The Genocide Intervention Network (or GI-NET) is a non-profit organization that "envisions a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Its current mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide." Currently GI-NET focuses most of its efforts on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Formerly, the Genocide Intervention Network was known as the Genocide Intervention Fund; it changed its name in September 2005.
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