By Sage Lancaster | Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator
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.
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