Darfur is essentially the western third of the nation of Sudan; it runs along much of Sudan’s western border with Chad. From 2003 to 2015, over 400,000 Sudanese have fled danger in Sudan and have crossed that border and become official refugees. These photographs are of a graduation ceremony at Djabal Refugee Camp in eastern Chad, sent in by a...
Much of North Darfur to be reliant on food aid for remainder of the year, millions of kids without education, many feared to be dying of malnutrition
According to the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS-Net), due to inadequate rainfall (despite the rains of August), much of North Darfur State will be reliant on food aid in order to maintain minimally adequate food consumption while getting other essential things in unsustainable ways (this is called crisis level 2, yellow). And households in parts...
Take a walk through a displaced persons’ camp in Darfur
As you watch this video, made earlier this year by one of our members during a visit to the region, you’ll notice that all of the nearby structures are wooden branch frames, with some having covering such as sheets or thatch on them already. Everyone proceeds calmly with building these shelters or walking around them,...