostly just I thought they had degraded and trashed "my " town.

I was indignant at the sight of young girls standing along the Domitiana road waiting for a sex customer. I wished they would disappear so that my children would not see them. I was like this until the very day some Nigerians began to attend my church. Then I begun to know them, hear their life stories and their brave journies of hope...hope that had crashed on the shores of Lampedusa in far southern Europe. For those who survived, their nightmare continued, especially for the women. I heard many wishing that they had died in the Sahara or in the Mediterranean.

We can come together and show the love and compassion of Christ - Do 2 Others!

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Why they do it?

This two part video explores the reasons why so many Africans are leaving their homes, to begin a deadly journey that has no guarantee that will ever end as they hoped. The stories that you see and hear in this video are common to all Africans who make that decision, whether they come from Mali, Burkina Faso or Nigeria...they all sounds the same!

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The Sahara Crossing

Who will make it?

Warning!!

This video contains graphic images. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Death in the Desert

Warning!!

This video also contains graphic images of dead people.

Viewer discretion is advised.

We posted here because the images are not gratuitous, they are inspirational

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Lampedusa

Promise land or the death of a dream?

For those who made it, it may seems the end of a hellish nightmare, which started 2 or 3 years earlier... they have survived the desert, smugglers, Libya and the open sea..they have finally arrived to Europe..But, little they know that another struggle for survival is about to begin. Few will make it!