The pandemic year challenged our partners around the world. What good was achieved in 2020? Thank you to all our supporters!

Tommy Koponen could hardly have imagined that the floorball team he had founded would one day be the Finnish championship team. This spring, Tommy is planking with his team for a good cause. Each minute planked will raise funds for Ugandan children in the Fida Food for Life -campaign.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the aftershocks worry residents in the city of Goma, where it is estimated that thousands have lost their homes. The extent of the damage is being assessed in the area where Fida is starting humanitarian aid. Fida has given € 50,000 in disaster relief for the victims of the disaster.

We help Ugandan refugee children deal with trauma, go to school, play, do every-day routines, get a livelihood, and have a sense of security.

The consequences of the corona pandemic are already visible. Closed schools are now occupied by termites and goats. Not only have students’ studies and progress slowed, but in some cases, it has completely stopped and life has taken on a new, unwanted direction.

The war has torn families apart. Many children are orphans, have lost at least one parent, or do not know where the parent is. Children living without their parents in Bidibidi are in a precarious and vulnerable position.

In Uganda, South Sudanese refugees, who have fled the horrors of war, live in a the Bidibidi settlement. Families have been torn apart – most refugees are children and women – and the sense of security has broken down.

Refugee children’s eyes have seen too much. The effects of traumatic experiences are still close. Fear continues to be the travel companion of the South Sudanese who fled their homes to the sounds of gunfire.