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CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2011

By the end of the financial year 2011, 54 communities in North Darfur were receiving support from Kids for Kids - long term, sustainable projects identified, and run, by the communities themselves.

Since the establishment of our own office in El Fasher, the regional capital of North Darfur, in March 2010 we have adopted a further five communities, bringing the total to 59 villages where mothers know that they will not have to fear for their children's future in one of the most deprived areas of the world.

  • Kids for Kids was able to help communities survive by being able to be flexible and to respond to the failure of harvest in 2009/2010 and to unexpected catastrophies such as the outbreak of fire which destroyed half a village.
  • Our Welcome Home Package for Internally Displaced People is enabling families to establish new lives in rural villages.
  • The Kids for Kids new programme office in Darfur, is reinforcing the capacities of local communities, and avoiding the extra layers and costs of international NGOs.
  • Water handpumps once again are being installed. For the first time, we have been able to fund the repairs of handpumps, left idle since the start of the violence because of the lack of expertise and available funds to repair them.
  • Kids for Kids' Project Implementation Manual captures lessons of our innovative approach to projects.
  • Continued use of volunteers and sponsorship enables administrative costs to remain low, despite soaring inflation.
  • The Drawn....to Darfur art, and heart, project attracts celebrity supporters at the highest level, in a year long campaign to raise awareness and funds for the children of Darfur.
  • Plans and risk mitigation strategy in place for next five years. New designated fund and reserves policy enables expansion of project work and underwrites the charity's operations and commitments.

New projects plans - include kindergartens, new midwife training school in Mellit to give the most remote villages access to midwives, and women's literacy programme in all our villages.

 


Chairman London Committee - Graham Griffiths

Members:
Seham Awadalla Charlotte Sutton Timothy Pettigrew
Dominic Gould Dante Campailla Alastair King-Smith

Simon Lamey

Izzy Harrap

 Yewande Faloyin

Lara Aroson

 


Chairman Surrey Committee - Patricia Parker MBE

Members:
Sylvia Ezen
Jane Conway
Touran Rees
Angela Haeems Brenda Whitaker Derek Carpenter
Iris Sweet Diana Lo Alexandra Coventry
Ian Caldwell - Publicity Officer Angela Wood Gerald Culliford


Honorary Chairman Khartoum Committee - Hatim Amin Abu Sineina
Honorary Treasurer - Mr. Omer Shumeina

Members:
Siddiq Amin Al Hadi Al Mahdi Salim Abdel Rahman Salim
Kalthoum Barakat Rania Osman Yusra Abdel Rahman Salim
Nassrin Dafallah Afaf Abdel Rahman Mohammed Omer Shomeina

Issra Elk

Abeer Hago

Ashraf Sabban

Hagir Ibrahim Suleiman

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Chairman of Trustees & Founder
Patricia Parker MBE

Trustees

Christopher Bates
Dante Campailla

Patrick Doyle
Alastair King-Smith
Elizabeth Owen

 



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Honorary Presidents
H.E. Mr Al Sadiq Al Mahdi Former Prime Minister of Sudan, President of the Umma Party, Imam of the Ansar

H.E. Dr Ahmed Abdel Rahman Mohammed, Secretary General,
Council of International People's Friendship, Sudan

Patrons
H.E. Dr Hassan Abdin,
former Ambassador of the Sudan to the Court of St. James'

H.E. Abdullahi Al Azreg Ambassador of the Sudan to the Court of St James'

The Lord Cope of Berkeley PC

Eamonn Holmes

H.E. Nicholas Kay CMG HM Ambassador to Sudan

Dame Rosalind Marsden DCMG EU Special Representative to Sudan

H.E. Sir William Patey KCMG
former British Ambassador to the Sudan, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

The Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE

H.E. Mr Omer M. A. Siddiq former Ambassador of the Sudan to the Court of St. James'

Alastair Stewart OBE


CONFIDENTIALITY
It is our policy not to divulge any names to any one other than for our own use. All names given to us are confidential, nor will we put any of the recipients of your gifts and donations on our database. If you have donated to us we need to record your details for our end of year accounts, and thus your name and address will be added to our database. This will never be sold, given or divulged to any other organisation. We endeavour to provide up to date information to those on our database twice a year. We are grateful to volunteers who enable us to do this. Without their help it would not be possible to do so cost effectively. From time to time we also email supporters with the latest news.


If you do not wish us to mail to you please state this clearly.

MAILINGS
Our aim is to keep our overheads as low as possible in order to spend the maximum on the projects. However, we know you want news of us and aim to be in touch twice yearly. If you are near areas where we are hosting a KIDS FOR KIDS Event, then you may have received an invitation in addition to the two main mailings. If you would like more regular news, do please let us know, or you may like to consider becoming a Friend which will enable you to not only meet like minded people, but to also take a more active part in Kids for Kids, if you wish!

EMAIL NEWS & Request for volunteer help!
We email to supporters when there is news, but do our best not to overburden your server. Please let us know if you do not wish to hear from us in this way. We would also be grateful if you would let us know if you have any comments - or indeed would be willing to help us! Volunteers are welcome anywhere in the world! We need help to spread awareness of what we are doing and without you, this is impossible!

FUNDRAISING STANDARDS BOARD

We are members of the Fundraising Standards Board, the official organisation which oversees the standards adhered to by non governmental organisations (charities registered in the UK). As such we adhere to a complaints procedure. Details are available to download.

Capital InternationalKIDS FOR KIDS is committed to funding a minimum of 150,000, for each of the next three years, to help families stay in their villages. Many families which were already facing great hardship, are hosting people made homeless because of the conflict. CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL is the first to help these families. "I cannot thank the Trustees enough" said Patricia "This support means a great deal - please can you help us give more families a chance?"

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