Online Flea market - 25% goes to I CARE!

Hello to all our fashionistas!

Our fashion blogger friend, SaniaClaus, is selling some amazing cloths on her blog and 25% of the income is donated to I CARE! Please check out her blog and see what you can get for your wardrobe and at the same time give a little to our kids at the orphanage! 

Visit the link below to visit her blog and contact her if you are interested!

http://saniaclaus.chic.se/shop-my-closet/#disqus_thread

Big thanks to Sania for doing this! <3

I'm Ehood!

Dear person reading this,

Here comes the last (best) presentation!

My name is Ehood Ali and I am the "president" of this amazing project! 

For those who don't know what I Care is, then i can tell you shortly that it's a project under the Swedish-Sudanese Association (SSA) in which a group of girls are helping an orphanage in Sudan for mentally and/or physically disabled boys.

I am a 21-year old pharmacy student that lives and Studies in Uppsala. My family lives in Stockholm (sometimes in other parts of Sweden and also the world!) so i travel back and fourth between the biggest city in Sweden and the fourth biggest one very often. I'm raised in Stockholm and I've been to an English school since third grade and continued to do high school in English. Those who know me know that I love talking, laughing and making sure that every single second is spent wisely.

I love travelling more than anything in the world and I am so lucky to have been able to combine my passion for travelling and my pharmacy studies! I have been part of the board for Swedish National Association of Pharmaceutical Students (SNAPS) in 2011 and this has taught me how an organisation should and could work. All that I have learnt I have started applying to I Care and I will keep doing so to improve the project!

Through the years, we have been lucky enough to have someone from our board travel to Sudan at least once every six moths and check in on the orphanage. I am proud to say that I am the person that has been to the orphanage the most times (mohahaha) but I haven't been to Sudan in 1,5 years now! I am going to Sudan in July so I can't wait to be re-united with my second family again. 

I can't explain in words what it feels like when we walk in to the orphanage and ten little boys come running towards you and give you the warmest hug you have ever felt. The boys get so excited and every single day we have to go home from the orphanage it truly feels like leaving a peace of our hearts, and I know i speak for the rest of the girls when I say this! When you go into the little room further inside, where the more sick boys are, and you see their faces light up when they see us - this is a feeling that is more than priceless. These little boys can't walk, they  can't speak and some of them can't even sit up by themselves, but they have the most beautiful smiles in the world. 

Knowing that you might be just a tiny reason for that smile coming out is something that keeps me going many times.

Last but not least, I want to thank everyone that has attended our events, donated to the orphanage and supported us! I want to give a special thanks to a few very special friends in Sudan (you know who you are) that have helped us more than we could thank for. This project wouldn't have been anything without you guys!

Much love and CARE,

My Name is Mae

Hello fellow 'I Care'-ers!

So the turn has come to me to introduce myself in the purpose of you getting to know us a little better.
As mentioned above, my name is Mae Suliman, I'm 24 years old and currently studying my fourth out of five years of Dentistry at Umeå University. Unfortunately, this makes me the only SSAYC (Swedish Sudanese Association Youth Committee) board member up north, however we have skilled the art of Skyping over the years in order to keep in touch and stay updated on the project despite the distances between us.

When I'm not juggling patients and studies, I meet up with friends, (spend more time trying to collect motivation to work out than the time I actually spend doing it), catch up with family and friends, and (if the chance is given) travel back to my beloveds in Stockholm.

As Maha mentioned, the SSAYC was formed after attending a meeting of the SSA in 2008, where we started discussing the need of having a board of youths directed to other youths with the common goal of tying a connection between young people in Sudan and Sweden.

Early on in the founding of the board, we felt we needed a project that would speak to our members in which we could do something for Sudan. At that time, a lot of aid projects were directed to the problems of Darfur, and although it was (and still is) in need of highlighting, we felt we needed to shed light on other issues in Sudan that needed attention. This brought us to deciding on focusing on the orphans of Sudan and the social stigma that follows them.

In the winter of 2012, I travelled to Sudan ahead of the others in order to investigate on the orphanage that would need the most of our help. After visiting several orphanages that had been suggested by our members and discussing them with the other board members, we realized Dar al Fityan was in the greatest need of aid. As soon as the other board members arrived in Sudan, we got straight to work in trying to build up the spirits of both the boys and the broken home they lived in.

We are all incredibly happy, and feel an immense sense of gratitude, in knowing that we are fortunate enough to be part of this, and further knowing that had things not happened in this order, we probably never would have been blessed enough to engage in this project.

Old members: Thank you for your constant support over the years, we couldn't have done this without you. New members: We are greatly thrilled to have you onboard this project and look forward to seeing where this journey will lead us together.

Much love!

For any questions or inputs, please contact me at mae.suliman@live.se

 

My Name is Fatima

Dear Reader,

My name is Fatima Osman and I am the second youngest board members in this project that we named I CARE. I turned 19 around a month ago, starting with my bachelors in Development Studies at Lund University the same year i graduated high school. I was intimidated starting a program where I was the youngest and least experienced student, but I now realize how lucky I am to have to have taken part of shaping this project. This project did not only reflect my personal interests, I learned, but also my academic interests.

Development Studies is an education that I believe teaches us about the structures we live in, and the importance of global case studies when analyzing conditions in developing countries. Coming in contact with the children in the orphanage was a subconscious drive for me to choose this education. My evolvement was rather spontaneous, later than the rest of the board members,  and a result of visiting the orphanage when in Sudan. Joining this journey has taught me more about myself than i had expected  and most importantly it taught me how I wish to interact with the world that we live in. With this said, the project has been more of a learning experience for me than an accomplishment. I wish to learn more from the kids that we have grown close to the past years, and I wish to share this experience with you.

Best Regards!

My name is Azza.

Hello dear readers! First of all, i would like to thank you for checking out the I Care blog! We’ll try to update the blog as often as we can, so keep tuning in and keep yourself updated. Together we can help our kids in the orphanage.

My Name is Azza Ali and I'm 23 years old. I’m currently studying Peace and Conflict studies and Political Science at Lunds University. I just finished my internship with Amnesty International where I worked within public relations, representing Amnesty and holding lectures. Right now I just can’t wait to finish school and take my first steps into the real adult life. I live in Malmö where im neighbors with the beautiful Maha Suliman. I love it here, but right now I want to go out and see the world.

I've been working with the I Care project since it started and have fallen in love with the work and the boys. Unfortunately, due to school, and exams I haven’t seen my boys in a while, but I’m planning on going to Sudan to see them this summer, Inshallah. I’m so proud (and jealous) of my friends who have had the chance to see the boys this winter and the past, but my time is coming soon.

Questions? Thoughts? Comments? Let us know!

That’s all for now folks!