Clean Water For Sudanese War Refugees

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Sudan’s ongoing civil wars have chased two million people from Darfur south to Khartoum, the capital, where they struggle to survive in informal settlements with no access to public services. In Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa, 40 kilometers from Khartoum, 35,000 residents suffer cholera, diarrhea and other diseases resulting from insufficient clean water. Only one of five water stations is operational, and the entire community relies on unsanitary water deliveries by donkey cart.

Activities

NEF’s project first will connect the community’s NEF-run health center and two NEF-supported schools directly to a clean water supply. We will then repair three water stations,connect an additional school and install hand pumps and filtration system.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Ultimately, the project will provide the entire community of 35,000 war refugees with access to healthy, clean water.

Project Message

One of the most pressing issues in [Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa] is the extreme lack of clean water...[which] may be a cause for many of the waterborne diseases that are treated at the [NEF-run] clinic.
- Center for Development Studies, Assessment of Health Conditions at Dar al-Salaam

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Helen Rubeiz,
Program Associate
Near East Foundation
90 Broad Street, 15th Floor
New York,NY 10004
United States
+1.212.425.2205
Email:

Project Sponsor

Near East Foundation

Organisation

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sudan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 16, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 18, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Health center provided with running water

By Helen Rubeiz - Program Associate, October 20, 2009 10:01 PM

Using donations received through GlobalGiving, NEF connected a health center it constructed and operates in Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa with running water, reaching over 2155 individuals. The health center provides pre- and post-natal care, primary health care, maternity services and health awareness to nearly 2,000 patients per month.

In addition, the project has expanded its work in the community, providing clean water to a local school reaching over 740 students.

Upcoming activities include extending water lines to schools in two additional neighborhoods. More than 1000 additional students will gain access to clean water through this expansion, which will in time reach the entire community of Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa, serving over 25,000 displaced persons.

Thank you for your generosity and continued support towards the Clean Water For Sudanese War Refugees!

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