Economic Growth Sudan Project #51384

Soap Making Project

by Darfur Women Network, INC.

Project Report | Jan 31, 2024
Update

By Mastora Bakhiet | Project Leader

Darfur Women Network, Inc.

The Soap-Making Report

Dear Darfur Women Network's family,

On behalf of the Darfur Women Network, DWN, I would like to thank you for your kindness, passion, and your generous donation. Without your contribution, DWN could not provide economic empowerment services to displaced and vulnerable families in the camps in South Darfur, Sudan.

The Darfur Women Network staff and beneficiaries, the survivors of genocide in Darfur who were living in displaced camps are grateful for the generous support from our partner, GlobalGiving, and our donors.

Your support provided our beneficiaries access to soap-making and entrepreneurship skills training which enabled them to run successful soap-making businesses to empower displaced women from four camps to earn income and improve their livelihood.

Since April 15th, the Rapid Support Force (RSF) has seized four states in Darfur. In addition to the genocide crimes committed by the RSF, some of their crimes include killing unarmed civilians, destruction of government buildings, looting, and occupying civilians’ homes, blocking of the internet, and the inexistence of communication companies. Most of the civilians left the region for refugee camps in Chad, Uganda, and South Sudan. Some families are trapped in Darfur because of a lack of money, and no source of income and it is dangerous to stay in Darfur. We lost contact with our beneficiaries, the displaced who are the survivors of genocide in Darfur.

I would like to ask our donors, to help us to take action. My suggestion is to deactivate our Soap making Project on GlobalGicing until the insecurity situation improves. We need to hear from our donors and listen to their opinions before coming to a decision.

Thank you for your kindness, your commitment, and your generous donation.

Here is your link to your project:http://goto.gg/51384

Thank you

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Oct 13, 2023
Update

By Mastora Bakhiet | Project Leader

Dear Darfur Women Network family,

October 3rd, 2023

Report:Soap Making Project

On behalf of the Darfur Women Network, DWN, I would like to thank you for your kindness, passion, and your generous donation. Without your contribution, the DWN could not provide economic empowerment services to displaced and vulnerable families in the camps in South Darfur, Sudan.

In March 2023, DWN in South Darfur, Nyala, had been preparing to scale up its economic empowerment for women and its soap-making projects. We scheduled our first workshop for May 2023. Sixty new displaced and vulnerable women were going to be trained to make soap and how to run their own small businesses.

However, on April 15th, fighting between the Government military and Rapid Support Force broke out. The main market in Nyala, the largest town in Darfur and where the training was planned, was destroyed amid a looting spree carried out by militias and paramilitary fighters.

In addition to death and destruction, the inability to talk to loved ones amid fighting is devastating. The DWN has no way of communicating to learn about its Community Center and its beneficiaries.

Some months ago, Sudan NetGen. Donated to DWN some wheat flour, and we gave them away to displaced families, but now, there is a risk to serving those who are in need in Darfur.

Nyala is in a deteriorating insecurity situation now. We are focusing on how to support Sudanese refugees until we are able to serve the civilians still in Darfur safely. Even though we must serve Darfuri women and families differently right now, Darfur Women Network, we will never give up the fight for empowering women from displaced refugees.

The Darfur Women Network applied for and was awarded $10,000 from GlobalGiving. This money allowed us to buy the lifesaving supplies of tarps, food, and soap for the refugees currently in Chad.

Please, check the impact of war on the civilians: and their suffering inside and outside Darfur, Sudan.

https://youtu.be/hsCcLuCKJt0

https://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/pe/progress-report/new.html?project.projId=51384.

Thank you

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May 2, 2023
Appreciation and Update

By Mastora Bakhiet | Executive Director

Soap Making Training

Dear Darfur Women Network Family,

On behalf of the Darfur Women Network, DWN, I would like to express my gratitude for your kind support, passionate commitment, and your generous donation. Without your contribution, the DWN cannot provide high-quality services to displaced and vulnerable families in the camps in Darfur, Sudan.

In 2023, we renewed the registration of the Darfur Women Network in South Darfur. The DWN has prepared for its next operation year to expand its economic empowerment for women/soap-making projects. We purchased the raw materials from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, to be shipped to our operation center in Darfur, but the fighting has started. I hope that our order is safe.

The fighting between two armed forces that was started on April 15th, is still going on.

• At least 427 people have been killed and over 3,700 injured due to the conflict.

• Prices of essential items are sharply increasing due to shortages.

• At least 11 health facilities have been attacked and many are no longer functional in Khartoum and Darfur States.

• Civilians are fleeing areas affected by fighting, including to Chad, Egypt, and South Sudan.

• Several humanitarian organizations have evacuated or relocated their staff from locations where operations are not currently feasible.

Displacement of civilians has been reported in the capital of Sudan and in Darfur.

We hope for peace and stability soon and assess the need of people and work with our volunteers to serve our people who are affected by the consequence of the fighting. We praying for the safety of our volunteers, beneficiaries, our guard, and the women’s center. We don’t have information due to the absence of the Internet and communication as well as the insecurity situation.

We appeal to you to extend a helping hand to provide food, medicine, and relief supplies for our people in Sudan. We ask you to pray that God lifts this disaster from our country and people as soon as possible, and we appreciate all your support. May God bless your heart.

Please check the link for more information:Sudan fighting: army agrees to ceasefire following fierce battles in the capital | CNN

Best wishes,
DWN

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