Disaster Response Sudan Project #59448

SUDAN CONFLICT 2023: Mass Influx of Refugees

by CARE

Summary

Following a week of brutal fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has killed more than 400 people and injured 5,000, parties to the conflict have negotiated a 72-hour ceasefire. Since April 15, persistent gunfire and airstrikes had been terrorizing civilians and led to evacuations of diplomatic personnel from Sudan's capital, Khartoum. The fighting also severely impacted humanitarian groups, leading to the deaths of four U.N. staff.

$300,000
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$299,923
remaining

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Challenge

Brutal fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed more than 400 people and injured 5,000. Prior to the fighting, more than 11 million people were food insecure and 4 million women and children were acutely malnourished. Now, families have been forced to leave their homes and their livelihoods in order to survive. The crisis in Sudan has spilled across borders into Chad and an estimated 42,000 people have already crossed and 100,000 expected.

Solution

CARE has a country office in Sudan and presences in many of its neighbors, including Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. We are prepared to meet the most critical needs of conflict-affected people on either side of the border. CARE has been working in Sudan since 1979, carrying out a comprehensive portfolio of development and humanitarian programming. In Sudan, CARE reached more than 1.5 million people in the last year, the majority of whom were women and girls.

Long-Term Impact

The conflict exacerbates an already difficult humanitarian situation for millions of Sudanese people. CARE will expand the delivery of lifesaving, critical services to affected communities - particularly women and girls affected by the armed conflict - through cash support, health and nutrition services, rehabilitation of water infrastructure and livelihoods recovery that will benefit 714,510 people. CARE seeks to raise US $8 million to support our emergency response activities.