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[Paul Jeffrey]

The ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan is getting much worse, and has spread into neighbouring Chad. As the number of people in desperate need increases, CAFOD simply cannot walk away

CAFOD urgently needs your help. Hundreds of men, women and children are still being attacked on a daily basis.

The conflict – one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in more than a decade - has killed more than 200,000 people to date.

Around 4.5 million people are affected, of which more than two million have been forced to flee their homes and are reliant on aid to survive.

What CAFOD is doing

CAFOD has been in Darfur from the outset of this crisis in 2004, working through ACT/Caritas – a network of faith-based and Sudanese aid agencies providing shelter, safe water and sanitation, as well as building health clinics and schools for people living in the camps.

More than 225,000 people have fled into neighbouring Chad, further exacerbating its own internal armed conflict and destabilising an already volatile region.

We would be deeply grateful if you could support our vital work helping the people of Sudan and Chad, and we ask you to keep the men, women and children affected by this crisis in your prayers.

Bdria (pictured) and her family were forced by fierce fighting to run away from their home. "Hundreds of people attacked us on horses and camels," she said [CAFOD]

Give to the Darfur & Chad Appeal

Make a donation to CAFOD's emergency work in Darfur, Sudan and Chad, where hundreds are still attacked every day. A gift from you supports our vital charity work in refugee camps as the conflict in the region continues

A pregnant woman having her tummy checked by doctor in the health centre in Um Labassa camp.[Paul Jeffrey]

Caring for the next generation

As the camps in Darfur grow, CAFOD is training birth attendants to care for pregnant women and deliver healthy babies

Bdria and Fatima take part in sewing classes in Derieg camp, Darfur [Laura Storr]

Space to live in troubled Darfur

A new community centre in Derieg camp in Darfur is helping people to learn new skills and find ways to build peace within their own communities

The director of national radio station, Halime Assadia Ali, examines the destroyed radio's archives department in N'Djamena February 16, 2008. Decades of important political and cultural records were lost after a rebel assault on the capital [REUTERS/Stephanie Hancock, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Chad process "dead in the water"

As concern mounts over Chad, CAFOD calls on EU member states to re-assess their support for the country's President Deby

Darfur situation paper, Sept 04 (82.23 kB)

The purpose of this memorandum is to respond to a request from the International Development Select Committee for an analysis from humanitarian organisations into the situation in Darfur. It is not an attempt to give the full historical context of the conflict in Western Sudan or in Sudan as a whole.

Rather, it is an analysis, from the basis of our programmes, of the current humanitarian and political developments in Darfur, with recommendations for UK government policy.

Darfur & Chad (612.50 kB)

14-slide powerpoint including notes for teachers, giving all the background to the conflict in Sudan - accompanies the launch of CAFOD's Darfur & Chad Appeal in May 2007

Published on 02/05/2007, last updated on 07/05/2008

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