- Kids for Kids
Kids for Kids is a British charity that was created to help children struggling to survive in remote villages in
Darfur ,Sudan . It is one of the three nominees for International Development Charity of the Year at the UK Charity Awards [ [http://www.charityawards.co.uk/news/index.asp Charity Awards 2007 shortlist announced] ] .The charity was founded by Patricia Parker
MBE in 2001, with the original goal of providing kid goats that children in the villages could look after. In addition it has provided water-pumps which supply about 50,000 villagers; tomatoes and okra now flourish where once there was nothing but sand. In 2005 the charity supplied goats that gave an estimated 11,000 children access to milk packed with vitamins and minerals that are literally life-savers in a land where food is scarce [ [http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/people/reallives/SuperwomenPatriciaParker.asp Saga Magazine Profile] ] .They have been mentioned with approval in debates in the
House of Lords [ [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldhansrd/vo040713/text/40713-01.htm Hansard Text] ] and notable supporters includeRuth Rendell andJavier Solana who donated half his Carnegie-Wateler peace prize money to them in 2007 [ [http://www.kidsforkids.org.uk/NewsUpdates.asp?id=15 EU High Representative peace prize for KIDS FOR KIDS] ]Kids for Kids provides long term self sustainable projects, identified by the communities themselves - and run by them. They we were told by various communities that their simple integrated projects - the loan of goats and donkeys, training of midwives and para-vets and much more - are enabling them to stay in their homes [ [http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13566123,00.html Sky News] ]
In February 2005 Patricia Parker and her son were abducted by rebels in Darfur but subsequently released unharmed [ [http://www.sudanembassynrb.org/cat_content.asp?contentid=467&catid=83 Sudan Embassy Information] ] . At one point during the abduction the leader of the rebels shouted: ‘Don’t you understand that I could have you killed at any moment?’ but Parker kept smiling and I said: ‘Of course I do — but I also know about Sudanese hospitality and I know that I am perfectly safe’. They were released the following morning. [ [http://www.kidsforkids.org.uk/pdfs/times.pdf Profile in]
The Times November 16, 2006]References
External links
* [http://www.kidsforkids.org.uk/ Official Website]
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