By Sage Lancaster | Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator
A Date for Your Diary: GlobalGiving Bonus Day on 16th - 17th July!
GlobalGiving is boosting donations between $100 (£73) and $1000 (£730) from 10 AM EDT (3PM BST) Wednesday 16th July to 10AM EDT (3PM BST) 17th July! That means additional free money for Kids for Kids! It costs just $34 (£25) to provide a Kids Kitchen Kit for a child full of essential protein and nutrients. Can you help us provide food for 150 Children on 16th July? Please set a reminder now and tell your friends how their donations can go further by giving on one specific day!
Hunger has reached a crisis point in Darfur, but your dedicated support is saving lives. During the March Little by Little Campaign alone 72 wonderful donors came together on GlobalGiving to raise $5,299 and provide 106 Kids Kitchen Kits for Children. That's lentils, pulses, groundnuts, powdered meat and cooking oil for families to ensure Children do not have to survive on just one single meal a day. And, most excitingly....$1,426 of that amount was a boost directly from GG generated by your kind donations!
Sadly, the situation in Darfur is worsening, with reports from the regional capital not only of starvation but also of the lack of water - with temperatures currently over 38c and likely to rise much higher. Then we fear floods when the rains come, which will make things even harder. Families have been forced to flee their villages to El Fasher, which is under a terrifying siege. Despite the dangers, our volunteer Yagoub, who is part of the Kids for Kids Steering Committee, has coordinated the delivery of two full tankers of fresh clean water for families from 12 villages. A hugely important lifeline that wouldn't have been possible without your continued support for Urgent Aid in Darfur.
We cannot sit back and watch children die of hunger and thirst. These families have lost everything and now face starvation and dehydration. If each of you tells just one friend about the urgent need in Darfur and encourages them to donate over $100 (£73) on Wednesday 16th July we can easily reach 150 more Children with Emergency Food Packs. Thank you!
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