Jewish groups in humanitarian effort in Sudan 

A coalition of Jewish groups is to launch an educational program for at-risk Sudanese children. The program will take place in Chad, home to more than 200,000 people made refugees by militias backed by the Sudanese government. The US$ 100,000 program is funded through a grant to the Jewish Coalition for Sudan Relief by the American Jewish World Service, the Israeli government, the UJA-Federation of New York, Union of Reform Judaism and United Jewish Communities of Metrowest, New Jersey.