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Dame Joanna Lumley with Kids for Kids Founder Patricia Parker OBE

Joanna Lumley Doubles your Donations this Christmas

Donate to Kids for Kids this December and your donations will be doubled by Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS, our wonderful Patron, and special friends. Give the ultimate Christmas present – the gift of life to a child in Darfur, Sudan. With appalling violence across the country your support is needed now more than ever. Millions have fled but the children and their families who remain in remote villages are in urgent need of our help. All donations this December – up to £27,500 will be doubled – a whopping £55,000 to help children facing starvation right now. Can you help? For just £50, you can buy a goat for a child providing protein-rich milk – the only source of protein, minerals and vitamins for countless children. Food has never been so scarce. Your donation of one goat will be immediately doubled – two goats!           For £15, you can give the gift of seeds to a family that has no other source of food. There are no markets in many areas – it is just Read more…

By Davina Patel, ago

Get ahead this Christmas and buy Gifts that keep on Giving!

The dilemma every year – what do you get someone that has everything?  This Christmas buy your loved ones the ultimate Christmas present they have always wanted – goats, mosquito nets and sacks of seeds – and they will save a child’s life. Out of sight of the world, children in Darfur, Sudan are living lives of inexcusable and unimaginable hardship, especially since April when fighting broke out which has turned into genocide in Darfur. The UN describes the situation in Darfur as the ‘worst, most cruel humanitarian catastrophe in the world today’. Make this year memorable and give a gift to a child this Christmas.    You will receive a beautiful Christmas Certificate, which can be presented knowing that is the best gift you have ever given to someone you love.   Why a Goat? – because it’s milk will save a little 5-year-old from starving. Protein-rich Goats Milk provides children with the nutrients they need to survive. Giving families a little Goat will give them the means to survive.   Who doesn’t love a goat …!  Donate Today: A Goat Read more…

By Davina Patel, ago

Win Delicious Delamere Dairy Hamper for Christmas!

Our wonderful supporters, Delamere Dairy, have very kindly offered us a fabulous Hamper, full of delicious Delamere Dairy goodies! And it could be YOURS this Christmas! To enter our raffle and be in with the chance of winning, just text WINHAMPER to 70215. Tickets cost £5 each and are available from now until Friday 8th December 2023 at 11am. The winner will be drawn at random and announced on the afternoon of 8th December so we can organise delivery straight to you or a loved one in time for Christmas! Please note: We can only deliver to UK addresses and the contents of the hamper may vary from the image shown. THIS WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT! BEST OF LUCK!

By Charlotte Allum, ago
A Local boy with a Goat

Delivering emergency aid

It has been a terrible year since the violence erupted in April in Sudan. Virtually no aid reaches remote villages in Darfur. Families who live in remote villages, hundreds of miles away from the regional capital El Fasher in North Darfur, have been left with nothing. Kids for Kids is the only organisation helping these communities who live out of sight of the world. At long last we have found a means of delivering emergency aid to remote villages in North Darfur right now. One of the problems was that banks across the country had closed and with inflation sky high it has been impossible to find means of helping. Our volunteers are exceptional people, despite all their anxieties for their own families, they are keen to help Kids for Kids deliver assistance to our villages. During the many years of violence, Kids for Kids has always managed to support families. I am optimistic that even now our volunteers will not give up. Sorghum, mosquito nets, veterinary drugs, and most important of all, spare parts and repair kits for hand Read more…

By Davina Patel, ago
Attendees of Kids for Kids Fly-Fishing Event enjoying their lunch

Fishing Day – a Triumph!

What a wonderful time everyone had at Park Lake, Albury, for the annual Kids for Kids’ Fishing Day last month! Thanks to the Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy, Kids for Kids had exclusive use of the beautiful lake for a memorable day – fishing, terrific lunch and delicious homemade cakes and treats, made by a host of volunteers.   And best of all, our Fishing Day raised £2,000. It is especially poignant this year to raise this amount as the health service across Sudan has virtually collapsed.   Can you imagine how young mothers feel with no access to medical help?  Families are moving to our villages because we fund two midwives in every one of them.  There are 110 so far.  Midwives have never been needed more and now, with this £2,000, we can train another. And the fishing?   It was terrific.  Held later than in past years the water was cooler – and the fish started following the flies.   15 beautiful rainbow trout were landed – the heaviest 2.5 lbs.    The day always starts with sizzling sausages and hot Read more…

By Davina Patel, ago

Everyone needs a Happy Christmas – How can you help Children in Darfur be happy this Christmas?

Sudan is out of the news.  It is hard to understand why, when civilian houses are being shelled and looted and over 4 ½ million people had fled the country by June. It is no light thing to leave everything you own and flee your home, yet when bullets fly through the window of your house you have no alternative. You flee. I am being asked if we are able to help, or should people wait to support us.   Please do not wait.   We need to be ready to help the minute it is possible.   Waiting will endanger children’s lives.  I can understand the concerns – that whatever is provided might not reach where it should, or perhaps even be destroyed, or stolen.  That is of course possible – but I am more proud than I can say, that because we work directly with the communities themselves, in all these years, every single thing we have funded is proving sustainable to this day and there has been ongoing violence in Darfur since 2003. Our handpumps are close to villages.   Elsewhere Read more…

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Claire Atkins Swims the Channel for Children of Darfur!

We are so proud of Claire Atkins! Not only has Claire worked tirelessly for us behind the scenes to help with our new website but Claire has recently taken on – and completed! – the challenge of (tirelessly) swimming the English channel, raising vital funds for the children of Darfur along the way! It was actually Claire’s Australian cousin Ben who encouraged her to be part of an English Channel relay team. “Hell no!” was her first response, but then Claire quickly remembered she was soon to be 50, and if she didn’t do it now, when would the chance appear again? A channel relay involves a team (6 in this case) taking it in turns to each swim for an hour, until they cover the 22 miles from Dover to France. At all times the swimmers are accompanied by a boat with an experienced pilot and crew who navigate them through the busy shipping lane! All the rest of Claire’s team were from Australia so her swim training was carried out remotely with their coach, Mike Gregory, sending weekly programmes Read more…

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Make a Will for FREE this month!

A gift in your will can transform a child’s life now and for future generations to come.  We are excited to announce that we have partnered with iForm to offer you the opportunity to have your Will written for FREE! It takes around 30 minutres to write your Will with iForm and normally costs £195. Save yourself £195 and make sure your loved ones are looked after by making the most of this FREE will-writing service with iForm.   iForm is offering to write 10 basic wills for supporters of Kids for Kids iForm was set up to deliver a service which is completely different to traditional firms providing ‘Estate Planning’ services. ​Estate planning is the preparation of tasks that serve to manage an individual’s asset base in the event of their incapacitation or death. The planning includes the bequest of assets to heirs and the settlement of estate taxes. ​iForm is here to work with you to create and plan the perfect, lasting legacy for those you care about the most.  Removing the complexity, simplifying the language and helping to Read more…

By Davina Patel, ago

Patricia and Team STEP UP for the Children of Darfur

We’ve done it! 2,023 STEP UPS for STEPtember 2023 completed!! And we are SO proud of our Founder, Patricia Parker OBE, who, at a mere 75(!) has whole-heartedly taken on the challenge to STEP UP for the forgotten children of Darfur, despite having two new hips! Patricia and the team have raised almost £3,000 for the children of Darfur – enough to train one Midwife to save lives – and almost enough to train two! There have been step ups inside, outside, on hills and gazing at amazing views..! Patricia says “I am so proud of Kids for Kids – people are flocking to our villages where our wonderful midwives are helping mothers and babies survive whilst healthcare across the country has virtually collapsed. I am so delighted my efforts will allow us to provide another midwife. Could you please help us provide two? We need as many midwives as possible – they are saving lives in desperate conditions.” There is still time to donate – please do show your support to Patricia and the team by making a donation Read more…

By Charlotte Allum, ago

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