9/8/2022 6:56:59 AM
A record 11.7 million sudanes do not have enough to eat.
More families and children in Sudan are set to benefit from increased access to basic health, nutrition, food security and livelihoods, child protection, and disaster preparedness services, as Save the Children and the European Union partner to expand lifesaving and life-sustaining services in five conflict-affected states.
The EU funding made available through the EU’s Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), has enabled Save the Children to begin implementing the project in Khartoum, Blue Nile, Central Darfur, South Kordofan, and West Darfur states. The intervention will directly benefit over 370 thousand people, including over 190 thousand children under five years of age.
This action comes at a critical time for Sudan, where a combination of communal conflict, a worsening economic crisis, and poor harvests, compounded by increased floods and droughts exacerbated by the climate crisis, has left more Sudanese than ever facing acute food shortages. A record 11.7 million people (or 1/4 of the population) do not have enough to eat.
The project is targeting the most vulnerable including displaced persons affected by conflict, especially children, who are at most risk of malnutrition and disease.
Save the Children will provide access to lifesaving and life-sustaining health and nutrition services across 24 health facilities, as well as disaster preparedness activities. The latter Such activities include training community volunteers to identify potential hazards and possible measures to address these hazards.