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Sudanese Women Farmers Bring Food Aid to Darfur

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Sudanese Women Farmers Bring Food Aid to Darfur

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Summary

MADRE and Zenab for Women in Development are working with women farmers in eastern Sudan to produce a harvest large enough to send an emergency delivery of grain to Darfur. read updates from the field

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$30 - Covers all expenses for one woman to attend two days of training; she will share her knowledge with others when she returns home to her village.
$125 - Buys 50 lbs. of seeds, enough for 10 women to sow sorghum, sesame, and millet for one season.
$150 - Buys one donkey to pull plows and seeds to help women farmers cultivate more land

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Women in Sudan are hit hardest by conflict and climate change, and by the drought and poverty that follow. Yet women grow and harvest the majority of food crops in Sudan. These women are small-scale organic farmers. In the western region of Darfur in Sudan, ongoing warfare has driven millions of people into refugee camps where they have become dependent on food aid. This year, Sudan’s government expelled the biggest global aid organizations from Darfur, intensifying the food shortage.

Activities

Women farmers in eastern Sudan are buying larger quantities of organic seeds, hiring extra workers, renting land, farm equipment, storage space for grain and trucks to deliver their harvest to Darfur.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,930
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $39,570
Total Funding Goal: $41,500

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Women and families living in the refugee camps in Darfur will receive the food aid they desperately need.

Project Message

“Ever since the women heard about the international aid agencies being forced out of Darfur, they wanted to do something to help. Now, MADRE has given them a way to feed hungry families in Darfur."
- Fatima Ahmed, Director & Founder, Zenab for Women in Development

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Irene Lew
Development Assistant
121 West 27th Street
Suite 301
New York, NY 10001
United States
212-627-0444
Email:

Project Sponsor

MADRE

Organization

MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org.
121 West 27th Street #301
New York, NY 10001
United States
212.627.0444
http://www.MADRE.org

Learn more about MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org. and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sudan and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 20, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

Achievements of the Women Farmers

By Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, October 20, 2009 09:57 PM

Copyright Zenab for Women in Development

Thanks to MADRE’s support, the women farmers in the Al Qadarif region had a successful harvest, allowing them to pay back their entire bank loan of US$5,000. Local banks praised the women for this achievement. Because of these positive results, Zenab is now introducing women to a credit union, a benefit that they have never had before.

Another exciting result of last year’s successful harvest was that women farmers in the community of Walddaeef have begun the process of bringing electricity to their village. Fatima is optimistic that the motivation of these women to use their new income
in productive ways, will lead to “a better life” for the whole community.

Finally, Zenab purchased an events tent and chairs with the income raised from recent harvests. They rent out these supplies to communities as another source of income for the women of Walddaeef.

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