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Assistance to Darfur, Sudan by the Japan Platform (JPF)

April 14, 2005

  1. The Japan Platform (JPF), established in cooperation with the Government of Japan, the Japanese business community and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), decided to provide assistance to Darfur totaling approximately 280 million yen out of the fund contributed by the Government of Japan in light of the serious humanitarian situation in Darfur, in western Sudan.
    (1) Emergency Water Supply and Sanitation Project and Emergency Education Project in Western Darfur (Implementing NGO: Save the Children Japan)
    Save the Children Japan will establish wells, provide training sessions on maintenance and management of wells, provide sanitation education, and establish temporary schools, etc., in Habilla Province in Western Darfur State.
    (scale of operation: approx. 76 million yen)
    (2) Emergency Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Southern Darfur (Implementing NGO: World Vision Japan)
    World Vision Japan will restore and establish wells, provide training sessions on maintenance and management of wells, and provide sanitation education, etc., near Nyala, the capital of Southern Darfur State.
    (scale of operation: approx. 106 million yen)
    (3) Emergency Water Supply Project in Northern Region of Western Darfur (Implementing NGO: ADRA Japan)
    ADRA Japan will restore and establish wells, and provide training sessions on maintenance and management of wells, etc., in Kulbus Province in Western Darfur State.
    (scale of operation: approx. 94 million yen)
  2. In the Darfur region, conflicts have emerged between the government army and the anti-government resistance forces of Darfur which root back to the conflict over water and meadowland between nomads of Arab descent and local residents of African descent. Furthermore, the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region is extremely serious with continuing attacks by the Arab militia (Janjaweed) on local residents of African descent, which have created a current total of approximately 1.85 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).
  3. In response to such a situation, the JPF dispatched the above-mentioned three organizations to designated areas in mid-February of this year to conduct initial investigations towards the formulation of specific assistance projects. The assistance activities provided by the JPF this time are based on these investigation results and it is expected that the "assistance with visibility" provided by Japan's NGOs which targets the affected people will be further advanced.

(Reference)
JPF is an organization established in August 2000 with the aim of providing prompt and effective emergency humanitarian assistance activities for disasters and conflicts, in coordination and cooperation with Japanese NGOs, economic circles and the government.

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