Kindergartens for Vulnerable Children in Darfur

The lack of kindergartens in Darfur means that children are deficient in essential stimulation in the most crucial formative years of their lives.  Without schooling at an early age, opportunities are lost that can never be regained, and which diminish their developmental potential.   Yet education is the only sure way out of poverty. 

Our aim is to build three kindergartens in remote villages in North Darfur in 2014 because of the urgent need and because families simply cannot pay for education.   The average household income has fallen to below £75 p.a.   We are planning to fund five villages this year where we will provide all our grassroots projects in order to safeguard the health of the children.    Yet education is essential.  

In December 2013, our first kindergarten was completed in Abu Nahla, a small village of 2000 occupants.  Already 151 village children have an opportunity to learn through educational play at our school as well as receiving formal education. The educational toys at the Kids for Kids Kindergarten are the first toys in the village and the latrines the first in the region.  The State Director of Education has visited and approved our Kindergarten, "there is nothing else like this" were his humbling words.  

To save construction costs on our first kindergarten, members of the self-formed parents committee built a kiln so that they could make their own bricks.  They also took part in much of the construction, painting and organising themselves.  Now that we have funded the project, the kindergarten has been handed over to them.   Local ownership is vital for the longevity of the school, and indeed for all of our projects. We are planning to fund 3 more this year.  Please help!