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 Read more
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. Read more
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 Read more
With Darfur being at the forefront of global warming and temperatures soaring to over 50 degrees in the summer months, all surface water evaporates by February each year, leaving the land parched and scorched. Land that was green with trees and water early last century is now a desert for Read more
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 Read more
The villagers of Tratora Birkat Jaro have recently met to plan the Moringa Tree Community Forest and start planting Moringa trees! These Moringa trees are known as magical trees. Moringa seeds can purify water. It is so hard to get water in Darfur that no one talks about clean water – just Read more
This is Um Kaltoum with 2 of her 5 children. She lives in Jafaina, a village we adopted in 2018. Being one of our poorest families in Jafaina, you helped us give Um Kaltoum 5 Goats, a Donkey & 2 Mosquito nets in September 2018. Um Kaltoum looked after her Read more
We really are turning Darfur GREEN together! We are so excited to share that we have recently started planting trees in our new villages, including a newly introduced drought-resistant tree, named Albizia Lebbek. This means we are now planting 15 varieties of drought-resistant trees! The Albizia Lebbek gives wonderful coverage Read more
As part of our Animal Husbandry Training sessions which are taking place over the next few weeks in our recently adopted villages, it is crucial that the Goat beneficiaries learn which plants are best to feed their new animals. Howeida Mohammed Ahmed, our Animal Production Officer, is leading the training Read more
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
