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Sudan crisis: Appeal for donations launched as millions need urgent support

24 April 2024
Sudan crisis - Water pumps

Women and children collecting safe drinking water from a newly constructed water pump.

The war in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee their homes - and these families now face a hunger crisis.

We have launched an emergency appeal for funding to help families caught up in this crisis. So many people have had to evacuate their homes, that Sudan is now grappling with the largest internal displacement crisis globally, and more than 3 million children are among those displaced.

At least 25 million Sudanese need immediate, emergency help. Families are already going hungry and famine is looming. This crisis threatens to become the worst in living memory.

Telley Sadia, CAFOD's Country Representative for Sudan

An estimated 8 million people are at risk of famine-like conditions by June, when Sudan’s crucial growing season begins, without further support.

But Telley Sadia, CAFOD’s Country Representative for Sudan, tells us that Church partners can still make a difference:

“CAFOD is on the ground in Sudan and neighbouring countries, working tirelessly alongside local partners. The situation is dire. Countless women and children, starving and traumatised, face unbearable circumstances.”

Sudan is in a hunger crisis

Five million people are experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity, with catastrophic conditions prevailing in areas like West and Central Darfur, where conflict has been most intense.

Serious disease outbreaks, including cholera, further exacerbate this hunger crisis, with two-thirds of the population lacking access to healthcare.

Telley and others used the Sudan International Humanitarian Conference in Paris on Monday 15 April as platform to call for further, urgent support:

“We call on donor governments and leaders to swiftly allocate the US$2.7 billion required for Sudan's relief efforts, ensuring funds reach local responders promptly. The situation demands not just attention but decisive action to prevent further devastation.

"As CAFOD and local partners work tirelessly on the ground, the international community must step up to provide the necessary support and resources to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people.”

The need for a ceasefire

Pope Francis urged the world to resist "the logic of weapons" in his Easter message at the Vatican. “May the Lord open paths of peace on the African continent, especially for the suffering peoples in Sudan and in the entire region of the Sahel, in the Horn of Africa.”