Our teams in Darfur continue to work in difficult conditions. As needs grow, we’re stepping up our efforts to keep essential humanitarian assistance reaching the communities we serve.
Food remains our first priority, and families are also asking for help getting their children back to school and rebuilding their livelihoods. That means supporting small businesses led by women, rain-fed farming, and vocational training for young people. It also means strengthening the local efforts that help farmers and herders live and work together peacefully.
Malam Darfur Peace and Development is expanding its work through Al Mayarim Bank, local peace committees, women peace ambassadors, and the Mechanism for Peaceful Coexistence Between Herders and Farmers . These efforts help communities meet immediate needs and begin to recover after years of war.
Through our work in Al Fasher over the past year or so, we’ve heard directly from families who worry that their children will fall behind as school conditions deteriorate. Local young people are already working to keep children learning, and we’ve begun supporting their efforts.
At Shoba Coeducational Primary School, we provided learning materials for students and teaching materials for teachers. The school serves 366 girls and boys, and its kindergarten serves another 53 children. The new materials have helped improve the learning environment for children who come to the school from Al Masane’, Al Wehda, and Al Shakireen neighborhoods of Al Fasher.
