Water - the gift of life - for children in Darfur
About
As you read this, children in Darfur villages in Sudan are walking for hours across the desert in search of water. They are missing school as the need to collect water is more important than education. There is water near these villages, but it is underground - if only families could afford a hand pump. You and Kids for Kids have dug many clean water wells over more than 20 years. We are building up the water fund to dig and repair again as soon as it is safe to do so.
Need
Imagine you are 9 years old. Every day you miss school because you have to walk for 7 hours across scorching sand to fetch the water you and your younger brothers and sisters need to stay alive. You are thirsty, you are scared - what if you get lost in a sandstorm? You reach the hand pump and have to queue. Finally, you face the long walk back - this time with a heavy Jerry Can. If only you had a pump in your village - there is water, but it is too deep underground to dig for. And now, COVID.
Long term impact
We train village committees and set up local funding mechanisms so that repairs can be carried out and the water can keep flowing long term. This is real sustainable change. Once the hand pump is working, children no longer have to walk for water and can go to school. This transforms their entire future. Families can plant trees and grow vegetables, breaking the cycle of starvation and lifting them out of poverty. Your gift of water truly is the gift of life - long term - for children in Darfur.
About the Organization
KIDS FOR KIDS helps children living in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan who live lives of inexcusable hardship. We give them the chance of a better life long term. We seek to enable families to stay in their villages by helping to improve their lives and livelihoods and lifting them out of abject poverty. Our long-term aim is to give Darfur a chance by enabling villages to become vibrant communities. We adopt whole villages transforming the lives of everyone living there. Our villages are growing as people move to them so children can grow up healthy and able to start at school early. We do not believe in charity. We believe in helping people to help themselves.
GlobalGiving Categories:
- Clean Water
- Climate Action
- Education
Total Goal
Remaining Goal
What is a Project?
Domestic and international programs and services housed within organizations, addressing specific needs of community groups.