Caritas efforts helped to setup 22 microfinance groups in South Darfur

Over 2.5 million people fled from their homes in Sudan, Source :Caritas Switzerland

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 26, 2009: Caritas, a Switzerland based international NGO, has helped to setup 22 microfinance groups this year  in South Darfur under its six-year programme launched in 2004 . The six-year programme has launched with Act International partnerships. Together, Caritas and ACT have raised US $81 million for the people of Darfur since 2004.

Caritas has also launched a US $12 million appeal to directly help 350,000 people in Sudan’s Darfur region, including 240,000 who have lost their homes. Caritas will continue to provide clean water, healthcare, peace building and livelihoods in a continuation of its six-year programme, the report said.

Over 2.5 million people who have fled from their homes because of conflict remain in Darfur and many live outside Sudan. Many of these people are totally reliant on the remaining aid agencies or the UN still present in Darfur after 16 aid agencies were closed down or expelled in March.

Caritas Internationalis Secretary-General Lesley-Anne Knight said, “Caritas and its partners continue to help 350,000 people through this appeal. Over the next 12 months, there will be a continued focus on providing desperately needed aid as one of the biggest humanitarian organizations left operating in Darfur.

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