Where’s Darfur?
Darfur is a huge region in western Sudan, in Africa.
What’s been happening?
After four years of war, thousands of people have been killed. Nearly two million people have lost their homes and now live in camps, where life is very hard.
People are too scared to travel far from the camps to grow food, so they have to rely on the food aid brought to them by charities. Women and young girls must leave the camps to find water but when they do, they risk being attacked by rebel groups.
Most people don't have things like medicine, clean water or shelter. Doctors, teachers and nurses are all in short supply.
Hassan, 8, and his brother El Saudik, 4, live in a village called Labado. Nearly all the buildings there were destroyed by bombs and helicopter fire. Now the children have their lessons in tents instead of a classroom
People are too scared to travel far from the camps to grow food, so they have to rely on the food aid brought to them by charities. Women and young girls must leave the camps to find water but when they do, they risk being attacked by rebel groups.
Most people don't have things like medicine, clean water or shelter. Doctors, teachers and nurses are all in short supply.
Hassan, 8, and his brother El Saudik, 4, live in a village called Labado. Nearly all the buildings there were destroyed by bombs and helicopter fire. Now the children have their lessons in tents instead of a classroom What's needed?
All of the groups who are fighting need to talk to each other so they can find a way to live in peace.
A peace agreement, signed in 2006, should have made Darfur safer. But it didn’t work. Many of the rebel groups fighting against the government forces weren't part of the peace agreement, so they have carried on fighting.
Governments from other countries will need to help to make sure any new peace agreement will really mean peace.
Girls outside a tent in the camp. It's made from plastic sheeting and tied down with rope What's Christian Aid doing to help?
People in the UK have given Christian Aid an amazing £4.5 million to help in Sudan. Thank you! This has bought things like:
Water cans, cooking things, mosquito nets, blankets and mats to sleep.
Shelters for families to live in.
Wells and pumps, situated inside the camps, so that people can get clean water to drink, cook and wash in.
Food for mothers and hungry children.
Clinics and schools and training for doctors, nurses and teachers.
Water cans, cooking things, mosquito nets, blankets and mats to sleep.
Shelters for families to live in.
Wells and pumps, situated inside the camps, so that people can get clean water to drink, cook and wash in.
Food for mothers and hungry children.
Clinics and schools and training for doctors, nurses and teachers.
How can I help?
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