British actress Dame Joanna Lumley has been announced as patron of Kids for Kids, which aims to transform the lives of children in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan through a number of grassroots projects.

The charity's Goat Loan initiative involves lending six goats to families to provide milk every day; the families will bring up the goat's offspring, which are then passed on to other families. Lumley commented 'Goats are the miracle animals of Africa. Their milk will save a child from starvation, and this is what Kids for Kids does best! They lend goats; and save children's lives'.