NGOs, governments and activists all over the world have taken up the plight of the hundreds of thousands of people killed or displaced by the conflict in Darfur. What?s essentially a civil war between the government and rebel groups has resulted in a tragedy for millions of people. One French organization has decided that enough is enough. Children are dying, and the international community isn't moving fast enough on resolving the conflict. Their solution? Evacuate the children. The Arche de Zoe--?Zoe?s Ark?--a French humanitarian organization that has launched an operation to bring a thousand orphans from Darfur to France who will be taken in by host families, and evenutally adopted as French children. This of course is raising eyebrows all over the place, even in the French government. I met several potential host families, and this piece looks at the preparation for what one organizer calls a "crazy project".

NGOs, governments and activists all over the world have taken up the plight of the hundreds of thousands of people killed or displaced by the conflict in Darfur. What?s essentially a civil war between the government and rebel groups has resulted in a tragedy for millions of people. One French organization has decided that enough is enough. Children are dying, and the international community isn't moving fast enough on resolving the conflict. Their solution? Evacuate the children. The Arche de Zoe--?Zoe?s Ark?--a French humanitarian organization that has launched an operation to bring a thousand orphans from Darfur to France who will be taken in by host families, and evenutally adopted as French children. This of course is raising eyebrows all over the place, even in the French government. I met several potential host families, and this piece looks at the preparation for what one organizer calls a "crazy project".