World Vision Intervention Provides Sense of Safety among Displaced Children in East Darfur

*Sahar is an 11-year-old girl from Nayla. She lives with her mother, father and 6 of her siblings. She was studying in primary school grade 5 when the conflict in Sudan started. The conflict changed families totally.

When seven people were killed by an artillery shelling in the neighbors’ house, Sahar’s father decided to move to another safe place, so the family moved to Muhajeriya.

 “That was the first time for me to be displaced. I miss my beloved peers and friends and feel that my life has become difficult. I am now afraid of seeing strangers,” says Sahar. 

*Sahar spent two months in Muhajeriya, then and because there was news that armed forces were planning to attack Muhajeriya, Sahar’s father once again decided to take his family to a safer area.

The family’s members started a new journey towards Daein, the capital city of East Darfur state.  They used a donkey cart and the younger ones walked on foot to reached Daein. Finally, the family arrived in in Al-Naim IDP camp.

“The situation in the camp is completely different from our life in Nyala. One day, some people visited our family and had coffee with my mother. I was afraid to see them. Later I got to know that they were volunteers who had come to support my family. The visitor took me to the Child Safe Space where I found girls my age. It was nice to talk and play with them. Now I am much aware about how I can find support when I need. The volunteers teach us that children can reach out to facilitators when any type of support is needed,” says *Sahar.

*Name changed to protect identity. 

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