DARFUR DISASTER RESPONSE
PROGRAMME, 2004-2013:
ACHIEVEMENTS IN A COMPLEX
PROTRACTED CRISIS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Darfur crisis in western Sudan erupted in
2003 leading to 300,000 people dying as a
result of the combined effects of war, hunger
and disease (UN figures). The Brookings Institute
estimated that by 2007 around 2.4 million people had
been displaced from their homes and were living in camps
or host communities in Darfur and Chad. The humanitarian
context for the Darfur population has deteriorated
significantly since the conflict began in 2003.
Even before the eruption of the Darfur crisis,
Tearfund had supported operational partners in
Sudan, including FAR (Fellowship for African Relief)
Sudan and Medair. Given the overwhelming scale of
the crisis, Tearfund became operational in Darfur in
June 2004. Tearfund’s intervention has focused on
nutrition, public health education (including childfocused health education) water, sanitation and
hygiene, food security/livelihoods, education and
community development.
Throughout its time in Darfur, Tearfund has adjusted
its geographical focus in line with changing needs.
Starting from an emergency phase where life-saving
services such as water, sanitation and nutrition
were the priority, Tearfund has generally stayed in
an area until the needs stabilised to a point where
the area was ready for long-term development.
Tearfund initially started three programme areas
in 2004 - Beida and Garsilla in West Darfur, and Ed
Daein in South Darfur (now part of East Darfur).
While Ed Daein remains an operational area, Garsilla
and Beida were phased out in 2009 and 2010 as the
situation was considered stable by then. Around this
time, Tearfund began work in Kass in South Darfur. In
2011 Tearfund added Um Dukhun and in 2012 added
Nertiti in Central Darfur to its programming mix.
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Tearfund has worked with both internally displaced
people (IDPs) and local communities, serving between
200,000-500,000 beneficiaries annually and almost 1
million project beneficiaries over nine years. Between
2004 and 2012, Tearfund spent more than £39
million, with an average of more than £4.5 million per
year, with funding from more than a dozen donors.
Tearfund’s programmes have not only ensured access
to basic needs and reduced mortality and morbidity,
but have also enhanced people’s self-reliance, a sense
of normality among children and have enhanced
the capacities of communities and government
departments. Finally, they have also enhanced peace
and reconciliation at the local level and increased
people’s protection against physical dangers. The
programmes have been delivered with a high degree
of community participation and in close coordination
with government agencies. Thus, Tearfund’s Darfur
programme is a strong example of providing
emergency and long-term support in a precarious,
complex and prolonged crisis.
TEARFUND IN DARFUR
In 2003, fighting between rebel movements, government backed militias and Sudanese armed forces
developed into a major humanitarian crisis. Some 300,000 people died as a result of the combined effects
of war, hunger and disease (UN figures). The Brookings Institute estimated that by 2007 around 2.4 million
people had been displaced from their homes and were living in camps or host communities in Darfur and
Chad. A massive scale up of humanitarian support was initiated in response to the crisis. By 2005, Sudan
was the largest recipient of humanitarian assistance in the world, receiving £780 million (12% of global
humanitarian aid). Darfur received 29% of this amount (£228 million).
Even before the eruption of the Darfur crisis, Tearfund had been supporting operational partners in Sudan,
including the Fellowship for African Relief and Medair. Tearfund became operational in Darfur in June 2004
given the huge scale of the crisis. Since then, Tearfund has focused on:
SECTOR FOCUS 2004 – 2013
Nutrition
Public Health Education, including Child-Focused Health Education
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Food Security
Education
Community Development
Tearfund engages constructively with government line ministries (Ministry of Health, Department of Water,
Environment and Sanitation and Ministry of Education) to provide capacity building support and contribute
to the shaping of appropriate policies. Tearfund has ensured it adheres to international humanitarian
conventions and standards such as Sphere, the Red Cross and Red Crescent NGO code of conduct,
Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP), the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) code on sexual
exploitation and People in Aid.
GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS 2004 – 2013
2004
BEIDA
GARSILLA
NERTITI
UM DUKHUN
ED DAEIN
KASS
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
TEARFUND IN DARFUR
SUDAN: Administrative Map (May 2012)
EGYPT
HALA'IB TRIANGLE
LIBYA
Wadi Halfa
SAUDI ARABIA
LEGEND
Capital
Port Sudan
Abu Hamad
Dongola
RED SEA
River
State boundary
a
Se
NORTHERN
d
Re
State capital
Town
Suakin
International boundary
NERTITI
Undetermined boundary
Abyei region
RIVER NILE
2012 – present
Atbara
Ed Damer
Shendi
GARSILLA
KHARTOUM
Umm Durman Khartoum North
NORTH DARFUR
2004 – 2009
CHAD
KASS
2009 – present
BEIDA
WEST
DARFUR
2004 – 2010
Shangil Tobay
Rokoro
Zalingei
CENTRAL
Nyala
DARFUR
NORTH KORDOFAN
2004 – present
Edd El Fursan
Buram
2011 – present
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
Creation date: 06 May 2012
SOUTH
DARFUR
Adilla
EAST
DARFUR
Rabak
Singa
GEDAREF
SENNAR
Ed Damazin
Abu Jibaiha
Kadugli
SOUTH KORDOFAN
Renk
BLUE NILE
Kurmuk
ETHIOPIA
ABYEI AREA
Abyei
Sources: Boundary(IMWG), Settlement(OCHA).
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Asmara
Gedaref
Kosti
El Rahad
Ed Daein
UM DUKHUN
WHITE
NILE
El Obeid
ED DAEIN
ERITREA
EL GEZIRA
Wad Medani
El Fashir
El Geneina
KASSALA
Kassala
Khartoum
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100 km
SOUTH SUDAN
Addis-Ababa
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Final boundary between the Repblic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
Tearfund has adjusted its geographical focus in line
with changing needs. Starting from the emergency
phase where life-saving services such as water,
sanitation and nutrition were needed, Tearfund has
generally stayed in an area until the needs stabilised
to a point where the area was ready for long-term
development. Tearfund initially started with three
programme areas in 2004 – Beida, and Garsilla in
West Darfur and Ed Daein in South Darfur (now
part of East Darfur). While Ed Daein still remains an
operational area, Garsilla and Beida were phased out
in 2009 and 2010 as the situation was considered
stable by then. Kass in South Darfur was started
around that time. In 2011 Tearfund added Um
Dukhun and in 2012, Nertiti in Central Darfur to its
programming mix.
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The choice of these locations reflects Tearfund’s
desire to work in the most vulnerable areas even if
they happen to be in isolated, insecure environments.
Thus, instead of working in the more easily accessible
operational areas such as El Fasher and Nyala,
which represent the biggest hubs of NGO activities
in Darfur with dozens of INGOs present, Tearfund
selected more isolated areas where needs were more
intense while the number of NGOs was very low,
with Tearfund usually being one of 3-5 agencies
present in the area. Tearfund has worked with both
IDPs and local communities in these areas servicing
between 200,000-500,000 beneficiaries annually and
almost 1 million project beneficiaries over nine years
(this figure includes repeat counting of people who
have benefited from more than one Tearfund project).
Between 2004 and 2012, Tearfund spent more than
£39 million, with an average of more than £4.5
million per year.
TEARFUND IN DARFUR
DARFUR BUDGET 2004 – 2013
YEAR
04/05
05/06
06/07
07/08
08/09
09/10
10/11
11/12
TOTAL
BUDGET(£MILLION)
1.7
3
3.7
3.6
5.6
7.4
6.7
4.7
39.7
BENEFICIARIES (000s)
56
258
423
481
246
418
478
498
2,860
SECTORS 2007 – 2012
1% EDUCATION
3% COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
15% FOOD SECURITY
30% HEALTH PROMOTION
17% NUTRITION
34% WATER AND SANITATION
SECTORAL DETAILS OF TEARFUND DARFUR PROGRAMME, 2007 – 2012
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2007/08
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
2008/09 5%
0%
2009/10
2007/08
WATER AND SANITATION
NUTRITION
HEALTH PROMOTION
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FOOD SECURITY
EDUCATION
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2010/11
2008/09
2011/12
2009/10
2010/11
201
TEARFUND IN DARFUR
Tearfund has focused on the sectors of nutrition, health promotion, food security, water and sanitation,
community development and education. In line with Tearfund’s global emergency focus and capacities,
the core emergency sectors of water/sanitation (34%), health promotion (30%) and nutrition (17%) were
the three biggest sectors in terms of budget as well as number of beneficiaries. However, Tearfund’s desire
to enhance long-term self-reliance is reflected in the fact that food security, education and community
development comprised 19% of the five-year budget and almost a quarter in the last year, reflecting a clear
evolution of the programme towards longer term needs. In most cases, Tearfund adopted a multi-sectoral
approach where several sectors were implemented together in communities depending on their needs, leading
to broader needs coverage as well as synergies across the sectors. The following table outlines the wide range
of activities that Tearfund engaged in under each of these sectors:
DETAILS OF SECTOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES, 2004 – 2013
NUTRITION
All six locations
Blanket feeding for children under 5; supplementary
feeding for moderately malnourished children; outpatient
therapeutic centre for severely malnourished children.
HEALTH
PROMOTION
All six locations
Women’s clubs, children centres, household visits, group
sessions and mass campaigns for health promotion and
psychosocial support.
FOOD
SECURITY
Beida, Ed Daein, Garsilla,
Kass, and Um Dukhun
Vegetable and crop production inputs, tree planting,
grinding mills, poultry, seed banks, extension and training.
WATER AND
SANITATION
All six locations
Hand-dug wells, hand pumps, pumped water systems,
rainwater harvesting schemes, camp and institutional
latrine construction, household latrine construction, and
solid waste management.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Um Dukhun and Garsilla
Community committee formation and training, peacebuilding, youth and children’s activities, and women’s
activities.
EDUCATION
Beida, Ed Daein, Garsilla,
Kass and Um Dukhun
School infrastructure repair and construction.
This wide range of activities across a large geographical area was made possible by funding from a wide
range of donors. Of the 17 donors that funded Tearfund, the top three were the Department for International
Development (DFID) (22.4%), the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (19.3%) and the US
Department of State Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) (16.1%). These three donors provided the
core funding for Tearfund’s main operational areas while other donors usually provided supplementary funding
to specific sectors or geographical areas to further expand the scope of the work. A key feature of the funding
Tearfund received was that donors kept on funding large sums consistently over several years.
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TEARFUND IN DARFUR
FUNDING DETAILS 2007 – 2012
DONOR
SECTORS
07/08
08/09
09/10
10/11
11/12
TOTAL
ECHO
Nutrition, water, sanitation,
health promotion, food security
and emergency
13%
20%
22%
25%
15%
19.3%
World Relief
Canada
Nutrition, water, sanitation,
health promotion, food security
and emergency
9%
6%
5%
0%
0%
4.0%
UN Common
Humanitarian
Fund (UNCHF)
Education, nutrition, water,
sanitation and hygiene
5%
4%
11%
2%
13%
6.8%
Tearfund family
(Australia,
New Zealand,
Switzerland)
Nutrition, water, sanitation,
health promotion, food security
community development and
emergency
12%
2%
5%
5%
6%
6.7%
Scottish
Government
Nutrition, water, sanitation,
health promotion, food security
and emergency
0%
7%
7%
7%
11%
6.2%
OFDA
Nutrition, water, sanitation and
health promotion
14%
20%
17%
20%
8%
16.1%
DFID
Nutrition, water, sanitation,
environment, education, food
security and health promotion
14%
18%
20%
32%
29%
22.4%
Disasters
Emergency
Committee (DEC)
Water, sanitation, health
promotion and nutrition
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0.3%
Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
(BUZA)
Community development, food
security, water, sanitation and
health promotion
34%
23%
9%
0%
0%
12.9%
Canadian
International
Development
Agency (CIDA)
water, sanitation, health
promotion, nutrition support,
emergency and education
0%
0%
3%
9%
11%
4.5%
Europeaid
Food security
0%
0%
0%
1%
5%
1.0%
Canadian
Foodgrains Bank
Nutrition, water, sanitation and
health promotion
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0.4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0.1%
Darfur
Community development,
Community Peace
peace-building, youth
and Stability Fund
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TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES
AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
Tearfund has invested a high degree of effort in measuring what it has
done through more than 25 needs assessments, 14 independent external
programme evaluations and around 50 comprehensive project donor reports.
These assessments, reports and evaluations provide objective and verifiable
information to help analyse the outputs, outcomes and impact Tearfund’s
programme had in Darfur between 2004 and 2013. Some representative
examples of what Tearfund achieved over these nine years includes:
MAJOR SECTORAL OUTPUTS 2004 – 2013
NUTRITION
148,517 children and pregnant women provided with blanket, supplementary
and therapeutic nutrition
WATER
1,451 water points built or repaired
SANITATION
69,974 individual, communal and institutional latrines built
FOOD SECURITY
82,000 households provided with vegetable seeds
EDUCATION
6 schools and 125 classrooms constructed or repaired
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TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
The following outcomes and impacts also emerge repeatedly in Tearfund’s
programme evaluations and project reports:
1. PROVIDING EASIER ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS
2. REDUCING MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
The basic essentials of life were generally not
available to internally displaced people and even
host communities in the highly isolated and harsh
areas served by Tearfund. Tearfund played a critical
role in providing easy access to essentials such as
water, sanitation and household items to these
communities. The majority of households earlier
collected water from water points drilled over
ten years ago. Water points in areas most directly
affected by the conflict were in a dilapidated
condition with broken-down pumps and non-existent
distribution systems. In most cases the sanitary
condition of the older water points was very poor,
with inadequate surface water drainage and no
segregation of animals from drinking water collection
areas. Where water points were not functioning,
people were forced to use unprotected surface water
sources (ponds and puddles) or transport water
over great distances by donkey (a six hour one-way
journey being typical).
Tearfund’s emergency programmes played a critical
role in reducing morbidity and mortality, especially
its nutritional programmes which were implemented
in all locations. Among Tearfund’s wide range of
activities, the nutritional inputs for children played
the most critical role in this regard. Tearfund’s
assessments in Ed Daein from 2005 indicate global
acute malnutrition (GAM) rates of nearly 25 per cent
and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rates in excess
of four per cent (both above critical levels) were
common in the areas where Tearfund worked.
The evaluations repeatedly highlight the high degree
of gratitude expressed by communities towards
Tearfund for the provision of these basic necessities
of life. For example, in Beida, 100 per cent of the
population had sustainable access to improved water
sources in August 2011, compared to a baseline of
zero per cent in March 2008, before the start of
Tearfund’s project. Tearfund’s surveys also revealed
that community knowledge about the benefits of
simple health practices, such as hand-washing, ORS
(oral rehydration solution) preparation and breastfeeding, increased significantly. For example, in an
ECHO-funded project in 2006 in South Darfur, a
follow-up survey found that there has been a greater
than 30 per cent increase in health knowledge among
children and women beneficiaries of hand-washing
and soap use.
Tearfund helped to reduce GAM to 13.9 per cent and
SAM to 1.4 per cent (Ed Daein ECHO final report
(2006). Thus, Tearfund’s nutritional work controlled
the further spread of malnutrition and possible
mortality. Furthermore, the vast majority of the
malnourished children also suffered from diarrhoea,
malaria and other life-threatening communicable
diseases, which further worsened their vulnerability.
Tearfund’s water and sanitation work further reduced
the vulnerability of such children by reducing the
chances of diarrhoea. Lastly, Tearfund’s hygiene
promotion work complemented the water and
sanitation work by improving people’s hygiene
practices and by reducing their vulnerability to
diseases. For example, 60 per cent of women and 50
per cent of children in August 2012 could correctly
treat diarrhoea with ORS after Tearfund’s intervention,
against a baseline of 18 per cent of women and one
per cent of children in February 2011.
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TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
3. ENHANCING SELF-RELIANCE AND
LIVELIHOODS OPPORTUNITIES
4. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION, CAPACITY AND ORGANISATION
Even though Tearfund began operating in an
emergency environment, increasingly over time
it focused on enhancing people’s self-reliance by
providing livelihood opportunities in line with people’s
wishes. These opportunities included distributing
seeds for crop and vegetable production, seed banks,
tree planting, grinding mills, distributing poultry, and
extension and training services. Beneficiaries’ own
accounts during evaluations and Tearfund’s surveys
indicate that such interventions have significantly
improved people’s livelihoods. Seed deliveries and
agriculture support have contributed to significant
increases in local food production, income generation
and the recovery of the local rural economy.
Evaluations generally found that all aspects of
Tearfund’s programme showed appropriate levels
of community participation, including siting
hardware (latrines, boreholes, etc); the selection
of food security programmes at the request of
the community, and community contributions
(provision of labour and materials) in various project
components. Tearfund also set up committees for
maintaining and repairing the hardware components,
and collecting user charges wherever appropriate.
The fruit trees that were planted have provided
incomes and the forest trees help manage
deforestation and provide wood for building and
cooking. The trees also help hold the soil together
and prevent erosion. Beneficiaries also reported
satisfaction with the extension support that was
provided, particularly the messages about the
importance of crop spacing, natural fertiliser options
and mulch. Tearfund’s projects have also contributed
to displaced people’s return to their villages by
helping them to farm. For example, under a Tearfund
project in Ed Daein between 2009-2011, vegetable
seeds and tools were distributed
to 11,448 IDPs and 1,900 host
population families. In 2010,
post-distribution monitoring
confirmed that 98 per cent of
these beneficiaries had planted
vegetables. When 30,000 tree
seedlings were distributed in six
locations, a subsequent survey
revealed a 70 per cent survival rate
for the trees. An agricultural input
and training project in 2009 in
Garsilla led to a 23 per cent increase
in yields.
The training of individuals in technical skills, for
example in maintenance of water infrastructure
and construction of concrete latrine slabs, increased
the capacity of communities, with a potential
multiplier effect through employment in the
future. The soft skills (organisational, management,
revenue collection, book-keeping) of water
committees were also enhanced through training.
The high level of participation ensured by Tearfund
further strengthened the social capital present in
communities.
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TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
5. ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH AND
NORMALITY AMONG CHILDREN
The Darfur conflict has exposed children to a
high degree of psychological trauma. Tearfund’s
programmes were successful in reducing trauma
through child-focused activities. Tearfund set up
numerous children’s clubs and friendly spaces,
providing a much needed routine and stable and
stimulating environment that helped children
establish some degree of normality. As a result of
Tearfund’s psychosocial work, in August 2007, a survey
in West Darfur found that 82 per cent of children and
86 per cent of women were able to explain at least
two effective strategies for coping with feelings of
unhappiness. Tearfund also encouraged children to
take messages to their home to bring about health
practice improvements. School teachers reported that
children who had attended one of Tearfund’s children
clubs made much better students compared with
other children. Such children were better disciplined
in class, had better skills in basic reading and writing,
were more familiar with hygiene routines and were
more willing to assume responsibility.
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6. ENHANCING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
Tearfund’s programme was also commended in
evaluations for the high level of sensitivity, flexibility
and appropriateness exhibited, given the complex and
fragile conflict situation. Evaluations found that the
inter-community relationships developed through
Tearfund’s water and sanitation work, and children’s
programmes had provided a foundation for future
peace activities. For example, as Arab nomads and
Masalit children attended the same children’s clubs
in Beida, initial tensions were replaced by acceptance,
in the process establishing mutual community
relationships which could positively influence current
and future interactions. The equitable provision of
services and benefits to all communities without
distinction in Tearfund’s programmes also helped
reduce the threat of further violence. The presence
of children’s clubs was seen by beneficiaries as
potentially reducing the likelihood of older children
joining militias and perpetuating conflict. Tearfund
also provided openings for inter-tribal dialogue for
local conflict resolution. This was an unexpected
outcome from the establishment of village project
committees, which eventually led in some cases
to dialogue across different tribes. For example,
in a 2007-2008 project in Garsilla 30 community
leaders from a range of ethnic groups across the
region met six times to interact and discuss common
issues, including decision
making and problem solving
for common resource
management, and motivation
and encouragement for
relationship-building
among tribes.
TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
7. INCREASING SENSE OF SECURITY
Tearfund’s continuing presence has increased
communities’ sense of security. By providing water
points and latrines within camps, Tearfund has
removed the need for beneficiaries to face the
dangers of travelling beyond the camp perimeter.
Tearfund has also been sensitive to the suggestions
of communities in siting its water and sanitation
facilities in line with their security concerns. There
is a widespread perception among communities
that Tearfund has persisted in rendering services
to communities in areas that other agencies have
considered too risky. This has especially led to a
deep sense of appreciation among the targeted
communities along the Chad border.
Tearfund has built
or repaired around
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1,500 water points
8. ENHANCING CAPACITIES OF GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS
Multiple evaluations found highly positive views
among government departments about the
positive impact of Tearfund’s work not only on
communities but also the capacities of government
department themselves, given that Tearfund worked
in close collaboration with them. In several cases,
Tearfund was able to get government departments
to contribute to Tearfund’s work and to assume
responsibilities for some of Tearfund’s work after its
withdrawal. The Ministry of Education is reviewing
the possibility of adopting Tearfund children’s clubs
as pre-schools in order to improve their sustainability.
Tearfund’s water committees report that the Ministry
of Water and Sanitation (WES) provides spare parts
free of charge to hand pump technicians and water
yard operators for the water points constructed by
Tearfund. In September 2012, Tearfund started the
process of handing over IDP camp water supply
systems, motorised boreholes and hand pumps to
the Ministry and the community. Co-ordination
with WES in introducing partial cost recovery from
communities through a monthly fee for the generator
fuel has also been good, with WES playing a leading
and central role. Finally, Ministry of Agriculture
experts teach Tearfund beneficiaries how to produce
pure seed and how best to store them for the next
agricultural season.
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TEARFUND’S OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND IMPACT IN DARFUR
9. ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Tearfund’s projects contained intentional components
of environmental rehabilitation and mitigation of
environmental degradation. Tearfund facilitated the
planting of saplings in Beida, and is largely credited
with the greening of Beida Town. It promoted
the planting of trees in all infrastructure facilities
constructed in Beida and Um Dukhun, not only for
the sake of providing shade but also for protection
from the effects of storms and strong winds. Tearfund
also promoted the use of environmentally friendly
soil stabilised construction blocks in Beida and Um
Dukhun thereby reducing damage to an otherwise
larger volume of trees that would be required for
firing the bricks. Tearfund undertook joint ground
water monitoring with WES and agreed appropriate
garbage disposal points with health authorities.
In Beida, Tearfund encouraged the transportation
of garbage out of the main towns and population
centres. The projects have also taken care of
environmental mitigation during the design and
construction of different facilities eg water systems,
sanitation and school classrooms.
Proper drainage systems were designed and
constructed around the water points, boreholes and
hand-dug wells in order to control excess waste water
filtering back into the boreholes/wells, negatively
affecting water quality. Engineering safety and
control was implemented during the construction
of different structures. Care was taken not to cut
or damage existing trees around construction sites
during excavation and trenches were backfilled after
completion of the construction. The community was
educated in the proper use of facilities (separating
clothes washing, animal drinking and drinking water
collection points).
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CONCLUSIONS
Since 2004, Tearfund’s projects have served nearly 1 million beneficiaries in
some of the most isolated, insecure and badly affected parts of Darfur.
Tearfund’s programmes have combined the delivery
of critical life-saving emergency inputs in the sectors
of nutrition, water, sanitation and health promotion
with longer-impact work in the areas of education,
food security and community development.
The programmes have been delivered with a high
degree of community participation and in close
coordination with government agencies. Tearfund’s
ability to provide these critical and diverse services
has depended for its success in securing continued
multi-year funding from a wide range of donors.
Tearfund’s programmes have not only ensured access
to basic needs and reduced mortality and morbidity,
but have also enhanced people’s self-reliance, a sense
of normality among children and have enhanced
the capacities of communities and government
departments. Finally, they have also enhanced peace
and reconciliation at the local level and increased
people’s protection against physical dangers. Thus,
Tearfund’s Darfur programme is a strong example
of providing emergency and long-term support in a
precarious, complex and prolonged crisis.
Tearfund’s emergency
response provides non
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those who are displaced
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CONTACT
UK OFFICE
Tearfund, 100 Church Road,
Teddington TW11 8QE
T: 0845 355 8355
E: enquiries@tearfund.org
SUDAN OFFICE
Tearfund, Block No 11A,
House 22, Street 5, Amarat,
Khartoum, Sudan
T: +249 (0)183 472714
Photos: Paul Brigham/Tearfund
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Registered Charity No. SC037624 (Scotland)
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