On July 16, torrential rains destroyed hundreds of families’ homes in Kalma, one of the largest interntally displaced person camps in the five Darfur states. UNOCHA and the International Committee of the Red Cross have taken an inventory with the 511 families who lost their homes in Center 1B, as well as with the 250...
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DOHS welcomes new Darfuri refugee arrivals from eastern Chad!
All of us, from the Board to the members to the communtiy we serve and that has helped us, welcome each and every one of you to the United States! Check out our Facebook page. There’s a link to it on this website. Just go to the “Who We Are” part of our main menu...
Over 500,000 displaced by fighting in Darfur in since February 2014
This figure is similar to the number of people driven from their homes by figthing during the first peak of the war in Darfur (2003 – 2005), according to a statement yesterday from Human Rights Watch, which cites UN figures for the region: http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/11/un-civilians-risk-darfur-attacks-surge-0 This is even more disturbing when one takes into account that...