Darfur Refugee Relief Flights

For over 25 years, Sudan has been embroiled in civil war between the Muslim government of northern Sudan and the primarily Christian southern Sudan. More than two million people have died as a result of this civil war, and over four million more have been displaced. A peace treaty was signed in 2005 between the north and the south, but peace has been tenuous at best.

One of the greatest threats to peace in Sudan is in Darfur. The United Nations estimates that some 300,000 people have been killed there, and three million more have been forced to flee their homes. A militia known as the Janjaweed (meaning "devils on horseback") has been destroying entire villages in Darfur. The International Criminal Court has indicted and issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, for the government's role in the Darfur genocide.

Massive numbers of people who survived the attacks by the Janjaweed have been forced to find places to live and survive. Often, they are forced to wilderness areas such as Jach, where they struggle to obtain the basic necessities of life - food, water, shelter, and clothing. They are exposed to extreme conditions, such as heat and cold, dry and wet, with no homes and little, if any, protection from these conditions. They are exposed to many diseases, such as malaria, diarrhea, meningitis, and cholera, with no protection and little, if any, available medical care and medicines. They have little or no food and no means of growing or buying food. And they have little hope.

This area has grown from 5,000 to OVER 90,000 people in a little over three years. Refugees from the genocide continue to stream into the area, thus creating the necessity for more relief flights to be sent in order to sustain life and bring hope.

Proposal

A African Leadership, in conjunction with our national director in Sudan and our delivery partner, Persecution Project Foundation, has been bringing relief and hope to the people of Jach. For the past three years, as refugees have streamed into this area, planeloads of tarps (to protect against sun, wind and rain), mosquito nets (to protect against mosquitoes and malaria), blankets (to provide shelter and warmth), medicines, food, and Bibles (to bring the hope of the Gospel) have been provided to these new refugees. The need continues as refugees continue to pour into this growing community. We would like to provide four relief flights each year, each filled with five tons of blankets, tarps, mosquito nets, medicine, food, and/or Bibles, as the local leadership deems what is most urgent and desperately needed.

We would like to provide multiple relief flights each year, each filled with blankets, tarps, mosquito nets, medicine, food, and/or Bibles, as the local leadership deems what is most urgent and desperately needed.

Total Need

$300,000