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Make a Will for FREE this month!

A gift in your will can transform a child’s life now and for future generations to come.  We are excited to announce that we have partnered with iForm to offer you the opportunity to have your Will written for FREE! It takes around 30 minutres to write your Will with iForm and normally costs £195. Save yourself £195 and make sure your loved ones are looked after by making the most of this FREE will-writing service with iForm.   iForm is offering to write 10 basic wills for supporters of Kids for Kids iForm was set up to deliver a service which is completely different to traditional firms providing ‘Estate Planning’ services. ​Estate planning is the preparation of tasks that serve to manage an individual’s asset base in the event of their incapacitation or death. The planning includes the bequest of assets to heirs and the settlement of estate taxes. ​iForm is here to work with you to create and plan the perfect, lasting legacy for those you care about the most.  Removing the complexity, simplifying the language and helping to Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Christmas Concert Raises Funds to Save Children’s Lives

Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS,  Bibi Heal, Stephen Barlow, the Lord Cope of Berkeley PC, and our wonderful supporters and friends have all helped spread Christmas cheer across the globe and raise a fabulous £16,736 in vital funds for the forgotten children of Darfur. Did you miss our Candlelit Christmas Concert this year? Here’s a link to the whole magical experience 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 6th 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 Albania, Norway, California and 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 of Kids for Kids.  “Just think Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Goats: A Lifeline for families in Darfur, Sudan

Since April 2023, Sudan has been plunged into a humanitarian crisis. Since fighting broke out in Sudan, which has turned into genocide in Darfur, more than seven million people have been forced to flee their homes (UN figures). The UN describes the situation in Darfur as the ‘worst, most cruel humanitarian catastrophe in the world today’, despite Palestine and Ukraine. For families living in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan, who are struggling to survive, goats are more than just livestock; they are a lifeline to thousands of families trapped in inexcusable violence.  Normal life has almost collapsed, including health care. Kids for Kids has been providing a package of grassroots projects, identified, and run by the villages themselves. Our key project is our Goat Loan.   Not only do our goats provide essential protein, minerals and vitamins – but now as everyone is malnourished in the wake of soaring inflation – new-born babies are given goat’s milk – the nearest thing to mother’s milk.   The little flock a mother builds up provides an income for the poorest people in the Read more

By Davina Patel, ago
Dame Joanna Lumley with Kids for Kids Founder Patricia Parker OBE

Joanna Lumley Doubles your Donations this Christmas

Donate to Kids for Kids this December and your donations will be doubled by Dame Joanna Lumley DBE FRGS, our wonderful Patron, and special friends. Give the ultimate Christmas present – the gift of life to a child in Darfur, Sudan. With appalling violence across the country your support is needed now more than ever. Millions have fled but the children and their families who remain in remote villages are in urgent need of our help. All donations this December – up to £27,500 will be doubled – a whopping £55,000 to help children facing starvation right now. Can you help? For just £50, you can buy a goat for a child providing protein-rich milk – the only source of protein, minerals and vitamins for countless children. Food has never been so scarce. Your donation of one goat will be immediately doubled – two goats!           For £15, you can give the gift of seeds to a family that has no other source of food. There are no markets in many areas – it is just Read more

By Davina Patel, ago
A Local boy with a Goat

Delivering emergency aid

It has been a terrible year since the violence erupted in April in Sudan. Virtually no aid reaches remote villages in Darfur. Families who live in remote villages, hundreds of miles away from the regional capital El Fasher in North Darfur, have been left with nothing. Kids for Kids is the only organisation helping these communities who live out of sight of the world. At long last we have found a means of delivering emergency aid to remote villages in North Darfur right now. One of the problems was that banks across the country had closed and with inflation sky high it has been impossible to find means of helping. Our volunteers are exceptional people, despite all their anxieties for their own families, they are keen to help Kids for Kids deliver assistance to our villages. During the many years of violence, Kids for Kids has always managed to support families. I am optimistic that even now our volunteers will not give up. Sorghum, mosquito nets, veterinary drugs, and most important of all, spare parts and repair kits for hand Read more

By Davina Patel, ago
Attendees of Kids for Kids Fly-Fishing Event enjoying their lunch

Fishing Day – a Triumph!

What a wonderful time everyone had at Park Lake, Albury, for the annual Kids for Kids’ Fishing Day last month! Thanks to the Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy, Kids for Kids had exclusive use of the beautiful lake for a memorable day – fishing, terrific lunch and delicious homemade cakes and treats, made by a host of volunteers.   And best of all, our Fishing Day raised £2,000. It is especially poignant this year to raise this amount as the health service across Sudan has virtually collapsed.   Can you imagine how young mothers feel with no access to medical help?  Families are moving to our villages because we fund two midwives in every one of them.  There are 110 so far.  Midwives have never been needed more and now, with this £2,000, we can train another. And the fishing?   It was terrific.  Held later than in past years the water was cooler – and the fish started following the flies.   15 beautiful rainbow trout were landed – the heaviest 2.5 lbs.    The day always starts with sizzling sausages and hot Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Claire Atkins Swims the Channel for Children of Darfur!

We are so proud of Claire Atkins! Not only has Claire worked tirelessly for us behind the scenes to help with our new website but Claire has recently taken on – and completed! – the challenge of (tirelessly) swimming the English channel, raising vital funds for the children of Darfur along the way! It was actually Claire’s Australian cousin Ben who encouraged her to be part of an English Channel relay team. “Hell no!” was her first response, but then Claire quickly remembered she was soon to be 50, and if she didn’t do it now, when would the chance appear again? A channel relay involves a team (6 in this case) taking it in turns to each swim for an hour, until they cover the 22 miles from Dover to France. At all times the swimmers are accompanied by a boat with an experienced pilot and crew who navigate them through the busy shipping lane! All the rest of Claire’s team were from Australia so her swim training was carried out remotely with their coach, Mike Gregory, sending weekly programmes Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Patricia and Team STEP UP for the Children of Darfur

We’ve done it! 2,023 STEP UPS for STEPtember 2023 completed!! And we are SO proud of our Founder, Patricia Parker OBE, who, at a mere 75(!) has whole-heartedly taken on the challenge to STEP UP for the forgotten children of Darfur, despite having two new hips! Patricia and the team have raised almost £3,000 for the children of Darfur – enough to train one Midwife to save lives – and almost enough to train two! There have been step ups inside, outside, on hills and gazing at amazing views..! Patricia says “I am so proud of Kids for Kids – people are flocking to our villages where our wonderful midwives are helping mothers and babies survive whilst healthcare across the country has virtually collapsed. I am so delighted my efforts will allow us to provide another midwife. Could you please help us provide two? We need as many midwives as possible – they are saving lives in desperate conditions.” There is still time to donate – please do show your support to Patricia and the team by making a donation Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Our Goats and Donkeys are safe and much in need

You will be relieved to hear that, despite the fighting, our little Goats and Donkeys are safe – and very much in need. We are being asked if we are able to help, amidst the fighting, or should people wait to support us. Please do not wait.   We need to be ready to help the minute it is possible.   Waiting will endanger children’s lives. We can understand the concerns – that whatever is provided might not reach where it should, or perhaps even be destroyed, or stolen. Well, luckily, our villages are not targeted because of what we provide – because all of our projects are low key. Goats, donkeys and chickens are life-saving to our families in Darfur but they are not high-status animals like camels, horses, cows and sheep. Similarly, farm tools, mosquito nets, blankets, transform children’s lives, but are not wanted by soldiers. What has been happening instead is that people have been moving to our villages because they know they will have a better chance of survival. So we are determined to adopt more villages as soon as we possibly Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago