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Q. How big is Sudan?
The Sudan is more than ten times bigger than the size of the UK. Darfur is over 200,000 square miles.

Q. Where is Sudan?
Sudan is the largest country in Africa - over 1 million square miles. It is bordered by Libya, Chad, The Central African Republic, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopa, Eritrea and Egypt.

Q. Why is there a problem?

Darfur is isolated geographically, politically and economically. To visit Darfur even people bringing help have to have travel permits. These can take days to acquire, making travel difficult and stressful. It is as if in England you needed to have a permit to visit the next county!

Q. What is Darfur like?
Frequently no rain falls in large areas of Darfur creating a vast desert. People are forced to leave their homes. Many survive on wild food for months. Called Mukheit, it is highly toxic and has to be soaked and strained every day for 10 days. Children are the first to show signs of severe malnutirition. Left without help countless die. In 2007 there have been shock floods - torrential rain for short periods causing great destruction, even in El Fasher where some people were drowned. Then the wataer disappears into the sand and is gone.

Q. Who lives in Sudan?
45% of Sudan's population is under the age of 14 years. 80% of these children live well below the poverty line.

Q. Why is education important?
80% of children do not attend school - 46% of adults are illiterate.

Q. Is life really that tough in Sudan?
Unfortunately, yes. The life expectancy in the country as a whole, for men is 52 and for women 55, - before the vilolence it was only 42 years in Darfur. Now, no one knows how many small children have been born in the villages of Darfur - or who have died from lack of food or medicine.

Q. How do Handpumps help?
Not only do they prevent children spending their lives walking for water, children have to be clean to go to school. When our first handpump started running in September 2001, the children of 3 villages, boys and girls, were able to go to school every day for the first time.

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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