Women's and Child's Rights,Protection &Empowerment

Dear Darfur Women Network Family,
On behalf of the Darfur Women Network(DWN), I would like to express my gratitude for your
kind support and your generous donations! Thank You! Without your generous donation, the
DWN couldn't serve the survivors of genocide in displaced camps and their families in 2021.
On March 28.2023, the DWN shared with you its enthusiastic news about its plan to provide a
technology Literacy program and vocational training for young people from displaced and
vulnerable families to help them with capacity building, job opportunities, and worldwide
connection. We were ready to start our computer literacy in May 2023 at Computer Institute in
South Darfur.
The computer training includes the following:
Microsoft Office
Internet.
Resume writing.
This project aims to provide a technology Literacy program and vocational training for young
people to help with capacity building, job opportunities, and worldwide connection to
empower youths to use technology to improve their lives and their family’s livelihoods.
Our target groups are youth from families:
1- Can't afford technology training.
2- Lacking electricity, internet, and a computer at home.
3- Displaced, poor, and vulnerable.

However, in April 2023, our activities stopped due to fighting in Sudan in capital continues and
extended over into the western Darfur region and risks in the current conflict in Sudan, which
began in April between the Sudanese government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — a
paramilitary group known as Janjaweed — have been competing for power
Many cities across Darfur, such as El Geneina, Kutum, and El Fashar, Nyala(Where DWN is
registered as a nonprofit and its community center is located). The civilians have suffered
heavy military weapons fighting just how awful the nightmare of violence can be, how
destructive, how cruel.
Everyone in Darfur has known how the brutality of RSF, the killings, massive destruction of
governmental, business, nonprofit organizations, and individual property and food reserves,

looting, and raping as well as hijacking a great many vehicles and occupation of civilians'
homes.
This fighting also has an ethnic component and warns (genocide looks to be resumed on a very
large scale).
A widespread communications blackout Darfur region has made it almost impossible to
contact sources on the ground. As a result, I couldn''t communicated with my own family for
two weeks so far. I call everyone from my family, friend, and network, but the response is the
same. I feel desperate and heartbroken about the insecurity situation there.
Many families have been displaced including some of mine. People are under house arrest
because they are terrified to go outside, and they have no access to food, hospital, or work to
have income to survive. They are in dire security and humanitarian situation.
our clients in danger, our community center has closed and the Darfur Women Network sign
has moved from the front to keep it inside the workplace room. We have no information about
our center and our clients, yet.
However, the DWN provided food for 132 displaced families who are living in a school near
my family home. Our soap making activities has stopped and our workplace is closed.
Please, pray for us to have peace to save the lives of innocent Sudanese.