John Holmes, U. Security Council meeting on the conflict in the western Sudanese region. This figure only includes combat deaths because there is no famine and no epidemic in Darfur, he said.
Holmes was later asked by reporters to clarify his estimate. Holmes said the original , figure was based on a 2-year-old study by the World Health Organization.
Returning farmers are afraid to go back to their plots for fear of attacks from new settlers who have taken the land in their absence or by militiamen who steal livestock and crops. That services like education, health, and potable water are entirely lacking from the villages to which returnees are meant to return. Gender-Based Violence: Darfuri survivors are in constant fear for their lives and safety, regardless of living in Sudan or Chad.
The lack of jobs available to refugees is due in part to restrictions placed on them by the Chadian government, but also, the economy of the camps and surrounding community has simply not grown to accommodate the refugee community. Ethnic Disparity: Considered to be the first genocide of the 21st century, the Darfur genocide began in after rebels, led mainly by non-Arab Muslim sedentary tribes, including the Fur and Zaghawa, from the region, rose against the government.
They claimed years of inequitable treatment and economic marginalization, among other grievances. The government unleashed Arab militias known as the Janjaweed to attack villages and destroy communities. Janjaweed attacks were notoriously brutal and invoked a slash and burn policy that included killing and severely injuring the people, burning homes, stealing or burning food and livestock, and poisoning water wells.
Empower affected populations with sustainable livelihood solutions and immediate, informal learning opportunities that will boost their resilience, improve their lives in the Chad refugee camp settings, and translate well in Darfur, should they choose to return.
The program has successfully trained over 1, people in Eastern Chad in perma-gardening, improving food consumption, agricultural production, their ability to save money and their mental well-being while indirectly benefiting approximately 3, family members. Broadcast our advocacy channels to ensure the safe and voluntary return of displaced populations and the presence of necessary services and protections to facilitate their smooth reintegration.
Call for the international community to remain engaged throughout the transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding instead of abandoning its responsibilities at this critical and unstable stage.
JWW came into being as a response to the Darfur genocide. The Darfuris remain a vital cornerstone of our work. Solar Cooker Project: JWW initiated the Solar Cooker Project in as a way of protecting Darfuri women and girls — survivors of the Darfur genocide living as refugees in Eastern Chad — by reducing their dangerous trips outside of the camps in search of firewood for cooking, serving hundreds of thousands of refugees in five camps.
With the installation of inexpensive plastic sheeting and PVC pipes, women in refugee camps turned their family bathing areas into reservoirs for grey-water collection. They used the collected water to irrigate small vegetable patches.
Many schools participated by raising funds to supply one water well, each a lifeline for refugees. The wells were built with local supplies by local labor, organized and led by a JWW partner. The schools, designed to serve over 4, students, were the first of what was conceived as a series of schools to be built in the 12 Darfuri refugee camps in Chad.
Backpack Project: This was created so that frightened children in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp in Chad could attend schools run by one of our partners. JWW distributed over 15, backpacks filled with shoes, books, school supplies, soap and toothpaste to school-aged children.
The backpacks allowed each recipient to make the most of school under the most difficult of circumstances. Each backpack also contained something intangible but essential to their well-being: hope. Little Ripples: Along with a partner organization, JWW supported Little Ripples, a preschool program tailored to a population exposed to severe trauma.
The humanitarian situation in El Geneina remains dire, with thousands of people in the streets after a camp for displaced people was burned down during the fighting. The clashes forced the UN to suspend all humanitarian activities in El Geneina, which serves as a hub for aid delivery to the conflict-wrecked region. The vast Darfur region was ravaged by a civil war that erupted in , leaving some , people dead and 2. The conflict has subsided across the years, and the latest in a string of peace deals was agreed in October.
But after years of conflict, the region is awash with automatic weapons and clashes still erupt, often over land and access to water. Sudan is in the middle of a rocky transition following the overthrow of al-Bashir in April in the wake of mass protests against his rule. The withdrawal of the UN peacekeepers from Darfur is leaving the local population vulnerable to continuing attacks.
Sudanese government deploys military units to western region to restore order after three days of interethnic violence.
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