Where Famine Helps

Amina, age 15, lives in Otash camp in South Darfur and does her best to find food for her seven siblings, but the burden is too great to handle alone.  Her father, who provided the family with food in the past, has been missing since they fled their village in West Darfur five years ago.  Her mother is mentally ill and is unable to provide for her children.

Amina often looks for menial jobs in a city nearby.  If she is lucky, Amina earns $1 a day as a laborer at a local bread-making shop.  Amina attended school for only two years and doesn’t have vocational skills to land a higher-paying job.  She dreams of becoming a doctor, but the daily struggle of simply finding food keeps her from taking any steps toward achieving a seemingly impossible goal.  Because of donors and Famine participants like you, Amina and her siblings have benefited from World Vision’s monthly food rations.  “The food has kept us alive,” Amina said.
 
In addition to food provisions, World Vision is helping women in situations like Amina’s with income-generation activities, such as literacy classes, basket weaving, cooking, and more.  These skills equip them to build a sustainable income and hope-filled future.

Amina and her siblings are still alive thanks to World Vision and the 30 Hour Famine, but there is still much work to be done.  Your future participation in the Famine can and will continue to save lives while helping children like Amina take care of their families.