Umtoma and classmates attending a literacy class. [Copyright: WFP/Amor Almagro]

Education And An Income For Women In North Darfur

Umtoma Ahmad Mohammed is a Sudanese mother of five who married young and spent much of her life caring for her children. Umtoma has not spent a day in primary school. Now, she and her 15-year-old daughter are learning how to read and write. The two women are also learning how to make fuel-efficient stoves and fuel fire briquettes as well as gardening.

Overview

With its southern region now an independent country on its own, Sudan will continue to face humanitarian challenges due to ongoing conflict and insecurity in its western region of Darfur and an escalation of conflict in the Abyei area and the state of South Kordofan.

SOUTH SUDAN

On 9 July the southern part of Sudan officially declared its independence from North Sudan and become the world’s 196th country. Go to South Sudan country page

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Planned Beneficiaries3,624,815
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