By Debbie Hoods | Assistant to CEO
Thank you for supporting our project to protect children's health in the villages of Darfur. Our simple help of providing a blanket and mosquito nets to keep disease carrying mosquitoes away from children, and to keep them warm at night, is continuing to help families to ensure their children are safe.
We enter 2014 full of hope and with the intention of adopting 5 more villages this year. This means that 5 more communities will receive our package of help which is now preventing malnutrition and reducing child mortality. However, with news of violence in South Sudan and uncertainty there, we are of course worried about the impact that this will have on Darfur too. More families will need our help, food is scarce and children are starving.
The International Community is good at reacting to emergencies, but to make a lasting difference it is important to look ahead. Sustainability is key. Our legacy is in the health of these children, in the availability of clean water, and in the standard of living of thousands of families. In rural Darfur, people live in abject poverty and no-one is helping. Without our nets and blankets, those that don't have them have to sleep directly on the sand, at risk from sandflies and mosquitoes and the deadly diseases that they carry. The simplest infection can cause lasting disability or worse.
The simple gift of a mosquito net can prevent a catastrophy for a family. Please tell your friends how you have helped and ask them to help too.
Together we can save lives and build a future for Darfur.
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