Darfur Australia Network Appeal 

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The crisis in Darfur has lead to the deaths of around 400,000 people and the mass displacement of more than 2.5 million Darfuri people around the world. In Australia we have a small but active Darfur community, and DAN strives to provide opportunities for this community to voice its concerns, and educate fellow Australians and our elected representatives about the situation from which they have fled. DAN also works to provide support for Darfur community members as they settle into a new country.

What is this appeal for?

The Darfur Australia Network (DAN) is an advocacy and community engagement organisation that aims to help raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, promoting human rights awareness and supporting the emerging Darfuri Sudanese community in Australia. DAN is raising funds to ensure that the organisation is able to continue with its ongoing advocacy and community engagement activities with the Darfuri Sudanese community in Australia. DAN is raising funds to ensure that the organisation is able to continue with its ongoing advocacy and community engagement activities with the Darfuri Sudanese community in Australia.

How will the funds be used? 

All funds raised through the Darfur Australia Network Appeal will be used to support the ongoing activity related and organisational costs of the organisation, allowing DAN to continue supporting its activities with the Darfuri Sudanese community in Australia. These activities include running art projects with the youth of the community, holding cooking and computer classes with the women, assisting the soccer players in the community and supporting community interns to work in the DAN office and much more. The operational costs of DAN cover rent, phone bills, meeting room-hire, other administration costs and travel for the community from Sunshine, Dandenong and Shepparton to the DAN office in central Melbourne. DAN supports the Darfuri Sudanese community to advocate on their own behalf for the needs of their community and the needs of those who remain in Darfur.

Is this appeal tax deductible? 

Unfortunately, DAN is not able to provide tax deductable receipts given the advocacy work that we do. It is therefore extremely difficult for us to raise funds to support our important work. 

Any donation great or small will make a large contribution to the ongoing work of the Darfur Australia Network. 

Thanking you in advance.

 

$10 Will ensure community members are able to attend DAN training and awareness raising events

$25 Will cover the costs of one community cooking class per person. These classes are provided on a weekly basis to educate about the fresh foods available in Australia and how to achieve a balanced diet for adults and children.

$30 Will purchase a fair trade soccer ball for use in Darfur community soccer training sessions. These training sessions offer an opportunity for community members to congregate and enjoy a healthy lifestyle while gaining new skills from our talented coach.

$200 Will provide a media training course with an expert trainer for the Darfur community. This day long course will assist in building community capacity to respond to the enquiries of journalists and articulate their opinions well.

$500 Will provide airfares and accommodation for two members of the Darfur community to travel to Canberra and meet with politicians.

Donate computers to DAN for distribution to the Darfur community in Melbourne

The youth of the Darfur community urgently require computers to aid in their educational development as they face new challenges in the Australian school system. Contact tess@darfuraustralia.org to arrange your computer equipment donation.