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Annual Fly Fishing Day A Resounding Success

Kids for Kids Hosts Successful Executive Fly Fishing Day, Raising Nearly £3,000 to Support Children in Darfur Kids for Kids held its annual fishing event last weekend, 12th October, at the picturesque Park Lake, Albury, and it was a resounding success! Thanks to the Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy, and to the incredible efforts of all those who participated and volunteered, we raised just under £3,000 to support vulnerable children in Darfur, Sudan. This wonderful result will enable us to provide 119 Kids Kitchen Kits to families with children aged five and under. The funds raised will go directly to providing families with fresh produce, lentils, ground nuts and cooking oil, to provide essential proteins and minerals for healthy growth —which has been dangerously lacking in children’s diets all year. Failed crops and ongoing war have devastated the region and families are struggling to survive. These Kids Kitchen Kits are nothing short of a miracle for families in desperate need. The ability to cook and provide a warm meal gives mothers and children hope and helps them fight malnutrition, Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Help us Bring Hope to the Children of Darfur

Sudan is the world’s most forgotten humanitarian crisis. The war has already killed tens of thousands of people and has also created the world’s largest displacement and hunger crises. More than 10 million people have been forced from their homes and displaced within Sudan, and another 2 million have fled to neighbouring countries, according to the UN. Half of those who remain face crisis levels of hunger. Famine was declared in parts of Darfur in August – yet the world remains silent. I am proud to tell you that we have found a way to get assistance to the most remote villages in Darfur but there are so many more families that desperately need our help. We are the only organisation helping these children.  Our Pilot Project to deliver emergency seed – for food and planting to the first six of our villages was 100% successful. And we have now delivered aid to another nine villages.  Our new initiative, ‘Kids Kitchen Kits’ are giving families with children aged 5 and under fresh produce – lentils, beans, cooking oil – to provide Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Emma & Susanna Raise Life-Saving Funds with the New Forest Marathon

We are delighted to let you know that Emma and Susanna managed to complete the New Forest Marathon on 8th September in amazing time and in great style! Susanna even managed to beat her London Marathon time from 30 years ago!! Emma says “We both had a wonderful day! Many very difficult moments during the race too but it really helped us to think that we were doing it all for such a great cause.” So far they have managed to raise over £2,400 for the children of Darfur! Incredible!! Thank you so much to all of who have donated so far! You can still show your support of Emma & Susanna by donating via their link here:  https://buff.ly/4c2X6m8   All money raised will go towards our Emergency Appeal to provide vital food to children and their families desperately struggling to survive in famine conditions in Darfur. Could you take on a Sponsored Challenge like Emma & Susanna? Why not entice your friends too, book yourself in, and have FUN with fundraising!!

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Kids Kitchen Kits Launched for Vital Nutrients

With the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announcing famine in Darfur this week, Kids for Kids has launched a ‘Kids Kitchen Kits’ initiative to provide malnourished children with the nutrients they vitally need. Families living in remote villages are subsistence farmers, living off whatever they can grow from the land. Crops have not been planted due to the violence, and after a failed crop last year, families were already malnourished before the start of the conflict in April 2023. Many children are surviving on one scant meal a day whilst many adults have just one meal every two to three days. Worryingly this is often just a form of porridge called assida which is carbohydrate only, resulting in serious malnourishment. Children across Darfur are desperately in need of protein, minerals and vitamins. Without these essential nutrients, children face stunted growth, bone, teeth, hair and even brain damage. Our Kids Kitchen Kits, launched this week, include lentils, ground nuts and cooking oil, to provide essential proteins and minerals for healthy growth. Patricia Parker OBE says, “We were already worried about families Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Famine Relief at Last: Emergency Food Reaches Villages

Kids for Kids is proud to announce that, despite ongoing violence, we are delivering famine relief for starving children living in remote villages in Darfur, out of sight of the world. The situation in Darfur remains dire, with ongoing conflict, displacement, and now heavy rains. Families living in remote villages in Darfur are subsistence farmers, living off whatever they can grow from the land. Crops have not been planted due to the violence and now flooding is exacerbating the already precarious conditions faced by millions of families. With banks closed across the country and out of control inflation – some items increasing by 300% – people are struggling to survive. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced famine in Darfur this week.  Families have been living off assida (a carbohydrate) with many children surviving on one meagre meal a day and their parents often eating just one meal every 2 to 3 days. This cannot continue. We were desperate to help and now we have found ways to do so, thanks to wonderful volunteers in Darfur. With your support, sacks of Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

All Hail the Royal Golden Guernsey Goats – Donate a Goat Today and Make a Family in Darfur Feel like Royalty

We are delighted to hear the celebratory news that, during King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit to Guernsey this week, the Golden Guernsey Goat will be awarded a protected Royal title and they will be formally known henceforth as the Royal Golden Guernsey Goat. Royal titles are granted sparingly, on the advice of the Cabinet Office with strict standards applied, and this is the first time in recent history that the protected title has been granted to a livestock breed so this is a real honour. The conferring of this title will officially take place during Their Majesties’ visit to Guernsey when an engraved brass goat bell on a collar will apparently be placed around the neck of Summerville Tamsin, an eight-year-old female Golden Guernsey Goat. What is the Golden Guernsey Goat? The Golden Guernsey Goat is a specific dairy breed of goat commonly found on the Channel Islands. With its golden skin and hair, it has a unique lighter appearance, as well as long hair and sometimes a small white marking on the head. According to Le Douit Beuval Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Goats Do their Bit to make Goat Yoga a Hit!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our Goat Yoga Class at Soul Barns in Mortimer, Berkshire, on Sunday 7th July 2024. This wonderful class was the inspiration of Yoga with Lizzie instructor, Lizzie Stroud, and Soul Barns Founder and Yoga Instructor, Camila Bentley and was sold out within weeks of tickets going on sale! Despite the typically soggy British Summer conditions on arrival, Camila found us a cosy spot in the hay barn at beautiful Soul Barns – her family-run wellness centre – and introduced us all to her loveable Goats – Zogg and Lulu! And what better way to start the Yoga Class with Lizzie on a soggy Sunday morning than with a Sun Salutation…and it worked…briefly…!! The Goats got involved too, making unusual obstacles for our Tree poses and going through a tunnel of Kids doing downward dogs..! We finished the morning with a ‘Name the Billie Goat’ Game and Georgia became the proud owner of Bob the Billie Goat! Thanks to our little helpers, Hannah Robinson and Poppy Allum for coming up with Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Be our new Fundraising Officer!

Are you passionate about using your skills to help children in Darfur, Sudan, trapped in the middle of horrendous fighting? We are looking for a Fundraising Officer to join our small but dedicated team on a full-time employed basis.  This is a flexible position needing someone determined to make a lasting difference in the world.   You will also have fun as we work together, making an impact on the lives of the most deprived children in the world – those living in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan. You will generally work from home or remotely, but will need to visit our office in Dorking, Surrey, at least once or twice a month so will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance.   About Kids for Kids Kids for Kids is the only charity founded specifically to help children in one of the most challenging regions of the world, Darfur, Sudan. For the past 23 years we have been transforming the lives of children through a unique package of integrated projects, working closely with the communities themselves. You will be helping Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Salsa Class Supports Sudan

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our Beginner Salsa Class in Purley on Thames on Friday 28th June 2024. Local Salsa tutors, Russell Morse and his wife Hella, lead the class brilliantly and started by showing us all some basic salsa steps, building it up until we had quite a routine going! They then moved on to demonstrate some Merengue moves, whilst we all did our best to keep up! This was followed by a freestyle session where we demonstrated our new-found skills!! There was music, dancing, drinks and nibbles – and lots of FUN! Here are some of the pictures, showing a snapshot of the fun we had on the night..!     But the best bit? Together we managed to raise over £318 for the emergency fund for the children of Darfur. The forgotten children of Darfur are suffering horrendously amidst the ongoing fighting and desperate for all the help we can give them right now. Away from the headlines, towns and cities in Sudan are destroyed, homes flattened, families are displaced, desperately struggling Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Ball Raises Vital Emergency Funds for Darfur

We are delighted that our Ambassadors’ Ball held on 8th June 2024 at the Hyatt The Churchill, London, has once again broken all records to raise vital funds for Darfur, at a time when they are most desperately needed. We were so pleased to welcome Ambassadors and guests from all over the World, including Albania, Argentina, Myanmar, Yemen, Zambia, and of course, Sudan, to our Ball. Your help and generosity has raised vital funds for the children of Darfur. We would especially like to thank all of you who could not join us this year, but who have contributed so generously towards the Ball. After all the expenses, the profit raised from this year’s Ball is an incredible £58,093.52. This will, of course, go to our Emergency Appeal to help families in Darfur devastated by the current warfare. After all the hard work behind the scenes, it is always wonderful to see everything come together. Ladies, you all looked stunning in beautiful Ball gowns, and the gentlemen looked incredibly dapper! The champagne Reception saw everyone excited to catch up in Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago