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Africa

Sudan

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FRAGILITY RANKING

7th out of 180 countries


Overview

Decades of civil war has claimed the lives of more than 1.5 million Sudanese people and caused mass suffering and forced evacuations for millions more.

Political instability and renewed conflict have left 2.1 million people internally displaced in Sudan. Flash flooding and earthquakes also caused 121,000 people to be displaced in 2018.

Cycles of flooding and drought in much of the country bring additional challenges to the families that have been forced to flee. They’re facing shortages of food and clean water, and access to healthcare is extremely limited.

The 2003 conflict in the Darfur region in western Sudan left over three million people without a home and living in overcrowded camps. Relief International started working in North Darfur in 2006, and is one of the last remaining aid organizations in Zamzam camp. Very few services exist here for the camp’s growing population of over 200,000 residents.

Relief International works with vulnerable communities across Darfur to deliver healthcare, secure access to clean water and food, improve basic hygiene practices, and create employment opportunities.

Our teams provide primary healthcare, vaccinations, family planning, and care for expectant and new mothers at 47 locations. We also build local capacity by training national health service providers and conducting community-wide campaigns on disease prevention and healthy practices.

Darfur is desert-like and water is scarce. Relief International collaborates with local pump mechanics to rehabilitate hand pumps across the state. This provides access to safe drinking water and a long-term strategy to keep the pumps working, while creating job opportunities at the local level.

We’ve constructed hundreds of specialized latrines across Zamzam camp – ensuring residents have the sanitation facilities they need to prevent the outbreak of disease. Input from camp residents led the latrines to be designed with bamboo mats for the structure, a material that copes with Sudan’s withering heat better than the traditional plastic sheeting often used by aid agencies.

Our nutrition services at 48 locations in North Darfur treat malnourished children and educate community nutrition workers. Relief International also provides seeds and agriculture training on kitchen gardens to women who are heads of the family. These compact gardens are grown in sacks and maximize the small space outside huts in the dense camp, increasing household nutrition and creating a chance to generate income by selling excess produce in the local market.

“Sudan is experiencing a political transformation,” says Ann Koontz, Relief International CEO. “Amid this political change are tremendous challenges to meet a worsening humanitarian situation, which by all accounts is likely to grow worse before there is hope for long-term recovery. We are on the ground across three states providing life-saving health care, ensuring water is safe to drink and working to rebuild livelihoods.”


Our 2022 Impact in Sudan
554K
healthcare consultations provided
1.8K
healthcare providers trained
45
healthcare facilities supported
117K
people with improved access to safe drinking water

Stories From Sudan

Learn more about our work in Sudan from our staff and the people we serve.

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Relief International responds to the escalation of conflict in North Darfur

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Sudan Crisis: How can we provide aid if our doctors and nurses cannot access food and water themselves?

Relief International makes urgent call for increased funding ahead of high-level meeting on Monday.

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7 Things To Know About The Situation In Sudan

As the situation in Sudan evolves, here’s the latest information on the situation and Relief International’s response.

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Supporting Communities in Sudan During The Conflict

Communities all over Sudan have been devastated by the ongoing conflict. In El-Fasher, North Darfur, Dr Mohammed and his team of doctors, nurses and medical staff are doing what they can to help.

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Relief International Stands with Sudan, Urges for Peace and Continues Life-Saving Services Amid Fragile Security Situation

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STATEMENT: Craig Redmond, CEO, on the death of our colleague Ibrahim Suliman in Sudan

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Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

People living in Sudan’s Zamzam camp can access safe and clean water thanks to a hybrid solar-powered water pump installed by Relief International.

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Tigray Crisis: Here’s How Relief International is Responding

Right now, an unfolding crisis is occurring in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and thousands of refugees are streaming into bordering Sudan. Learn how Relief International is responding to this unfolding crisis:

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The Darfur Crisis: Then and Now

Fifteen years after the Darfur crisis began, the humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate following years of conflict, poverty, and under-development.

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Kitchen Gardens in North Darfur Make Nutrition Sustainable

Medina took part in an RI training course that taught her how to cultivate her own fruits and vegetables.

Now she can feed her family of ten healthy and nutritious meals.

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Relief International responds to the escalation of conflict in North Darfur

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Sudan Crisis: How can we provide aid if our doctors and nurses cannot access food and water themselves?

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7 Things To Know About The Situation In Sudan

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Supporting Communities in Sudan During The Conflict

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Relief International Stands with Sudan, Urges for Peace and Continues Life-Saving Services Amid Fragile Security Situation

STATEMENT: Craig Redmond, CEO, on the death of our colleague Ibrahim Suliman in Sudan

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Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

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Tigray Crisis: Here’s How Relief International is Responding

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The Darfur Crisis: Then and Now

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Kitchen Gardens in North Darfur Make Nutrition Sustainable

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Relief International responds to the escalation of conflict in North Darfur

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Sudan Crisis: How can we provide aid if our doctors and nurses cannot access food and water themselves?

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7 Things To Know About The Situation In Sudan

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Supporting Communities in Sudan During The Conflict

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Relief International Stands with Sudan, Urges for Peace and Continues Life-Saving Services Amid Fragile Security Situation

STATEMENT: Craig Redmond, CEO, on the death of our colleague Ibrahim Suliman in Sudan

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Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

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Tigray Crisis: Here’s How Relief International is Responding

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The Darfur Crisis: Then and Now

Sudan. Elie Gardner/RI

Kitchen Gardens in North Darfur Make Nutrition Sustainable

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Featured Project

Responding to Sudan's Forgotten Crisis

Sudan’s Blue Nile State, situated along the country’s southeastern border, has known war for more than 60 years. Though it’s dwarfed by protracted humanitarian crises in neighboring Darfur and South Sudan, Blue Nile State is home to one of the world’s forgotten crises.

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