World Abundance

Darfur

Darfur: today’s greatest humanitarian crisis that the world is facing today. Millions of people have been displaced from their homes and hundred of thousands have been killed.

The heavy attacks started over five years ago. Villages were being bombed, burned and destroyed. The men were targeted and killed and this left families, now led by a single mothers or grandmothers, to travel through the desert to seek safety.

Now there are more than 3 million people that live in camps along the Chad and Sudan border that struggle for survival with little hope of any future. Upon arrival, nearly 5 years ago, these survivors where given the basics in order to prolong life.

More Help is Needed

While major Non-Governmental Agencies (NGO’s) meet the basic survival needs of these refugees, there is so much more that is needed. Five years ago the refugee families were given canvas tents that are now deteriorated. These families must fight the extreme weather conditions varying from the extreme heat and dry winds to the cold and rain.

The Challenge

Camp Farchana, Eastern Chad.
There are thousands of single, widowed, and elderly women that lack basic shelter. This situation magnifies the already enormous challenges of hunger, sickness and stress.

The Opportunity

There is a huge opportunity to quickly create shelter for the women of the camps and stimulate the camp economy. These goals can be accomplished by using local resources (mud and straw) and local labor to build low cost sustainable housing. These mud brick homes protect families from extreme conditions while it also stimulates the economy and empowers women within the camp. As women and men get paid, this helps offset the problem of them trading food for other essentials items such as soap and clothing. This is a project that will be managed by the refugees in order to help with self-sustainability.

Global Citizens for Mothers

Our Global Citizens for Mothers project focuses on improving five critical areas inside the refugee camp of Farchana:

- Improve Shelter
- Improve Health Conditions
- Improve the Camp Economy
- Empower Women
- Increase Water Supply
- Increase Food Supply

These homes are built by using local resources, labor and just $50. In the summer of 2008 World Abundance will travel to Camp Farchana to build homes for single mothers.

Here are two videos showing the Global Citizens for Mothers Project and the Process of building the home.

The Global Citizens for Mothers Project is made possible by $50 donations from Global Citizens around the world. The cost per home is as follows:

Cost per Home
- Mud Bricks: $20.00
- Labor: $15.00
- Water: $10.00
- Foreman: $5.00

Conclusion

Though our primary desire is that these families return to their homes, we hope in the meantime we can help alleviate the pain and suffering of their everyday lives. This simple donation makes a huge difference in the life of someone else.