DPDO has received over $14,000 worth of school supplies from UNICEF. Supplies received include chalk, pens, notebooks, and sports equipment. DPDO will deliver the supplies to 37 elementary schools across North Darfur next month…
A special edition of the Basket of Peace, crafted by weavers at DPDO’s Kassab Women’s Center, will be featured in the National Geographic Society Spring 2011 Catalog. For information on ordering, please visit the National Geographic Store page in early 2011…
DPDO’s Program Director, Susan Burgess-Lent, has just returned from a month-long Darfur trip. You can read about the mission in her Darfur Journal Sept-Oct 2010
Global Woman Magazine establishes strategic partnerships with organizations that improve the lives of women and girls worldwide. In partnering with DPDO, Global Woman is fostering broader awareness of the important work we are doing with displaced Darfuri women. To see press release, click here.
DPDO President, Suliman Giddo and Program Director, Susan Burgess-Lent will travel to Darfur in mid-September. During their missions, they will assess programs, manage distribution of the container full of relief items, and meet with partner UN agencies. News and photos from their trips will be posted on DPDO’s homepage…
Rehabilitation of the permanent Kassab Women’s Center facility is nearly complete. The new facility has ample classroom and work spaces, a new roof, and an improved water storage system.
Production of baskets at both Women’s Centers is at an all-time high, and the weavers need your support to keep this income-generation program going. For information on purchasing baskets, please visit one of our retailers
Jonathan Gration, son of Special Envoy to Sudan Gen. Scott Gration, raised funds to purchase solar cookers for a solar cooker training workshop last week in Abu Shouk IDP camp…
DPDO received a donation of $150,000 from Ante Up for Africa, an organization dedicated to raising money for Africans in need. DPDO will earmark $75,000 for construction of Gangy High School in El Fasher and $75,000 for the Women’s Centers in Kassab and Abu Shouk IDP camps…
Click 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…
DPDO’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…
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