Goats and Donkeys Transform Lives in Darfur

What a Tuesday!   

We do not  have enough words to thank you for your immense generosity over last week's Giving Tuesday. What we'd like to do however is give you the facts, so you can really understand the impact you've made.

Last week on Tuesday December 3rd Kids for Kids received donations via GlobalGiving from 105 different people!  Over all our projects together, you donated a massive $18,500 (roughly £14,184) to Kids for Kids. GlobalGiving added $5,398 (roughly £4,139) to that total, in their campaign to proportionally match the funds our projects raised in comparison with all other projects on the site.

All together, this means $23,898 (roughly £18,392) for Kids for Kids - from one single day of fundraising!  With the matching from our anonymous donor of $5,000, that brings our total to $28,898 (just over £22,000!)

We were so proud of our Goats and Donkeys project as it came in 13th place out of all the projects on GlobalGiving because of the amount of funds you donated! And it is such a testament to how small donations add up.  Everyone who donated played a part in this achievement and we could not be more grateful. 

We want to wish you a most wonderful holiday season with friends and family, and remember if you're still in need of a few gifts we make a mean(ingful) gift certificate for anything you donate! Just get in touch.  GlobalGiving also lets you print out a Certificate too so you can donate on behalf of your loved one right here.

Until 2020,

The Kids for Kids Team

At 21 years old, Naima was selected to be a Kids for Kids Beneficiary, bcause she was one of the poorest in her village. Naima and her husband have three children to support and were in desperate need of help. Naima received five goats from the Animal Loan Committee, a donkey, mosquito nets, blankets and more.  With these possessions, which she could not have dreamt of owning before, she is able to help take control of her family’s future. The first year Naima had six kid goats born, and last year she had a further 11! Today, after two years of hard work, 23-year-old Naima has the biggest flock in Aefin Village - 22 Goats!

Naima has benefitted hugely from her goats, gaining milk for her children, making yoghurt to sell at the market, and distributing milk to help even her neighbours in need. Everyone needs a helping hand.  After improving her own family's situation, it only felt right to do what she can for her neighbors also in need. What's more is that Naima has used her donkey to help plough her farm, where she is cultivating Mellit and Watermelon. After the last rainy season there was a very good harvest and alongside selling surplus milk at market, Naima has vastly improved her family's income.

We are so glad that our goats have helped Naima so much. And we are thrilled that the rotation of goats took place in Aefin village last month and six of Naima's younger goats have gone on to benefit another family in the village!

Good news like this is so welcome at a time when times are so difficult in Sudan. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in early September that some 6.3 million people - or 14 percent of the Sudan's population - are experiencing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity, the highest on record since the introduction of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification in Sudan in 2007. Basic essentials like bread are currently unaffordable, and so many young ones are going without food. 

The more people you can tell about our life changing work in Darfur, the more donations we might get, and therefore the more children we can help to have a better future. Thank you for supporting our work.