A Brighter Future for Mothers and Girls in Sudan

Sadly, conditions in Darfur continue to be deeply distressing. In August the UN shared that in Sudan, as the food insecurity crisis spirals, women and girls are the “hungriest face of the crisis,” (UN Women Representative in Sudan). Right now, "women-led households in Sudan are three times more likely to experience severe insecurity than households led by men" (UN, 2025).  Women and children continue to face displacement, food shortages, and lack of water. You can read the full article here about what the UN is still calling, "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" (UN, 2025).

Kids for Kids is doing everything possible to help mothers feed their children, especially little ones under five who are the most at risk. Thanks to your support, we have already been able to reach 49 villages with Emergnecy Kitchen Kits and are now targeting 40 more.

These kits include lentils, pulses, groundnuts and cooking oil for children aged five and under to drastically improve their health, as the conflict continues. We now have two priorities: to provide as many Kids Kitchen Kits to as many children as possible for food to eat right now AND to provide items like seed to plant which will take families forward beyond the rains, the harvest and into next year. Please consider donating a Kids Kitchen Kit to feed a family today.

We are so grateful to you all for your ongoing support, and happy to share that the Goats you have provided across our 110 Kids for Kids Villages continue to be a lifeline - ensuring nutritious milk for children who are suffering from a lack of protein and insufficient food to eat. We set up our Goat Loan to be sustainable, and every two years, Five Kid Goats from each Kids for Kids flock are passed along to benefit another family in the village. This means more and more women each year who can feed their children, and sell excess milk at market - thanks to you.

Just last month the 2nd Goat Rotation for the village of Tartoura Birkat Jaro (adopted by Kids for Kids in 2021) was completed, and more families from the village received their very own goats.   This includes 37-year-old Nimat, mother of four children, who received five goats in 2023. Over the past two years her flock has grown massively, to 23 goats in June before passing five of her youngest kid goats on so another family can begin to grow their own flock!  For two years, Nimat and her family have benefitted from protein-rich milk to drink, fresh from their nanny goats. They even had enough milk to share with their neighbours, so every child nearby also had nutritious milk to drink. Nimat has also been cooking with the milk - preparing food by mixing it with millet flour. She says this food is her children's absolute favourite!

Please help us help mothers to feed their children who are waking up hungry every day. We are their only hope.

Links:

• Children are 'skin and bones' as Sudan marks a grim milestone-UN
• IDP Families Settle in Kids for Kids Villages

This year, hunger in Darfur has reached a crisis point.  Mothers and children are starving, and now cholera, malaria and measles are spreading, making a dire situation even worse.  Villagers in Um Ga'al, the first village we adopted, have just told us “We are all exhausted collecting water – that’s normal.  But within 10 days, all our surface water will be dry.  After that, people from more than 12 villages will come to get water from our Kids for Kids handpump”.  Here is a video from Um Ga'al last month where water is disappearing by the hour.

Despite everything, because of your support, Kids for Kids continues to support families in remote villages in Darfur - where no other organisation is helping. 

Cuts to aid budgets have devastated the little help that Sudanese refugees were getting, stripping away critical support just when it is needed most. With food prices soaring and aid blocked by both warring parties, entire communities are being left to fend for themselves. Violence continues as the Sudan crisis enters its Third Year. Women and girls sadly experience the worst of the conflict, as they also face sexual violence.  It is heartbreaking.  But whilst international aid has been struggling to get through, Kids for Kids has continued to act, thanks to you.

You have made it possible for us to agree our next project helping families in 45 villages with emergency Kids Kitchen Kits. Thank you.

As soon as we can, we will provide further seeds so families have food for next year too. When security and circumstances allow, we will help those villages that are safe with our sustainable projects.  We may not be able to implement some of the projects immediately, but your donation now will make sure we are ready to resume our long-term life-changing support so families can recover from this traumatic time as soon as it is feasible and safe for our volunteers. Your help, especially during this time, is invaluable. Thank you.

Links:

• Patricia Parker OBE speaks on BBC Radio Surrey
• Water disappearing by the Hour in Um Ga'al

• A Message from Patricia Parker OBE (PDF)