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As you read this, children in Darfur villages in Sudan are walking for hours across the desert for water. They are missing school and in danger of being attacked on their journey as violence increases in Darfur. There is water, but it is underground - please help us provide more hand pumps!
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Situation
Imagine you are 9 years old. Every day you miss school because you have to walk for 7 hours across scorching sand to fetch the water you and your younger brothers and sisters need to stay alive. You are thirsty, you are scared - what if you are attacked, or get lost in a sandstorm? You reach the hand pump, and have to queue. Finally, you face the long walk back - this time with a heavy Jerry Can. If only you had a pump in your village - there is water, but it is too deep underground to dig for.
Solution
Kids for Kids is the only charity dedicated to helping the children of Darfur. We have adopted 70 villages so far, helping 350,000 people, and are adding another 8 villages this year. Among our many grassroots projects, we install handpumps in this troubled region where many other charities refuse to work or are not allowed to operate. We fence in our handpumps to keep animals away to keep the water clean, but we add a trough outside the fence so that they too can drink.