Kids for Kids Delivers Life-Saving Water to Families Trapped in El Fasher

Kids for Kids has delivered two huge emergency tankers of water to families trapped in the besieged town of El Fasher, North Darfur. The delivery comes amid escalating fears of famine and a severe water shortage.  “I simply cannot bear the thought of children thirsty in the overwhelming heat of Darfur – well over 38 degrees with little shade.  These children and their families had been forced to flee their villages and now El Fasher is itself attacked. Little food is getting through, and now, little water.   It is horrific “ said Patricia Parker OBE, who founded Kids for Kids because of the conditions in Darfur before the violence.  “Now suffering is beyond imaginings.  I am so in awe of our volunteers, and especially Yagoub who has organised this huge delivery of clean fresh water to children parched with thirst.”

The United Nations has warned that the town is on the brink of famine, with tens of thousands of people caught in the crossfire and increasingly cut off from aid. There is a severe shortage of food, medicine and fuel, forcing residents to treat those wounded in the bombing on donkey carts.  In recent days, our volunteers have confirmed that clean water supplies are nearly depleted, exacerbating the already dire conditions.

Our volunteer Yagoub, who is part of the Kids for Kids Steering Committee, has coordinated the delivery of two full tankers of potable water to shelters housing displaced families. The water is being used to serve families who fled their homes with nothing and with no access to clean drinking water.

“We could not sit back and watch children die of thirst,” said Patricia Parker OBE, Founder and CEO of Kids for Kids. “These families have lost everything and now face starvation and dehydration. We are doing everything we can to get help to them.   I am so grateful to everyone who is supporting our Emergency Appeal for The Greatest Need.”