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For the Sudanese female population at the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad, a simple search for firewood outside the camps borders means risking rape and sexual assault. Lacking fuel to heat their stoves, women must leave the camps relative safety to scrounge wood in the neighboring environs are making them easy prey for assault. To combat this situation, Jewish World Watch, in partnership with KoZon Foundation, is sponsoring a program to expand access to solar-powered cookers for the 17,000 Darfur refugees at Iridimi and, in June, 2007, at the Touloum, Chad refugee camp.
The Save Darfur Coalition's mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region. Your gift will help fund our crucial awareness and advocacy programs that play a critical role in building the political pressure needed to end the crisis in Darfur.
WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. WFP relies entirely on voluntary contributions to finance its humanitarian and development projects. Donations are made either as cash, food such as flour, beans, oil, salt and sugar, or the basic items necessary to grow, store and cook food - kitchen utensils, agricultural tools, warehouses.