Sudan is facing the worst humanitarian crisis the world has ever seen.
Since the conflict erupted last April, over 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes and are now displaced within the country or seeking refuge in neighboring nations.
Currently, nearly 26 million people in Sudan are facing acute hunger. Malnutrition is rampant.
Famine conditions have been confirmed in the ZamZam displacement camp in Darfur, meaning over 120,000 people face a complete lack of access to food and other basic needs. The vast majority of refugees in the camp are women and children experiencing starvation, death, malnutrition and destitution.
Right now, a child in ZamZam camp dies every two hours from malnutrition and disease.
Parents are desperately struggling to find food for their children while urgently needing shelter, safety, and medical care to survive.
Additionally, 12 million people lack access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities, exacerbating the health crisis with an outbreak of fatal waterborne illness.
The effects of war are compounded when forced displacement and extreme hunger are also present. Physical destruction of communities, plummeting financial situations, and a lack of available resources leaves families desperate for help.
While humanitarian organizations have been on the ground to deploy life saving resources, access to the areas in need have been cut off due to heavy floods and the closing of the Adre border crossing, the most direct route to deliver humanitarian aid to starving people in Darfur.
This disruption of food supplies and other humanitarian aid has increased hunger and malnutrition to catastrophic levels.
At the end of August, the Adre border crossing was reopened, and humanitarian aid is ramping up to provide life saving resources to women and children in famine torn areas.
International Relief Teams is working with partners in Sudan to provide critical lifesaving assistance to address these urgent needs through several key projects:
As the conflict in Sudan continues to rage on, we will prioritize reaching people who are facing emergency and catastrophic levels of hunger, those who have been internally displaced, and refugees who have fled the bloodshed into neighboring countries.
Until there is a ceasefire or peaceful agreement reached, we MUST continue to pour humanitarian aid into Sudan, provide life saving food and water to starving and displaced people, and be relentless in our efforts to save lives.
Urgent action is required and time is running out.
Help us continue to provide emergency assistance where it is needed most.
