I want to travel to Darfur or any other poor country in Africa that i can help people for charity.?

Question

Im an african-british male, 17, i want to try and travel to Darfur this summer and help people.

anyone know a way i can go? or a group i can go with from the UK?

i dont want anything religious eg. Muslim Brothers or Christian Brothers as i dont think religion has anything to do with these things and that religion will only cause more complex problems.

so any ideas please?

Answer 1

At 17 and unskilled, there's no place for you in Darfur right now. I don't even know of fee based volunteering services who are placing volunteers who pay a fee in Sudan right now. It's way too dangerous, and what's needed are highly-skilled volunteers who have a great deal of experience in developing countries and crisis situations.

If you want to help in Darfur, you could raise money for one of the organizations working there and/or start your own awareness campaign to make sure they know what the crisis is and how they can help (writing letters to their representatives demanding action, donating to organizations working there, etc.).

Darfur and Sudan-related questions are frequently asked, so you should look up both in the resolve questions section of Yahoo Answers Community service to get even more advice.

Answer 2

To my knowledge, they are not letting aid groups into darfur.....nor peacekeepers at this time.....I personally use kidsworldwide.org b/c they are cheap and do a lot of good....but no one is going to send you to a war zone until the fighting is fully over. good luck!!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Darfur may be hard to get into right now and is very dangerous at this time for foreigners.

You may want to try Malawi. It is extremely poverty stricken.

www.rippleafrica.org

Answer 5

Unless you have a skill that is needed ...for example a qualification in the medical field ...you can not just go ...try the red cross ...savation army etc you maybe ale to do something with those groups...

Answer 6

red cross ?

Answer 7

You could read most of the most relevant verses from the holy Quran/Koran on charity. http://www.progressive-muslim.org/zakat-...

Giving charity is one of the most important things to do for the cause of God only and not for show off.