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Plans for a Community Tree Nursery in Um Ga’al Village

At its core, Kids for Kids is not an emergency organisation. We have spent almost 25 years providing sustainable grassroots projects that communities tell us will be the most beneficial to them, and lift families out of abject poverty long-term. Darfur is at the forefront of climate change, with the Sahara creeping south at a rate of three miles a year. Therefore at the root of all our sustainable projects is planting trees to reforest the desert and prevent its spread. Kids for Kids has planted trees that are providing shade, fruit and other byproducts to families in our 110 villages where temperatures are rising over 38c to 50c, and food and water are scarce. Trees we have planted are currently providing immense relief to families who are suffering the consequences of the ongoing conflict. This month, the UN reported: “The situation is particularly dire in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, which has witnessed some of the worst episodes of the ongoing conflict between rival militaries. Those remaining in El Fasher are facing “extreme shortages” of food Read more

By Sage Lancaster, ago

July Bonus Day Provides Food for 340 Children

Over a 24 hour period from Wednesday 16th July through Thursday 17th July, GlobalGiving ran their Annual July Bonus Day. On this day, GlobalGiving awarded donations to our Emergency Appeal with a Boost of Free additional funds when supporters donated between $100 – $1,000.  The more you donated, the more GlobalGiving donated in Bonus Funds! And WOW did you all come through with the donations… We are completely blown away by the immense generosity of our supporters, with 53 people coming together to donate a phenomenal $10,137 (£7,522) in just 24 hours. This amount alone is enough to provide 301 Children with Kids Kitchen Kits – Emergency Food Packs full of Lentils, Pulses, Groundnuts and Cooking Oil. This pack of essential protein and nutrients is a lifeline in a time of conflict and severe food insecurity that plagues Darfur. Your donations unlocked $1,293 (£959) in Free Bonus Funds from GlobalGiving, which resulted in a total of 340 Kids Kitchen Kits for families with children aged five and under facing starvation. “Thank you so much for your encouragement,” says Patricia Parker Read more

By Sage Lancaster, ago

Charity Pub Quiz in Dorking

Join Kids for Kids Charity at The White Horse in Dorking for a Quiz Night on Wednesday 6th August at 7:45pm! Get a group together for a Pub Quiz at The White Horse, with a chance of winning 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes! A fun way to test your general knowledge and catch up with your friends – all in aid of a fantastic Dorking-based Charity. There will also be a Raffle to enter on the night in aid of Kids for Kids! All funds raised from this night will go towards providing life-saving emergency food packs for children aged five and under facing starvation in the remote villages of Darfur, Sudan. Our Kids Kitchen Kits include lentils, pulses, groundnuts and cooking oil that will provide protein and nutrients for children currently facing starvation. Quiz Entry is £5 a person and Raffle Tickets are £1 each. To book your table, please contact The White Horse by phone at 01306881138 or via email to dorking@heartwoodinns.com. We can’t wait to see you there!

By Sage Lancaster, ago

Ambassadors’ Ball Raises Vital Funds to Feed Starving Children in Darfur

What a wonderful time we had at our 2025 Ambassadors’ Ball!  On Saturday 7th June, at the Hyatt Regency Churchill Hotel in Mayfair, London, friends of Kids for Kids came together to raise funds for Kitchen Kits and Emergency Aid items for starving children in Darfur.  We were so pleased to welcome longtime friends and new supporters alike to join us for an evening of delicious food and drink, important speeches, fundraising games with phenomenal prizes and of course much laughter and dancing to round off the evening! After all the expenses, we can announce that the profit raised from this year’s Ball is an incredible £24,313.38. This will go to our Emergency Appeal, providing Kids Kitchen Kits to help families in Darfur who are waking up hungry every day. If you couldn’t join us for the Ball this year, we already have a 2026 date for your calendars! And you don’t want to miss out on celebrating our 25th Anniversary at our Ambassadors’ Ball on 6th June 2026. And what an evening we had! Chapel Down and IDS provided Read more

By Sage Lancaster, ago

Kids for Kids Delivers Life-Saving Water to Families Trapped in El Fasher

Kids for Kids has delivered two huge emergency tankers of water to families trapped in the besieged town of El Fasher, North Darfur. The delivery comes amid escalating fears of famine and a severe water shortage.  “I simply cannot bear the thought of children thirsty in the overwhelming heat of Darfur – well over 38 degrees with little shade.  These children and their families had been forced to flee their villages and now El Fasher is itself attacked. Little food is getting through, and now, little water.   It is horrific “ said Patricia Parker OBE, who founded Kids for Kids because of the conditions in Darfur before the violence.  “Now suffering is beyond imaginings.  I am so in awe of our volunteers, and especially Yagoub who has organised this huge delivery of clean fresh water to children parched with thirst.” The United Nations has warned that the town is on the brink of famine, with tens of thousands of people caught in the crossfire and increasingly cut off from aid. There is a severe shortage of food, medicine and fuel, Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Sudan crisis enters its third year

On the second anniversary of the devastating conflict in Sudan, The Rt Hon David Lammy MP is hosting a Foreign Ministers’ summit in London today (15th April). The summit, organised in collaboration with the UK, France, Germany, and the African Union, aims to provide a ‘pathway to peace’ and halt the world’s worst humanitarian crisis (The UN). Foreign Ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Chad, Kenya, the United States, and the European Union will gather in London. With backers of several warring factions expected to attend, the summit presents an opportunity to build international consensus and end what has tragically become a proxy war between regional powers. Over the past two years, millions of innocent civilians, especially in Darfur, have endured unimaginable suffering. Widespread famine has taken hold, hospitals and essential infrastructure have collapsed, and violence, including widespread sexual violence affecting even the youngest of children, has become a horrifying norm. Access to humanitarian aid remains dangerously limited. UN convoys are being blocked by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), forcing many international Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Easter Appeal – Help us Save Lives

This Easter, instead of giving chocolate eggs, please give real Chickens! Chickens provide nutritious eggs, and we will send a unique Gift Certificate to your loved ones.  Or you may decide you prefer to donate Kids’ Kitchen Kits or The Greatest Need?  Whatever you choose, please know that children need our help more than we can imagine. Your support will show them they are not forgotten.. Families in Darfur are struggling more than ever and children are hungry. How to Order: Visit our website and choose the gift you would like to give –  Chickens to give protein-rich eggs, a Kids Kitchen Kit or donate to The Greatest Need. Of course, if you would prefer to donate something else, we would be delighted – all items are essential. Make your donation online. As you check out, the website will ask you for any ‘Order Notes’ you may have. In this box please write details of the Gift Certificate(s), such as the special event you are celebrating and the correct spelling of all names. Please include To, From, Special Occasion and Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

The Hungry Months reaches crisis point

Easter and Spring are times of new birth.  But in Darfur they are chillingly known as the start of the Hungry Months.  That is in normal times.  This year, hunger in Darfur has reached a crisis point.  Families are starving, children are malnourished, and now cholera, malaria and measles are spreading, making a dire situation even worse.  Villagers in our first village have just told us “We are all exhausted collecting water – that’s normal.  But within 10 days, all our surface water will be dry.  After that, people from more than 12 villages will come to get water from our Kids for Kids handpump”.  With food prices soaring and aid blocked by both warring parties, entire communities are being left to fend for themselves.  Violence continues. Governments are focussed on Ukraine/Russia, Gaza and the challenges to the global order.  Sudan and families are forgotten.  Cuts to aid budgets have devastated the little help that Sudanese refugees were getting, stripping away critical support just when it is needed most.  But whilst international aid has been struggling to get through, Kids Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Step For Darfur this March!

You’re Invited to… Step For Darfur! Walk 25, 50, or 100 Miles – in March 2025! Take on our walking challenge this March to provide emergency food for starving children in the remote villages of Darfur, Sudan. Malnutrition has spread across the whole of Darfur. It is now the epicentre of the world’s worst hunger crisis, (UN General Assembly, September 2024). Together we can help. Will you help us raise enough funds for 300 Kids Kitchen Kits this March? Kids for Kids has beaten the odds to deliver life-saving aid to the forgotten communities of Darfur. So far we have reached 49 of our 110 villages – that is 11,276 children with essential food. Our Kids Kitchen Kits provide essential protein and nutrients – lentils, ground nuts, cooking oil, fruits, protein powder made from dried meat – and give little ones under five years old necessary sustenance.  If just 50 people ‘Step for Darfur’ and raise £150 each, we will reach our goal. Every penny counts – no matter how little or much you can raise! One Kids Kitchen Kit Read more

By Sage Lancaster, ago

Sold Out – Join Dame Joanna Lumley for Magical Candlelit Christmas Concert 2025

Join Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS for the Annual Kids for Kids Candlelit Christmas Concert on Thursday 4th December 2025!  Our Candlelit Concert will be held at St Peter’s Church in Eaton Square, Belgravia, London.  This is the perfect start to the Christmas season – Carols by Candlelight. Tickets are now Sold Out! We look forward to seeing you there. Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS invites you to join Kids for Kids at this year’s Magical Candlelit Christmas Concert in Belgravia, London!  This event is the perfect start to the Christmas Season, with every penny raised in profit providing emergency food and aid items to children in Darfur who face starvation because of the appalling violence that has been raging for over two years. Your presence at our concert will truly save lives! The evening will feature the beautiful voices of the Junior and Senior Choirs of Queen’s Gate School singing your favourite Christmas Carols to get you in the holiday spirit!  We are delighted to welcome British Opera Soprano Bibi Heal, accompanied by famous conductor/pianist Stephen Barlow along with Read more

By Sage Lancaster, ago