Water - the gift of life - for children in Darfur

We are pretty certain that your access is much easier than what is faced by many families in Darfur.

News from the Third Inception Meeting in our recently adopted village, Abu Sinait A, has just arrived and the case studies are heart breaking. Over the past years this village has been horribly affected by violence, leaving the residents that remain even poorer (if that is possible) than many of our other villages.

Pictured above is Fatima, whose family has no beds. Along with her three little ones all under the age of five, she sleeps directly on the sand on the floor of her small hut. The family owns very few household items and no jerry cans for water.  Having not even a single jerry can is one of the biggest signs that a village is in the most horrible condition of poverty that you could imagine.  Fatima has been borrowing jerry cans from her neighbor for as long as she can recall. Borrowing jerry cans means the water collected must also be shared with her neighbor, which is only right, but means even more trips to collect water as it runs out so much faster. 

But this year, with your help, we were able to adopt Abu Sinait A, and Fatima's family has been chosen by her village as one of the first beneficiary families. Kids for Kids adopting this village actually allowed for Fatima to return to her village, as the family had been living in two different camps because there was no way they could stay in the village with what little they had and no prospects to speak of. Now Fatima can look towards the future - in her own home. 

Please can you provide Fatima and many other families like hers with jerry cans to carry water home?  When you turn on your water at home, please think of them.