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Sudan Emergency
Your donation can help the people of Sudan survive conflict, starvation and disease
Your donation can help the people of Sudan survive conflict, starvation and disease
Horrific violence is unfolding right now in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.
In recent days, tens of thousands of people have fled the city – many facing extreme violence and grave human rights violations along the way. Countless others remain trapped in the city, desperate for reprieve. There are widespread reports of executions, sexual violence against women and girls, and targeted attacks on people with disabilities.
Those able to escape are walking for days under the scorching sun to reach the nearby town of Tawila. They are arriving malnourished, sick and in urgent need of aid.
UNHCR and its partners are working non-stop to assist new arrivals and provide basic shelter and necessities, but the need is only growing.
Please donate now. Your gift can provide the people of Sudan with relief items, medicine and cash to buy food.
After fleeing violence in El Fasher, Monira is now living in a refugee camp in neighbouring Chad.
The conflict has created the world's largest displacement crisis, with 12 million people forced to flee for their lives. Hunger and malnutrition are rampant, with famine confirmed in at least 10 locations.
As Sudan’s crisis deepens, humanitarian funding is under threat. UNHCR is facing dire funding shortages, putting millions of lives at risk.
UNHCR teams are committed to delivering life-saving aid to displaced families. But resources are stretched thin and more help is urgently needed.
UNHCR is on the ground in Sudan and neighbouring countries, delivering aid wherever possible. With your help, we can provide shelter, water and cash assistance to people fleeing violence. Dedicated teams are also identifying the most vulnerable, especially women and children, and providing healthcare and psychological support.
Your gift can provide essential items like mattresses, solar lamps, blankets and kitchenware.
Your gift can provide temporary shelter for refugees.
Your gift can provide vulnerable families with cash to buy food, medicine and other essentials.
Nearly 12 million people have been forced to flee since fighting broke out in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023.
Since the start of the conflict, homes, schools and hospitals have come under attack, amid extensive looting and burning. The health system is rapidly deteriorating. Clinics are struggling to cope with a life-threatening shortage of staff and supplies. Famine has been confirmed in 10 locations, with more areas at risk.
While most people are displaced inside Sudan, over four million have escaped to neighbouring countries such as South Sudan and Chad. They are arriving at border crossings with little more than the clothes on their backs and urgently need safety and protection.
UNHCR is providing life-saving assistance and essential services to displaced families, including shelter, emergency relief items, cash assistance and counselling. Teams are also undertaking individual protection assessments for some of the most vulnerable new arrivals.
UNHCR has thousands of relief items including household kits ready to distribute and is mobilising more stock across the border in Chad to deliver inside Sudan. At the same time, teams are ready to scale up support for new arrivals fleeing to Chad. We are also working quickly to relocate refugees to safer areas away from borders, and to register families for legal and protection support.
But our resources are stretched thin — we need your urgent donation to deliver more life-saving aid.
UNHCR is on the ground in Sudan and in neighbouring countries, providing emergency shelter, clean water, and protection — but our resources are stretched to the breaking point.
Your gift can mean survival:
Please donate now. Your help can save lives and restore hope.
UNHCR, together with the rest of the UN, remains in Sudan in support of its people and continues to operate wherever it has safe access.
As part of ongoing cross-border efforts to deliver critical assistance in Sudan, UNHCR and its partners, with the support of the Governments of Chad and Sudan, have successfully transported essential core relief items to displaced families affected by the ongoing conflict, food insecurity, and recent floods across several states in Darfur.
Since August 2023, UNHCR has utilized cross-border corridors from Chad to Sudan. To date, more than 41,000 essential aid kits have been dispatched to various states in Darfur. These kits, which include plastic tarpaulins, blankets, kitchen sets, mosquito nets, solar lamps, jerry cans, and sleeping mats, are helping displaced families meet their basic needs.
The majority of funds raised by Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR are directed to UNHCR’s emergency operations, providing the ready funds and resources to respond quickly and effectively in situations of crisis and disaster.
