WHY WATER?
Water is desperately needed in Darfur, and children are walking miles each day for every drop, missing out on childhood, and their education. We’re helping change that.
Water is desperately needed in Darfur, and children are walking miles each day for every drop, missing out on childhood, and their education. We’re helping change that.
Water is the Gift of Life!
Just like Ibrahim, the little 9 year old boy, whose story first sparked Kids for Kids, children and families often have to walk barefoot for miles in the hot desert sun to reach their nearest water supply.
Can you imagine what they have to go through for every drop of water?
Please help make their lives easier by donating to our Water projects.
Every little counts for every single drop!
Did you know?
One of the largest aquifers in Africa is underneath Darfur.
You just have to be able to afford to install a handpump.
Every year, when Kids for Kids adopts new villages, one of the first things we do is commission a geophysical survey to work out where best to install the pumps.
Can you imagine the difference this makes?
Instead of walking for hours in the scorching heat every day for water, children can go to school and mothers can work to earn an income for the family.
In some villages people have even managed to grow vegetables for the first time.
Would you like to donate a Hand Pump in memory of a loved one? There are handpumps to celebrate weddings, birthdays, christenings, to commemorate special events and to provide a lasting memorial for a loved one. We will also keep you updated of where the handpump will be located and when it is installed.
There is nothing that upsets us more than to see a broken handpump sitting idle.
Imagine the sheer frustration of knowing there is water right there in your village – but not being able to fix the pump, and having to walk miles each day to fetch water.
Kids for Kids has emergency funds set aside for cases like these, to quickly get broken pumps working again.
Can you help repair a handpump or provide a new one? – beautiful clean cool water from underground!
Click here to donate for Hand Pump Repairs
Thank you.
It is essential that all water sources used for human consumption are kept clean to prevent the spread of diseases.
We are helping to fund simple filtration methods, fencing to keep animals to where it is safe for them to drink, and training for communities in good hygiene practice.
You may have read how cholera is now a feared disease again in Darfur.
This is preventable with your help.
Patricia explains: “When I was told that the simple digging of ditches and creation of a crescent shaped bank could prolong the planting period for up to six months, frankly I was skeptical. I have now seen it for myself! There were cucumbers growing, which had not been watered beyond the original rainfall (possibly one “shower” for half an hour and then, no more). Yet they were growing prolifically, yet beyond this small area, the sand lay barren and bare.”
We train a small group of farmers in each community who then ‘cascade’ train others in the area.
What is then produced is critical to provide healthy food for children.
Click here to donate to Training for Water Harvesting
Thank you.
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