Disaster Response Sudan Project #59421

EMERGENCY APPEAL TO HELP CHILDREN IN DARFUR, SUDAN

by Kids for Kids

EMERGENCY APPEAL TO HELP CHILDREN IN DARFUR, SUDAN

Project Report | May 19, 2026
The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis Three Years On

By Sage Lancaster | Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator

15th April 2026 marked three years since conflict erupted in Sudan, triggering what is now widely recognised as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), around 34 million people, nearly three quarters of the population, need urgent help today. Over 21 million face acute food insecurity, and Darfur is hardest hit of all. Health care has collapsed and cholera, measles and malaria are spreading. Children are bearing the brunt of this crisis, with over 17 million in need of humanitarian support today.

Earlier this month we gave the go ahead for our next aid project to provide help to 2,737 more families across 20 villages. Each family will receive 2 kg Lentils, 2 kg Ground Nuts, 1 kg Beef Jerky, and 5 Bars of Soap. That is 10,948 more children who will have food to eat. This essential aid is exactly what your donations are making possible. Thank you so much.

Since 2023 when the violence erupted, Kids for Kids has been providing essential support to families. While many aid agencies have been unable to access those in desperate need, Kids for Kids has continued to deliver life-saving support. Through our unique network of local volunteers, built over 25 years of sustainable, community-led initiatives, Kids for Kids has reached some of the most remote and vulnerable families.

Thank you for continuing to stand with us as we deliver support to children that no other organisation can reach. We would be very grateful if you could share this project with your network to increase awareness about how together we can help children living in conditions of extreme deprivation right now.

Food distribution to 2,737 families

Bars of Soap are provided to protect from disease

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Jan 20, 2026
GivingTuesday Success - 480 Kids Kitchen Kits!

By Sage Lancaster | Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator

Happy New Year! We wanted to take thank you all for your support during 2025 and especially for GivingTuesday on 2nd December. As a result of your generosity this was the best GivingTuesday ever for Kids for Kids!

For 36 hours in December, GlobalGiving boosted your donations to Kids for Kids. During this time 60 of you made a point of donating and on your own raised $14,024 (£10,478) - phenomenal. This amount alone was enough to provide 412 families with children aged five and under with Kids Kitchen Kits full of protein-rich food to strengthen children's bones, teeth and immune systems.

But that's not all....

By donating on this one specific day you unlocked $2,298 (£1,717) in free donations from GlobalGiving. Enough for an additional 68 Kids Kitchen Kits! We were astounded. Kids for Kids Founder Patricia Parker OBE said, "This is the best GivingTuesday we have ever had! I cannot thank you enough for all coming together and creating such a huge impact in just one day. As the world looks away, you have acted and provided food for children who no one else is helping.”

Raising $16,323 in just 36 hours to provide 480 Kids Kitchen Kits shows what is possible when we come together and give any amount we can spare to help others.

As we begin this New Year, we remain very worried for children in Darfur. Friday 9th January marked 1,000 days of conflict in Sudan, and the crisis is worse than ever. For nearly three years, families have endured violence, hunger and loss. Children have grown up knowing nothing but fear. Mothers are watching their children weaken from hunger, with no food left to give them and no help in sight.

But when no one else can get in, we are there. Through our amazing volunteers we are able to deliver urgent, practical support directly to children and families. This year marks 25 Years of Kids for Kids. In 2026 we will continue to do all we can to provide whatever is urgently needed. We look forward to another year of your support and do hope you will share our work with friends as we try to help as many children and families as possible. Thank you.

A Family receives Kids Kitchen Kits

A Mother Signs Receipt with her Thumbprint

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Oct 20, 2025
100,000 Children Helped in Sudan but Many More are in Need

By Sage Lancaster | Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator

Mosquito Nets and Kids Kitchen Kits Distribution

GivingTuesday will take place on 2nd December - mark your calendars now to get your donations boosted for 36 hours by GlobalGiving!

We are so happy to share that your generous donations have helped us reach 100,000 children with food, medicine, and more. So far our Kids Kitchen Kits have fed over 35,000 children, giving them desperately needed protein. And we are not stopping there.

Our Founder and CEO, Patricia, is kept informed on almost a daily basis, not just of the overall situation in Darfur – which is heartbreaking, but also about those whom we are doing our best to help.

We have just heard from one of our volunteers in Darfur about Hajja. She and her husband and their small children were living in the North of El Fasher. It became too dangerous for Hajja’s family to stay in their home, so they fled to friends in the south of El Fasher. The siege of the town has led to starvation, a desperate lack of healthcare and, even more worrying, a lack of water. You will remember from our last report that we were able to get two huge tankers of water into El Fasher, but now it has become too dangerous for our volunteers to help more than they have done already.

Hajja and her husband decided they had to flee El Fasher, which was growing extremely dangerous and food was becoming scarce. When they passed through check points, they were robbed but thankfully none of them was killed or assaulted. They took refuge in their hometown, Um Jum Jum which they had left 15 years before. Um Jum Jum became a Kids for Kids Village in 2018, and the villagers warmly welcomed Hajja and her family back, helping them to build a hut with local straw, and shared their milk and food with them. Hajja’s husband now has work - on a neighbour’s land. But the family owns nothing. Hajja has asked if we could provide a donkey, a mattress and a jerry can.

You may have read how we are doing all we can to help IDP families like Hajja's to make a permanent home in our villages. We have already asked for help to be provided urgently for her. There are many families facing similar problems all across the region.

Can you help us help more families like Hajja's?

Children who have been surviving on animal feed urgently need proper food. Families need Seed to Plant for the next Harvest. Everyone needs access to clean water to avoid cholera, which is spreading through Sudan right now.

Please help today if you can and tell your friends how they can take action during the world's worst humanitarian crisis. And remember to mark your calendars for Tuesday 2nd December, where all donations to Kids for Kids will receive a monetary boost from GlobalGiving for 36 hours! Thank you.

Hajja and Family in Um Jum Jum

Medicines Being Delivered

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