Improving children's health in villages in Darfur

One of our key interventions to improve the health of children in the villages in Darfur is the provision of mosquito nets to the poorest households and we have never been more pleased that we have been able to do this, with your support, as there has been an outbreak of yellow fever in the area during the past few months. This has meant that the children in these families have thankfully been protected. These children have also been protected from malaria which is an even bigger killer of children, In 2012 we were able to distribute 706 mosquito nets to the poorest families in the new villages we are supporting and in total we have distributed around 3,400 mosquito nets to families in the villages. This means that around 15,000 children have been protected from the spread of yellow fever and malaria. We have only been able to do this through the generosity of your support - but this is of course only a drop in the ocean and many, many children remain unprotected - yet it costs only $6 to save lives. Please help us to do more.

The village midwives, in partnership with the first aid workers, play a key role in advising mothers on infant care, particularly the correct way to feed their young babies and the importance of hygiene to prevent their children suffering from diarrhoea. Their intervention has contributed to reducing infant mortality in the villages and hence we are very pleased that 39 new midwives graduated last week at the end of their year long training at the Midwives Training School, financed by Kids for Kids. The women in their villages will be so pleased to have them back and to know that for the first time they have a trained midwife to help them with all aspects of pregnancy and infant and child care. This will give great peace of mind to the women.