Stories & Events

With one full container delivered, Giving Island’s Belfast community turns to the next — preparing a second shipment of stoma supplies for Sudan.

Follow the journey of the stoma care supplies packed at Giving Island’s Belfast gatherings, from a community table to patients across war-torn Sudan.

At Giving Island’s Belfast packing days, young and old work side by side, strengthening bonds across generations of the Sudanese community.

Giving Island’s packing days in Belfast became an unexpected source of comfort for a community carrying the trauma of Sudan’s war from afar.

For Sudanese people in Belfast watching war unfold back home, Giving Island’s packing days offer something powerful: a practical antidote to helplessness.

How Giving Island’s packing days became a place of belonging for the Sudanese diaspora in Belfast, combining practical aid with genuine community.

At our third Belfast packing day, Giving Island noticed something unexpected: the gatherings were lifting the spirits of a diaspora community living through war back home.

How Giving Island’s community packing days in Belfast developed a rhythm, turning donated stoma supplies into shipment-ready aid for Sudan.

The story of Giving Island’s first community packing day in Belfast, where Sudanese volunteers began sorting and packing stoma care supplies bound for patients in Sudan.