Winter Clothing Relief for Burned Villages in North Darfur

🗓️ Project Date: December 2024

📍 Location: Tina locality and surrounding villages — Bir Mezza, Anka, Braidak, and Arori, North Darfur State, Sudan

🧾 Overview:

As part of its ongoing humanitarian response, GlobalNetPD launched a winter clothing distribution project in North Darfur to support families displaced by violent scorched-earth attacks. The project provided life-saving clothing supplies to hundreds of individuals—particularly women and children—fleeing burned villages and facing extreme winter conditions. The intervention was supported by the TikTok Youth Initiative – Ustaza Arfa Platform, and implemented in coordination with local partners and volunteers on the ground.

💡 Why It Matters:

Following violent attacks by Janjaweed militias in the villages of Bir Mezza, Anka, Braidak, and Arori, families fled with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the face of cold, blocked access to aid, and growing displacement across Tina locality and nearby camps, immediate winter protection became a matter of survival. Clothing is often overlooked in emergency response, yet it plays a vital role in restoring dignity, enabling movement, preventing illness, and offering emotional stability to those who’ve lost everything.

🛠️ What We Did:

• Distributed 500 thermal blankets and 1,000 women’s garments to displaced individuals
• Prioritized aid to victims from burned villages and those seeking refuge in Tina locality
• Focused support on women and children facing harsh weather with no access to clothing or heat
• Collaborated with the TikTok Youth Initiative and Ustaza Arfa Platform to mobilize diaspora-led funding and support
• Implemented the project alongside local volunteers to ensure safe, fair, and respectful delivery

🌱 The Impact:

This project provided both physical relief and emotional reassurance to hundreds of families enduring one of the harshest winters in memory. In a region where humanitarian access is severely restricted, GlobalNetPD’s response was not only timely—but lifesaving. Beyond garments and blankets, what was delivered that day was a message: You are not forgotten. We see you. We stand with you.