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SUPPORT FOR yida'S forgotten children

25/1/2015

We received a big donation from former BBC East Africa specialist Martin Plaut this week after I met him at a media training in London. His donation comes shortly after generous help from Olivia Warham, the Director of Waging Peace who organised the
workshop.

Martin Plaut singing with children in Yida Refugee Camp, South Sudan. (Photo: Martin Plaut)

Their donations have breathed fresh life into our appeal to raise finds for the children of Yida Refugee Camp. Martin was especially interested in our work as he has traveled to see the plight of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan.

When he sent me these photographs this is what he said:

Great! Good luck with the programme I went to Yida camp, so I know how badly this kind of help is needed. I made small donation.

You can join Olivia and Martin in helping girls in Yida by donating whatever you can afford to here.

On Martin's trip he also visited the Maban Refugee Camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, which is hosting refugees from Blue Nile state to the north where rebels are also fighting the Sudanese army.

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Sudanese refugee children in Yida need your support (Photo: Martin Plaut)

Martin proving that you do not have to do much to put a smile on a child's face. Please support us in giving these children some form of childhood. (Photo: Martin Plaut)

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update : great donation boost volleyball team

24/1/2015

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Suzan's volleyball team in Yida refugee camp

Fantastic news!

A very generous donation from Olivia Warham of $150 has boosted the volleyball team in Yida camp.

Olivia was so impressed by Suzan's story and her success and decided to help.

"I loved Suzan's story so much I made a donation myself! Well done."

You can join Olivia in helping Suzan by Donating here

Sport for peace

With the volleyballs now on their way, there's another initiative Yida camp can benefit from.

This is the idea of a One Day Ceasefire. This is an idea put forward by Peace one day.

We have received this message from the:

Suzan, 11, who loves playing volleyball .

Kate Stanley, the Engagement Manager, and Sport of Peace one Day. Kate sent our teams some coaching materials “Coaching across Continents resource” and encouraged us to mark a ceasefire day in Yida with an event in September if possible. One Day peace is a UK based organization. It is an initiative by Jeremy Gilley, 1999 for a global ceasefire and non violence Day.

Why Sport Matters?

Children in Yida camp in South Sudan’s Unity state make up the majority of the camp’s 69,550 population, only 100 of them now enjoying the programme. We would like to increase our services, so every child in Yida enjoys sport.

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Sport brings ray of hope for refugee children

18/1/2015

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Give a child a ball, give them hope

By Raga Gibreel

Suzan was eight when she fled her home because of the war in South Kordofan but the hardship of life as a refugee is made tolerable by the volleyballs Green Kordofan have managed to get to her community.

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Suzan when joined us late 2014

Yida camp stranded kids are smiling now, Spot Suzan on photo!

Today I received the joyful news that Suzan and the other girls we support are playing a group from another area of their camp and using the equipment that we sent.

“Our girls are facing Nojoum 4 tonight, wish them well” my assistant in Yida refugee camp told me.

The girls’ volleyball team we are supporting only began to train regularly in late July 2014. The team is now well known in the camp and playing other teams but has some way to go to compete against the more established clubs.

“How nice!” I said, joking that “they will be defeated; no fears.”

Living in a refugee camp is not easy; however the sheer determination of our young girls and boys is utterly moving

Suzan arrived at the camp late in 2011. She has told my colleagues about her dangerous journey from her home in South Kordofan to escape fighting between the Sudanese government and rebels.

Her routine in the camp is hard. She has to fetch water in the morning, sweep the house compound and help her mother with cooking every day.

Suzan’s mother, like many others in the camp, at first did not allow her daughter to join the team.

But now she can see that Suzan’s life has been completely transformed by taking part in the volleyball club.

Despite the long walk to the training, Suzan is very happy to make the journey after she has finished her household chores.

There is no school for her to go to, so the five hours she spends playing volleyball with her friends each week is the closest thing she has to a childhood.

Now Suzan has more friends than ever and is able to listen to Radio Dabanga and exchange news with the girls in between games.

Captain Batoul

Suzan’s friend Batoul says that playing volleyball gave her something to aim towards every week, and a dream of a better future. She wants to become an international volleyball player.

Batoul, 11, is the captain of the team. The volunteer coaches have done such a good job that Batoul has begun coaching her teammates on positioning and how to make a good pass.

Children in Yida camp in South Sudan’s Unity state make up the majority of 75,000 populations.

The kids are enjoying the activities and showing an impressive desire to improve and win. Our next steps are to build a meeting room and make sure they have enough for food &kit for the next 6 months for supporting the wining team click donate.

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SUPPORT FOR yida'S forgotten children

update : great donation boost volleyball team

Why Sport Matters?

Sport brings ray of hope for refugee children

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