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Ben Van Nes of Sussex for Africa with Headteacher Mark Wignall of Downlands Community School in Hassocks, West Sussex: 
"The bikes have been delivered by headteacher Mark Wignall! Thank you for making a difference - the Green Bicycle project will also help girls in Africa who have to fetch water daily, carrying their heavy jerrycans on their heads!" 
Green Kordofan would like to thank Ben, Mark, the parents and all the children of Downlands Community School for their generous support and donation.
You are changing lives!
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Bikes delivered to Ben Van Nes of Africa Resources Centre by Headteacher Mark Wignall.

Teamwork, bicycles checked and cleaned in Folkestone in preparation for transport to South Sudan.

​CPFC gift, an amazing act of solidarity, from packaging in England to the delivery stage in South Sudan

Wonderful solidarity from CPFC, much appreciated!

Loading the van at CPFC training ground

Packaging in England

 Sorting!

Arrival in South Sudan!

Arrival at Yida campsite 

On the way to Green Kordofan compound

arrival at our compound 

ready for distribution

football brings hope, pass it on!

Coach & team time

 This was less than a four weeks labour of love. well worth it!

Video above shows children learning new skills,  we welcome all to contribute in making their dreams come true, peace, hope and unity.

The Yida Refugee camp, in which Green Kordofan's project team of 
dedicated  workers is based, has suffered a  natural disaster - 
devastating floods - rivers of water and debris have swept through the 
constructions and fencing, which our team and voluntary youngsters, who 
are the heart of our project, have built up over time. 

We are immediately trying to organise the shipment of Tents to Yida and 
are launching an appeal to help our team with reconstruction and support 
for those amongst our members and youngsters in most need.

Thus if you are a friend to the project or just feel inspired to help us 
pull together with the Yida team - please look on our 
website(https://www.greenkordofan.com/) under the GET INVOLVED tab, 
Donate now.
All help no matter how small, will be greatly appreciated by all out there.

​ Make us look tall and thin, said @ Francesca Valerio
 and @Leon Donnelly certainly did it !
  We both felt a bit  one inch taller yesterday
  Thanks to CPFC who lift it up our spirit by their beautiful act of generosity!
​ stay on tune for more photos to share and more stories to tell. 

Hi five to the big Crystal palace fan above who joined us after school to show support, thank you!

Students at AIFS  bake sale special event for charity raised a brilliant £300 for Green Kordofan! 
 Money raised to purchase new footballs for the children in Yida Refugee campsite, South Sudan
Thank you so much!
 We are delighted to receive your gift, thank you for your hard work and efforts to make the world a better place, have a wonderful Easter! 

​Dear friends you have probably seen some of the photages of Mass demonstration in Sudan in TV and newspapers. This is understandably making all Sudanese inside and outside of the country feeling very anxious.
But, we remain hopeful that the situation would be resolved.
 here are a few selected updates for you, we will try to update you further later on
​ see links below

see links below
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47838080

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47738155

Feel free to get In Touch if you would like further information.

We are in touch with people in the ground and working very close with Civil organizations and continued to support the refugees in Yida. 
Many of them are left to fend for themselves and help are very restricted due the nature of the conflict and the environment.
Even the major organizations experience difficulties on delivering aid because of various factors including:
The ongoing conflict and safety issues.

• The huge scale of the humanitarian needs.
• the ever-changing population
• no roads access to the campsites, difficult terrain during rainy seasons
• Aid must be flown that limited the bulk of aid which go there.

I would like to thank all of you who continue to support the cause.  see some images from the latest donated goods by our friends Ailsa Brooks. The good news is its already arrived in South Sudan and you will receive an update about it soon . 
You can also help by donating click button, thank you

 A Bake sales & a heart touching message of love from AIFS staff & students to the children of Yida refugee camp
on #Valentine Day!​

A big thank you to Ailsa Brookes, the Senior Vice President & Director of Programmes of the AIFS Study Abroad, the staff and Students, 
for coordinating a bake sales fundraiser in support of the work of Green Kordofan charity.
 The sales raised awesome £175.40 and then  matched by their Director to £350.80
A massive gratitude to Julie, Charlotte, Philippa and all those who participated!
​ You're all amazing!

It is the generous support of individuals like you makes it possible for our organization to exist and provide valuable support to children in a hard to reach places like Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.
 Thank you again for your support!

This year is full of events; here are some of the autumn highlights news of Green Kordofan charitable activities in South Sudan and fundraising activities in the UK.
I would like to take this opportunity to send a big thank you to all our supporters for their donations made our work possible and brought a lot of comfort for many distressed children there, thank you and wishing you all a merry Christmas. 

Waging Peace & Green Kordofan  trustee visit Yida
Sonja Miley, Green Kordofan trustee and Maddy Crowther of Waging Peace made a special trip to see the children at Yida camp in South Sudan.
 This is just happen only a few weeks before Christmas.
 Their visit were enormously welcomed by the children and the staff. 
 We will be sharing more about their visit soon.

 First here's a quick briefing note  from Sonja about the visit:
 
​" We are back and full of the enormity of our trip to Yida and South Sudan.
There is much to share .... about our interactions with the youth and staff of Green Kordofan. 
​The staffs are extra special people who have dedicated themselves to this project and to improving the quality of the lives of the children in Yida.
David, Noura, Issac, Zaki and Uncle Yousif and of course Alhadi in Juba are doing a fantastic job!". 

At Yida campsite they visited the Green Kordofan compound, met  the children,staff,volunteers,and the camp chairman. 
 They had the kids singing and dancing,watched footballs, played volleyball with the girls and about 3000 people turned out to see their activities!
Come back here later to learn more about their visit.

 the children and staff paid tribute to Raga's late father and Mark Warham.

There's so much to share about this trip as mentioned above and will certainly going to share more with you here.
Some information about the camp:
Yida refugee  camp size is vast, about 3 square meters
 Current statistic of the refugees is over 54000 people.

Thanks to all of you who supported Green Kordofan team at both Folkestone 10K and the Half marathon in 2018. The line is now open for registration for 2019.
Remember to choose Green Kordofan as the charity you support and enter online at www.runnersworld.co.uk/events or download an entry form from our website www.folkestonerotary.org“.
​ You can also Fundraise for us.

​This award is for the team and players who persevere to overcome obstacles and challenges, hurdles and setbacks but strive to keep going forward with courage, dignity, strength and a sense of adventure and fun! Mount Everest on the Asian continent is the highest mountain in the world. Even taller than the Nuba Mountains in Africa!
All participants of the UK charity project Green Kordofan in Yida are eligible for this prestigious award. Whether in volleyball or football, trophies will be awarded on a rotational basis to the best female and male players and the best female and male teams with an opportunity for the overall best team to share the Mark Warham Everest cup! 

​Mark Warham was a great supporter of Green Kordofan and the young people in Yida. We hope Mark’s legacy will inspire each young person to reach for his or her goals and know their value. We hope each and every young person will know their internal strength, resilience and be reminded to keep going to achieve what they want.

Here is Mark’s story…
Mark Warham was born in 1962 in the North of England. When he was 12 he was in a very bad bus accident.  He was in hospital and nearly lost his leg, but after many operations he was able to keep it.  He was told not to play any sport. Mark did well in school and won a place at Oxford University. Through his teenage years he started climbing with his three brothers, firstly on the rocks around his home and then in Scotland on snow and ice.  Later he completed several trips to Europe and Nepal to climb various mountains and finally decided he would like to climb Everest. The first time he suffered very seriously from the altitude and had to come down quickly in order to survive. However he was determined to try again and he returned five years later in 1997, this time succeeding.  He was the thirtieth Briton to climb Everest.
Two months later he met Olivia and since then he focused his energies on his family and his career. They had three children and lived in London. In February 2017, Mark was diagnosed with throat cancer and died in April 2018.
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Mark was determined from a young age and didn't let his terrible accident stop him achieving his goal. He also realised that one go wasn't enough but set out a second time. He reached the summit because of his focus and courage. He shows you that you can reach your goal if you keep trying and don't give up, no matter how hard it seems.