With the recent heatwave in the UK, we can start to imagine just a little of what it must be like to live in Darfur. But can you imagine surviving that intense heat for many more weeks, months, years..?? With very little access to water…? Incredibly, however, this month Darfur Read more
It is an exciting time for the small villages of North Darfur which have been adopted by Kids for Kids in 2022. In each of the five villages – Hillat Sabil, Hillat Um Gadeer, Korla, Kudeil and Katonta – the poorest families have now been selected democratically to receive 5 Read more
Goat Loans are saving children from starvation and malnutrition in Darfur, Sudan
You probably know that Kids for Kids all began when Patricia Parker our CEO came across a 9 year old little boy in the desert, walking 7 hours to reach a handpump. His walk for water was keeping the family’s 3 goats alive, and their milk was the only nutrition he and his brothers and sisters had to survive on. This was the inspiration for Kids for Kids. (more…)
Well, it’s coming up to tree-planting time in Darfur and, more exciting than that, it’s coming up to trans-planting time! This is when the Village Leaders from the newest villages come up to the Kids for Kids’ Tree Nursery in El Fasher which YOU have helped us renovate and get Read more
The news from Sudan has never been more worrying. The hope for democracy has faded in the wake of the military coup last year, but people are resilient. When I first went to Sudan what struck me was their humanity and their care for each other. During that first visit Read more
If this isn’t THE MOST FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS PRESENT we don’t know what is! At last at last at last ….. we have been encouraging the Water & Sanitation Department to drill these handpumps for months and months. You cannot begin to imagine how amazing it feels to give the gift Read more
At last we can celebrate together. Do join me at our beautiful Candlelit Christmas Concert and herald in this wonderful time of year as it should be, together again after such hard times. If you cannot join us in person we are recording it and can ‘meet’ online – but Read more
Tragically, the news in Darfur is that in some parts there has been no sign of rain and the intense heat continues, in others there are floods which are washing away the seedlings that people have had to already plant. I’m sure you know that Darfur is the size of Read more
During this time of year in Darfur, the air is tense with anticipation. The desert is devoid of all plants, shrubs and other greenery. Families plant what seed they have leftover from the previous year – if any. Many families have to eat the seeds to get through the year. Read more
Murra is a mother to 9 children. In 2017 she was chosen by her village to receive support through the Kids for Kids projects. She received 5 goats as part of the goat loan programme, a donkey to help transport water and till the land and also 2 blankets and Read more
