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Paravet Training gives Liyla, Children and Mothers in her village a brighter future

We thought you would be delighted to hear how your donations have helped a young girl in Matway, Darfur.   Liyla is 22 years old and has recently graduated as a Village Paravet, having started her training when we adopted her village back in 2018.  Every time we adopt a village we train two paravets – they help each other and of course can cover when one is away at market, or visiting other villages to help their animals.  Your donations allowed us to give Liyla a donkey, a bag of animal drugs and the necessary equipment back in 2018 so she could start work in her village straightaway, from the first week. She immediately started advising the goat beneficiaries on looking after their goats’ health, feeding and nutrition, breeding policies, and the diseases to look out for which affect goats and donkeys. Since then, Liyla has participated in several Kids for Kids’ vaccination campaigns in the village, distributing animal welfare drugs both to prevent problems such as worms and parasites and to treat illnesses.  Liyla treats animals which have diseases Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

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 team in Darfur recently visited Matway, a village which we adopted in 2018, which is the most successful of the 5 villages adopted that year.  Hana lives in Matway. She is 32 years old, married, with 3 girls and 4 boys, 3 of whom are at school. In November 2018, Hana was chosen by the village to receive 5 goats to provide protein-rich milk to her malnourished children and one cross-bred donkey to help carry heavy loads. Hana and her children helped care for the goats, grazing them around the village and taking them to the village hand pump to drink water. The donkey would help carry the water back home for the family and their animals. Hana followed the local Paravet’s advice, using worm drugs for the goats every 2 or 3 weeks and collecting groundnuts, hay and leaves from her farm to feed her goats. In the first Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

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 purify water. It is so hard to get water in Darfur that no one talks about clean water – just the urgent necessity to find water. One Moringa seed can purify one litre of water. Just imagine that! Clean water at last in Darfur! Not only that but the leaves of the Moringa tree have 7 times more vitamin C than oranges and 15 times more potassium than bananas – incredible! The moringa fruit also contain calcium, protein, iron and amino acids which help the body to heal and build muscle. The Moringa trees will not only offer relief from the unbearable heat for children, animals and their families but their roots will also stabilise the soil and help hold back the desert. Just imagine the lives these trees will change – not only now but in the future? Thank you so much for donating trees and helping us get this Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Beat the Medallist

WANT TO RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS FOR KIDS? CAN YOU BEAT THE MEDALLIST?   ​Join in on unique VIP athlete hosted experience days in 2023. Cycling, rowing and rafting! Plus, the ‘Beat the Medallist’ challenge! A GB Gold medallist sets a time, you set your time, you get time bonuses linked to the fundraising you have done!  Set up a Just Giving page for direct donations to Kids for Kids: You will see a one-time bonus for every £250 raised this way for your chosen good cause. Once you let the legacy300 team know who you are fundraising for, they can set up the page for you so all money goes directly to Kids for Kids. Raise money for Kids for Kids by getting your friends and family to sponsor you and BEAT THE MEDALLIST!   BEAT THE MEDALLIST: VIP TRACK CYCLING CHALLENGE EXPERIENCE DAY Hosted by a GB Gold Medal Winning Track Cyclist Whether you have previously ridden the Olympic Velodrome or have it on your cycling ‘to do list’, there has not been a cycling challenge like this. Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Bibi Heal Sings for Goats in Advent Appeal

We are bowled over by how Bibi Heal, a wonderful soprano and supporter of Kids for Kids, is helping us this Advent. Bibi has introduced Kids for Kids to her catholic church, St Stephen’s, as an Advent Appeal, as chosen by the Justice and Peace Committee. On Advent Sunday, 27th November 2022, Bibi spoke about Kids for Kids during mass, giving a lovely overview of our sustainable projects, and then sang a beautiful African lullaby, gave out leaflets, collected donations and peppered the church with toy goats! On the second Sunday of Advent, you wouldn’t believe it…the Chairman of the Peace Committee brought a little goat to Mass! Bibi said “it was fabulous! Gladys the goat even came for coffee afterwards so we went round again with a basket and got yet more cash from some unsuspecting visiting family members who thought they’d just come for a child’s Confirmation! We shall montage the photos to paste up at other services.” Bibi shared stories and photos of her own goat shenanigans in Kenya that demonstrate the sustainable nature of our projects. Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Find out how Paddington is helping us!

Karen Jankel (daughter of Paddington Bear’s author, Michael Bond), Timothy West CBE and our lovely supporters and friends have all helped spread Christmas cheer across the globe and raise a staggering £20,000 in vital funds for the forgotten children of Darfur. Did you miss our Candlelit Christmas Concert this year? Here’s a little snippet and there’s a link to the whole magical experience further below..! After the success of last year, Kids for Kids took the magic online once again to share a celebratory mulled wine and mince pie live on Zoom with international friends and enjoy the beautiful Candlelit Christmas concert, which took place on 1st December in St Peter’s Church, London. Patricia Parker OBE, Founder of Kids for Kids, was delighted to welcome supporters from all over the World including Khartoum, Albania, California, Canada and even Australia! “It was so special to be able to celebrate the start of the festive season together once again at the beautiful St Peter’s Church in London and then share the magic with our international friends again online,” said Patricia Parker, Founder Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Joanna Lumley to Double your Donations

Backed by Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS and special friends who have pledged to match all donations up to £27,500, Kids for Kids has announced a Doubling Campaign to help the Forgotten children of Darfur this December! Together we can raise a whopping £55,000 this month to help children facing starvation right now.   Can you help? Kids for Kids has announced immediate availability of £27,500 matched funding for all donations to help children who are facing starvation. Darfur is out of sight – and conditions are the worst ever, worse even than in Somalia.   Mothers are begging for help to feed their children. Starvation is a serious threat.  At the same time the worst outbreak of malaria has swept across the region because of the vast areas of standing water following floods after months of drought.   Kids for Kids will be providing goats, seeds and mosquito nets – enabling the children of Darfur to survive one of their toughest years yet. Our matching campaign this month means that ANY DONATIONS YOU GIVE WILL UP UNTIL 31st DECEMBER 2022 WILL BE Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

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 poorest, when he visited Darfur this month.    It is now thriving and many times larger.   It is one of our 110 Kids for Kids’ Villages we have adopted in Darfur. Giles was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan in succession to Irfan Siddiq OBE in October 2021 and is Patron of Kids for Kids but this is his first visit to one of our projects.  He has worked in a wide range of roles, including in Africa, on the Middle East and North Africa, and on security issues. This is our team in Darfur, pictured outside our Kids for Kids office in Majoub, preparing to meet the Ambassador. Left to right: Yagoub Shumein (Kids for Kids Steering Committee) Hatim Abu Sineina (Honorary Chairman Khartoum) Dr Salim Ahmed Salim (Programme Manager) Hassan Mehisi (Project Officer). Below is an extract of our Programme Manager’s report about H.E. Giles Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

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 us give Um Kaltoum 5 Goats, a Donkey & 2 Mosquito nets in September 2018. Um Kaltoum looked after her Goats beautifully and in 2019, was blessed with 3 little kids and then in 2020, 6 more kids. She could feed her children protein-rich goat’s milk and help stave off starvation. SADLY, in 2021, 3 of her goats died and then heart-breakingly her husband Ibrahim also died later that year. Um Kaltoum was forced to sell 5 male Goats to help pay for family maintenance and her children’s education. HAPPILY this year, however, her Goats have had 4 kids, she now has 16 Goats in total and 5 are pregnant. Being a subsistence farmer, Um Kaltoum has also managed to plant 6 acres of millet, 3 acres of sorghum and 2 acres of okra. She hopes to harvest enough to feed her family and perhaps have some left to sell. Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago