After sending additional clothes, blankets and copies of our guide to US life to thirteen more refugees, by early April we decided to be more efficient. From that point on, we would send one $30 check to each refugee, one copy of the US guide and a list of addresses of nearby thrift stores to...
Category: Darfur UN
Forcibly displaced total increased about 300,000 last year; new arrivals receive DOHS clothing, books and guides
The new arrivals from Kakuma Refugee camp in northwestern Kenya received three big packages from DOHS on June 21. Once they let us know their clothing sizes, we can supply them even further from our Louisville supply! Please join us in welcoming all refugees to the United States! On June 20, UNHCR came out...
Seven months into the year, UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response Plan is only 22.5% funded
That is, as of July, only 214 million of the requested 952 million US dollars has been received (1). That money is intended to help 4.6 million Sudanese this year (2). It’s been confirmed that just under 81,000 people in 2016 have been driven from their homes in Darfur this year, with another 170,000 reported...