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“I hope we'll have enough food for the children, they are suffering a lot.”
Suraya, 22, forced to flee Sudan
After more than a year of devastating conflict, people in Sudan are starving to death.
Famine has officially been confirmed in a camp for displaced people in North Darfur. A famine confirmation is very rare and only occurs after many deaths.
Since the war began in April 2023, more than 10 million people have been forced to flee. Violence is escalating, malnutrition is rampant and medical supplies are running out.
Families are desperately seeking safety and protection, both in Sudan and in neighbouring countries such as Chad, South Sudan and Egypt. But resource constraints and lack of access are hampering humanitarian relief efforts.
UNHCR teams are on the ground right now, delivering life-saving aid wherever possible. But the people of Sudan urgently need more help. Your gift can provide safe shelter, medicine, cash to buy food, and other essentials.
Please don't wait – your donation can help save lives.
Fatimé, 56, fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region and crossed the border into Chad. New arrivals have nowhere to shelter and are forced to stay out in the open.
UNHCR is on the ground in Sudan and neighbouring countries, delivering aid wherever possible. With your help, we can provide shelter, water, healthcare and cash assistance to people fleeing violence. Dedicated teams are also identifying the most vulnerable, especially women and children, and provided individualised care and protection.
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.
More than 10 million people have been forced to flee since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023.
Since then, 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. The number of unaccompanied or separated children is also rising – and with it, the risk of being recruited into the conflict, or falling prey to forced labour or human trafficking.
While most people are displaced inside Sudan, over two million have escaped as refugees 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 shelter, emergency supplies, clean water, malnutrition screenings and healthcare in Sudan and in neighbouring countries hosting refugees. Our teams are also distributing emergency cash so that vulnerable families can purchase basic needs including food and medicine.
Your donation can provide emergency relief items such as sleeping mats, blankets, soap, mosquito nets and water jerry cans for families forced to flee. Your gift can also help UNHCR provide health consultations, vaccinations and medical supplies in displacement camps and distribute emergency cash so families can buy food, medicine and other essentials.
UNHCR is striving to reach extremely vulnerable communities with aid. After weeks of waiting at a border crossing in eastern Chad, our teams recently managed to get three trucks of supplies for 1,000 families in the region. But this is a tiny percentage of what’s needed. UNHCR is calling for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access across borders and battle lines to deliver aid to where it is most needed.
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.