News From Darfur

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Darfur: the news no one wants to hear

This is one of the hardest updates I have had to write in all the 23 years since my son Alastair and I first went to Darfur in 2001.  We…
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Happy News from Darfur at Last!

Despite the ongoing war in Sudan and more than 14 million children in dire need, we have just received this wonderful video of children at the Kids for Kids’ Kindergarten…
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Our Projects Give Women Valuable Life Skills

We do not believe in charity. We believe in helping people to help themselves. How do we do it?   Before we introduce any of our sustainable projects to adopted villages,…
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Goats: A Lifeline for families in Darfur, Sudan

Since April 2023, Sudan has been plunged into a humanitarian crisis. Since fighting broke out in Sudan, which has turned into genocide in Darfur, more than seven million people have…
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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…
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A thread of hope

At this terrible time of violence across Darfur there is a thread of hope. Hassan, our Acting Programme Manager, has managed to join our Trustee, Khalid Mekki, in Port Sudan.  …
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Good News – and Bad

The good news?  Despite the worrying news I get almost daily, Kids for Kids is thriving in Darfur.   Our wonderful team continues to make field visits to our villages –…
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Flock of 5 Goats grows to 95 Goats!

I thought you would be fascinated – and delighted – to hear of yet more evidence that giving goats makes a massive difference to the deprived families in Darfur. Our…
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Moringa Tree Plantation is in Motion

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…
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British Ambassador to Sudan Visits our Village

We have been absolutely delighted to welcome Giles Lever, the British Ambassador to Sudan, to Majoub A, A village we adopted back in 2007 when it was one of the…
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Sad and Happy Times for Um Kaltoum

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…
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Prizes for our Child Shepherds

We are delighted that, following a difficult 2 years in Sudan, with the Covid pandemic, government instability and the very bad rainy season last year, the postponed Goat rotation was…
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Villagers learn about best Pasture for new Goats

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…
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More Rain in Darfur than UK

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…
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Villages can choose their Trees

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…
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We are needed more than ever!

The news from Sudan has never been more worrying.   The hope for democracy has faded in the wake of the military coup last year, but people are resilient.   When I…
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The Gift of Water – 13 New Hand Pumps drilled

If this isn’t THE MOST FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS PRESENT we don’t know what is!   At last at last at last ….. we have been encouraging the Water & Sanitation Department to…