The current situation for children in Sudan
50% of Sudan's population—more than 24.7 million people, including nearly 14 million children—are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Children in Sudan have experienced unimaginable loss, physical and emotional trauma, and widespread violations of their rights, leaving their lives forever changed.
Sudan is now home to the largest child displacement crisis in the world, with 4.6 million children forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing conflict. More than 10 million children—one in two—are living within 5 kilometers of the conflict's frontlines, exposing them to gunfire, shelling, and other forms of deadly violence.
With the most schools either closed or struggling to reopen, aa staggering 19 million school-aged children have been denied access to education. Among them are 6.9 million children who have been uable to attend school since the conflict began in April 2023.
Save the Children in Sudan
Save the Children has been working in Sudan since 1983, operating in 13 of the country’s 18 states. Many of the children and families we support are among the most vulnerable and hardest to reach. Today, we are one of the largest international NGOs in Sudan, providing a range of services to protect children’s lives and rights.
After the conflict broke out on April 15, 2023, we had to briefly pause our operations in some of the conflict-affected areas to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff. However, we swiftly adapted our on-going programs and initiated our emergency response in May 2023 providing integrated health, nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Child Protection, Food Security, Livelihoods and Education programs across Sudan.
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News & Stories
24 Dec 2024
New famine report is the final warning for children in Sudan
"Children are famine’s first victims and are already facing avoidable and excruciating deaths due to malnutrition and disease," Mary Lupul, Save the Children's Sudan Humanitarian Director.
2 Dec 2024
Families resorting to desperate measures with no end in sight to famine conditions in Sudan's Zamzam camp
Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measure like eating one meal a day and some as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine has children facing extreme food shortages with 19 months of fighting taking toll on besieged North Darfur region, Save the Children said.
27 Nov 2024
SUDAN: First humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children lands in Blue Nile state after 19 months of conflict
The planeload of medical supplies and medicines including antibiotics such as amoxicillin, which is used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, landed at Damazine Airport on 25 November.