Khartoum News

Trustees of Kids for Kids were in Khartoum recently to discuss future plans for providing help for villagers in Darfur. Drought is already causing hardship to families and to help before it is too late Kids for Kids is calling for Proposals from local organisations to help villages withstand the coming months. Kids for Kids is aiming to support an even greater number of people through their wide spectrum of projects, which include water, healthcare for humans and animals, goat and donkey loans, and much more - and environmental projects which enable villages to plant community forests with drought resistant trees that are of benefit to humans..

Any organisation interested in learning more should email: patricia@kidsforkids.org.uk

Dr Rosalind Marsden CMG, Ambassador to Sudan, not only hosted the Trustees of Kids for Kids during their visit but enabled them to make a flying visit to an hitherto unknown fort in the Western Desert. "It was a rare treat to have a few hours to discover a little more of the history of Sudan" said Patricia whose time in Sudan is normally a relentless round of meetings!

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All at KIDS FOR KIDS send Congratulations to Khartoum Chairman Hatim Abu Sineina and Abeer for the birth of their beautiful little daughter Yasmina on the 24th February 2009 - is she our youngest supporter?!

In London, Chairman and Founder Patricia Parker MBE visited H.E. Mr. Omer Siddig at the Sudanese Embassy and was then a guest at the House of Lords for the fourth anniversary conference hosted by the Cordoba Foundation, to celebrate the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, atttended by many well known international figures.

In Khartoum, in November, Mohammed Atta invited Patricia and Alastair to discuss KIDS FOR KIDS and had a private viewing of the KIDS FOR KIDS' film - Hope in a Time of Conflict - which shows what village life is like, with the help of our projects! Subsequently we were delighted to be able to show the film at the BRITISH COUNCIL, an event attended by many well known Khartoum figures.

Past Events:
The Second Gala Dinner was attended by HE Mr. Sadiq Al Mahdi, Honorary President, who welcomed all the guests and made a moving speech about the effect our projects have on children in Darfur. Co hosts with His Excellency were HE Ahmed Abdel Rahman Mohamed, Honorary President, HE Mr. William Patey, Ambassador to the Sudan and HE Dr. Hassan Abdin, Ambassador of the Sudan who are our Patrons. The Dinner was generously sponsored by The Hilton Hotel,
the Dal Groups of Companies, the Nefeidi Group and included music by Sumaya Hassan and Abdel Gadir Salim and dancers from Darfur.




Khartoum Committee meeting at the
home of Hatim Abu Sineina,
Chairman of the Khartoum Committee






Meeting the First Lady, with Dr. Abdullah El Bashir,
National Fund for the Provision of Medical Services,
at the President's Residents, February 2004