On January 22, 2016 Alhadi, one of our members, gave Zacharia, a Darfuri refugee four t-shirs, four pants, four thermal shirts, a laptop and two pairs of shoes. Alhadi maintains DOHS’s clothing supply in Seattle, which is about twice the amount of items in the picture below. Zacharia (L) and Alhadi (R) are in the picture beneath the clothing display picture.
Violence in Mouli village displaces about a thousand to El Geneina, West Darfur; war in Jebel Marra displaces hundreds
After the village of Mouli was attacked and looted on January 9 by militiamen (with five villagers and three militiamen killed) (1), approximately one thousand villagers went to the state capital a few miles to the north, El Geneina (2). On January 10 they were joined by residents of El Geneina in front of the...
DOHS sends thoughts and prayers to civilians suffering in the attacks in Jebel Marra
The end of the rainy season has brought renewed fighting between the government, its allied militias and the rebels in the mountainous region of Darfur located at the intersection of North, South and Central Darfur States. We hope the fighting stops and that aid groups can reach every single person in need.