With Darfur being at the forefront of global warming and temperatures soaring to over 50 degrees in the summer months, all surface water evaporates by February each year, leaving the land parched and scorched. Land that was green with trees and water early last century is now a desert for Read more…
With the appalling fighting ongoing in West and South Darfur, we are relieved to report that our villages have not been touched in North Darfur, but every single family is suffering from the effects of the atrocities. Starvation and deprivation were already serious worries even before these terrible attacks. Now Read more…
The villagers of Tratora Birkat Jaro have recently met to plan the Moringa Tree Community Forest and start planting Moringa trees! These Moringa trees are known as magical trees. Moringa seeds can purify water. It is so hard to get water in Darfur that no one talks about clean water – just Read more…
This is Um Kaltoum with 2 of her 5 children. She lives in Jafaina, a village we adopted in 2018. Being one of our poorest families in Jafaina, you helped us give Um Kaltoum 5 Goats, a Donkey & 2 Mosquito nets in September 2018. Um Kaltoum looked after her Read more…
We really are turning Darfur GREEN together! We are so excited to share that we have recently started planting trees in our new villages, including a newly introduced drought-resistant tree, named Albizia Lebbek. This means we are now planting 15 varieties of drought-resistant trees! The Albizia Lebbek gives wonderful coverage Read more…
As part of our Animal Husbandry Training sessions which are taking place over the next few weeks in our recently adopted villages, it is crucial that the Goat beneficiaries learn which plants are best to feed their new animals. Howeida Mohammed Ahmed, our Animal Production Officer, is leading the training Read more…
With the recent heatwave in the UK, we can start to imagine just a little of what it must be like to live in Darfur. But can you imagine surviving that intense heat for many more weeks, months, years..?? With very little access to water…? Incredibly, however, this month Darfur Read more…
Well, it’s coming up to tree-planting time in Darfur and, more exciting than that, it’s coming up to trans-planting time! This is when the Village Leaders from the newest villages come up to the Kids for Kids’ Tree Nursery in El Fasher which YOU have helped us renovate and get Read more…
Tragically, the news in Darfur is that in some parts there has been no sign of rain and the intense heat continues, in others there are floods which are washing away the seedlings that people have had to already plant. I’m sure you know that Darfur is the size of Read more…
During this time of year in Darfur, the air is tense with anticipation. The desert is devoid of all plants, shrubs and other greenery. Families plant what seed they have leftover from the previous year – if any. Many families have to eat the seeds to get through the year. Read more…
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