Monthly Report from Team Zamzam for November 2024
(as of November 22)
From the Team Zamzam Coordinating Counselor
(An Annual Report on Team Zamzam Activities and Assessments will appear at the end of December 2024)
Total work carried out during November
Number of people fed during November:
On November 3, we conducted an inspection visit to 44 shelter centers at various locations in Zamzam. This was to inspect conditions for the displaced in order to provide assistance groups most urgently needed. We selected the shelter center Al-Nawal School because of its large size and the numbers of displaced children suffering from acute malnutrition.
We have found that the shelter centers are the largest and most impoverished areas within Zamzam camp, many in former schools, A festival of group feeding was organised to provide fresh meals to 545 families. In Al Salam School (#19) we reached 700 families.
On November 6, we provided breakfast at Salaam Boys’ Secondary School for 764 families. These centers include all categories of individuals: women, children, the disabled, the wounded, and the elderly.
Total number of families fed: 2,009
Total of number of people fed: 10,623
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Number of people benefited from more substantial food distributions:
A total of 252 families—some 900 individuals—have benefited this month from the distribution of basic necessities, consisting of a food basket of flour, red lentils, and sugar.
Quantity and type of food supplies:
8 bags of sugar, each containing 50 kilograms
13 bags of flour, each containing 50 kilograms
33 bags of red lentils, containing 25 kilograms
Total distribution:
Sugar 400 kilograms
Flour 650 kilograms
Red lentils 825 kilograms
1,874 kilograms of food (almost 3,000 pounds)
Other activities by Team Zamzam to date in November:
Number of counselling sessions:
16 group sessions
23 individual sessions.
Camp meetings attended:
4 visits and meetings with camp residents held during November
3 meetings held with notables of civil administrations
8 meetings were held with the representatives of different shelter centers
3 meetings were held with local charities
2 meetings were held with local activists and volunteer groups
A total of 18 meetings
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(Eric) We can do more...we can provide the funds that will enable Team Zamzam to extend their reach in the rapidly growing and increasingly desperate camp:
It is now possible to make a tax-deductible contribution to our project, using a portal on the website of a 501/c/3 organization operating in Sudan. Operation Broken Silence, working primarily on health and education issues in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, has created a special site for tax-deductible contributions to our project, and we hope this makes contributing to the health and well-being of the people of Zamzam easier for donors.
Those wishing to assist in funding the work of Team Zamzam may also send a check directly to Eric (Eric Reeves, 31 Franklin St., Northampton, MA 01060).
OR
Purchase one of his woodturnings: https://www.ericreeves-woodturner.com/collections/all
