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Darfur Peace & Development is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization with headquarters in Washington, DC and offices in Khartoum and El Fasher Sudan.
DPDO provides humanitarian and development assistance to the victims of conflict in Darfur, Sudan without regard to ethnicity, gender, age or religious beliefs.
DPDO works to foster reconciliation, to facilitate just governance and to enable Darfurians to rebuild their homeland in effective, sustainable ways. DPDO also promotes awareness of the crisis in the United States and advocates for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
The Darfur Women’s Centers: Rebuilding lives one basket at a time...
When you buy a basket made by a displaced woman, you are doing so much more than just ”buying a basket.” You enable a woman to be self-sufficient. You help educate her. You empower her. And when you empower a woman, you change the world. So if you want to change the world, buy a basket. Paulette Cooper
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COME TO THE MARKETS! DPDO is selling baskets this summer at local DC-area farmers markets. Market Schedule
DPDO News
Women’s Centers featured on BlogTalk radio
July 20th, 2010Click here to listen to Program Director Susan Burgess-Lent’s interview on Circle Connections BlogTalk radio program. She discusses the progress and status of the Darfur Women’s Centers…
2009 DPDO Annual Report available now
June 2nd, 2010DPDO’s 2009 Annual Report is now available for online viewing by clicking here. If you would like a copy mailed to you, please email katherine@darfurpeace.org with your mailing address.
Thank you for your ongoing support of DPDO’s work in Darfur…
First floor of Gangy High School nearly completed
May 17th, 2010Despite delays caused by Sudan’s national elections and government-imposed curfews, the first floor of DPDO’s Gangy High School is nearly completed. Photos of the construction process can be seen here.
Site engineers working with the high school construction team expect to be completed by mid-June.
A shipment of computers, donated by Strayer University, arrived this month and is being securely held at the…
Recent News
Aid group says Darfur conflict “gained in intensity”
July 28th, 2010July 27, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Fighting between government forces and rebel groups in Sudan’s westernmost region of Darfur has “gained in intensity” in recent months, making it “very difficult for international aid organizations to operate,” an international aid group said yesterday.
A report released by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about its activities in Darfur during the period between May and June noted the armed conflict in Sudan’s western region has intensified over the recent months.
Darfur rebel movement dismiss UNAMID account on Kalma camp incident
July 28th, 2010July 27, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel group accused of instigating violence at an Internally Displaced Camp (IDP) denied their responsibility for the shootout and described the account released by United Nations-African Union peacekeepers “as an attempt to conceal their complicity”.
UNAMID has reported gunmen belonging to the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel-Wahid Al-Nur (SLM-Nur) started firing inside the Kalma camp indiscriminately which houses 100,000 IDP’s in South Darfur.
African Union drops resolution barring arrest of Sudanese president in continent
July 26th, 2010July 25, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — The African Union (AU) delegates at the summit in Uganda agreed to remove language from the draft resolution that instructs its members not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in apprehending the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.
The original draft text circulated on Saturday included the non-cooperation clause and criticism of the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
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