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Award for Kids for Kids!

The UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs said that Darfur is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today – yet no one is told about it. This Make a Difference Award shows that those poor children are not forgotten. What a wonderful evening we had at the BBC Surrey and Sussex Make a Difference Awards Ceremony on 25th September 2023. We are so delighted that our Founder, Patricia Parker OBE, has been recognised for her incredible commitment to the children of Darfur over the past 23 years with the Make a Difference Fundraiser Award 2023 which was awarded to her by the High Sherriff. Patricia says, “We won! I can’t believe it. It’s so fantastic that Kids for Kids should be recognised.” Patricia will be interviewed on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex this week so please do tune in to listen and hear Patricia bringing the plight of Darfur to the fore. It really is so heart-warming to hear all the good that is being done in the world and all the wonderful stories of Make a Difference nominees Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Help us Change Children’s Lives Little by Little!

Donate via Global Giving THIS WEEK (18th to 22nd September 2023) and Kids for Kids will receive FREE money! Here’s your chance to make your donations go further! The lovely people at Global Giving have launched their Little by Little campaign this week so when you donate up to £40/$50 by midnight THIS FRIDAY (22nd September 2023) they will add 50% for free! This means when you donate anything up to £40 ($50) through Global Giving they will add £20 ($25) FREE! With your donations we will buy Goats so children have milk, saving them from serious malnutrition. Goat’s milk is the nearest thing to mother’s milk and at this time is their only source of protein, minerals and vitamins. One Goat will save a child from going hungry and, through our sustainable Goat Loan, will change more and more lives in future too! Donate here before midnight on Friday 22nd September 2023 and get an extra 50% FREE for Kids for Kids! Thank you so much for all your support! You really can help us change the world Little Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Help us look after our Magic Moringa Plantation – & plant more trees!

With the appalling fighting ongoing in West and South Darfur, we are relieved  to report that our villages have not been touched in North Darfur, but every single family is suffering from the effects of the atrocities. Starvation and deprivation were already serious worries even before these terrible attacks.   Now normal life is almost impossible. We are told, however, that is now possible to deliver aid – seeds, medicines, sugar, oil and other basics. It has been very difficult as the banks across the whole of Sudan have been closed for months but thankfully they are beginning to open. We can start planning again.   Kids for Kids cannot walk away as so many other organisations have done.  You may remember that we had just planted a Moringa plantation earlier this year? Planting trees  increases  soil moisture in the area, which reduces temperatures by creating a microclimate leading to a more fertile environment for crops to grow. Planting trees in Darfur not only provides shade but they stabilise the soil and hold back the ever-encroaching desert.   Kids for Kids has been Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

We’re Recruiting! – Join us as a Volunteer Fundraiser in USA

Volunteer Fundraiser USA, Kids for Kids Home-based in USA Voluntary position Expenses will be paid Part-time: 1+ hours a week, however much you can give! Role Description If you believe in sustainable development and wish to make a lasting difference to children’s lives, please join our small team at 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 22 years we have been transforming the lives of children through a unique package of integrated projects, working closely with the communities themselves. Life in the remote villages is measurably amongst the most deprived in the world.  You will be helping transform the lives of children long term when you join our small and dedicated team.  We are based in Dorking, Surrey, in the UK but we are seeking a Volunteer Fundraiser to be based from home in the US who is passionate about communicating with our American supporters and spreading the word of Kids for Kids’ life-saving projects to the US. Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Getting married?

Support Kids for Kids on your wedding day Your wedding day is such a special day for you both – and now you can make it even more special.    By asking for Gifts for Darfur you will create a lasting legacy of your special day for children the rest of the world has forgotten.   You can choose from Goats, Donkeys, chickens, the gift of fresh clean water, and much more.   All are designed to last – giving life changing gifts that will change children’s lives long term.  Take a look at our wedding fundraiser ideas below to see how your special day can save a child’s life. Tell your guests you’re supporting Kids for Kids Tell your guests why you’re choosing to support Kids for Kids for your wedding or civil partnership by including a message in your invitations. You could include a link to our donate page and a special Certificate will remind you of your special day.   So do please include Kids for Kids in a charity gift list. We would love to hear your plans so do Read more

By Davina Patel, ago

Step up for Darfur! – STEPtember Challenge!

The situation in Darfur, Sudan, is totally heart-breaking. Amidst the ongoing fighting, Children are starving, unable to reach food and water. It’s time we Step up and Support the Forgotten Children of Darfur! Join Kids for Kids for an exciting new challenge! Push yourself and join us in STEPPING UP and supporting the forgotten children of Darfur. Get fit, have fun and FUNDRAISE!! The Challenge: Join us to do 2,023 Sponsored STEP UPS in September 2023 Kids for the Kids is the only organisation helping children and their families in rural Darfur. With ongoing fighting in Sudan, our sustainable projects really are proving to be a lifeline for communities. Our Goats are providing protein-rich milk to starving children, unable to leave their huts for food in fear of being hurt. The handpumps we have installed provide clean water close at hand so children don’t have to risk their lives on the daily walk for water. Our trained midwives are saving lives when hospitals are barely functioning. Will you join us in STEPPING UP for the children and their families in Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

Ball huge success in raising Emergency Funds

We are delighted that our Ambassadors’ Ball held on 17th June 2023 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. After all the expenses, the profit raised from this year’s Ball is an incredible £43,869.18. This will, of course, go to our Emergency Appeal to help families in Darfur devastated by the current warfare. We were so pleased to welcome Ambassadors and guests from all over the World, including Albania, Cyprus, Honduras, Lebanon, Lithuania, Myanmar, South Africa, The UAE, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, 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 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 Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago

RotaWalk’24 – Let’s Step for Sudan!

Join us for the next RotaWalk, organised by Rotary in Dorking which will take place on Sunday 28th April 2024, on the National Trust land of Holmwood Common, due south of Dorking. Help us raise desperately-needed funds for the children of Darfur by raising sponsorship and challenging yourself to complete this 4 mile circular route with family and friends around the beautiful Holmwood Common. The route is a flattish, cinder-based all-weather circuit, suitable for all ages, and easily negotiated with push-chairs and mobility scooters. Join Charlotte, Davina and friends for this lovely walk – a great chance to get some steps in, enjoy the countryside and perhaps do a bit of bird-spotting too. April 28th will be just under one year on from King Charles’ Coronation, so there will be some Royal connections to pass, as well as other interesting beauty spots! Fancy dress outfits are actively encouraged too! Join us on 28th April 2024 When? We will meet at 10:00am for a 10:30am start on 28th April 2024 Where? We will check in at the ‘base camp’ on the Read more

By Claire, ago

A thread of hope

At this terrible time of violence across Darfur there is a thread of hope. Hassan, our Acting Programme Manager, has managed to join our Trustee, Khalid Mekki, in Port Sudan.   They are working together, with the volunteers in Darfur, to help us get emergency supplies to families in desperate need out of sight in the remote villages of North Darfur. Our priority is initially to deliver emergency supplies to the 110 villages that Kids for Kids has already adopted. We are thankful that we can at last plan, despite the atrocities that are being perpetrated in Darfur. Internet is intermittent but they have established contact and are now working on a safe plan to enable desperately needed basics to reach families. The violence broke out in April and as yet there is no end in sight. ”I am enormously grateful to our friends in Darfur that, despite their worries for their own families, they are doing all they can to enable Kids for Kids to help families struggling out of sight of the world” said Patricia Parker OBE, Founder of Read more

By Charlotte Allum, ago
Midwife in Darfur holding a baby

Sudan Emergency – can anything be done? Midwives save lives in Darfur

Midwives in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan, are more urgently needed now than ever. There is no health care in villages. The few rural hospitals are not only struggling with those injured in the fighting, they are short of medicines – short of everything. The danger of travelling anywhere in Darfur is endangering the lives of expectant mothers. Can anything be done? Midwife training Since 2001 Kids for Kids, the British charity founded specifically to help children in remote villages in Darfur, has been training midwives, not only in the 110 Kids for Kids’ villages but across the whole of North Darfur. There are over 500 Kids for Kids midwives working in villages with no other health care. They are saving lives. They are helping to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates, and they are providing desperately needed support to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Women at great risk It is known that many babies have been born prematurely in Khartoum since the fighting, but with virtually all hospitals under attack from indiscriminate bombing by the warring Read more

By Davina Patel, ago