Soap Making Project

Introduction

On behalf of the Darfur Women Network (DWN), we extend our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to the Decolonize Sudan Organization for your extraordinary fundraising support. Your solidarity reached us during one of the darkest and most traumatic moments in our history — the genocide committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher on October 26–27, continuing to this very day.

We also extend our sincere thanks to Decolonize Sudan and to everyone who organized gatherings to ensure that the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves are heard loudly around the world. Thank you for standing in solidarity with the survivors of genocide in El Fasher and with the people of Sudan. Together, we keep their hope alive.

For more than two years, El Fasher has been under siege. Once a vibrant city full of life — families, students, and farmers — civilians are now trapped without food, medicine, or shelter. Even animal feed, the last means of survival, has disappeared. Mothers cradle their children with nothing left to give.

The attacks have been merciless. Civilians are hunted like animals. The elderly and the wounded lie waiting for help that never comes. El Fasher has become a graveyard of dreams. This is not a civil war — it is a war on civilians, targeted because of their ethnicity and their land.

Many have been killed, others wounded, and thousands have fled — weak, starving, and terrified — searching for safety. Families are separated; loved ones are missing. Their absence is an open wound in every heart that longs for peace.

This is not only a tragedy for Darfur — it is a failure of humanity.

The international community has watched in silence as women and children are hanged, burned alive, or left to bleed to death. Villages have been destroyed. Women and girls endure brutal sexual violence. More than 450 injured civilians and sick patients in the only hospital were executed — along with doctors, professors, and journalists. No one was spared.

Most of the victims were already displaced — survivors of the 2003 genocide — forced to flee yet again from camps like Zamzam and Abu Shoug, which were once promised protection under the United Nations.

Before the escalation of violence, DWN’s soap-making project was in its recovery stage, moving steadily toward a long-term sustainable development model. The project empowered displaced and vulnerable women with technical knowledge and practical skills to produce high-quality liquid soap, bar soap, and detergent — enabling them to earn income and improve their livelihoods with dignity and independence.

However, in April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces destroyed the region and turned it into a graveyard of civilians’ dreams. We lost everything. Our progress toward sustainable development was shattered, forcing us to return from long-term programming back to emergency life-saving assistance. Families were killed by the RSF. Families were separated. Loved ones went missing. Livelihoods and entire communities were destroyed.

This report reflects not only the devastation endured, but also the lifesaving impact made possible through the support of Decolonize Sudan.

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Thank you