Sudan’s unfolding humanitarian catastrophe

Since April 2023, brutal fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have resulted in the killing of more than 150,000 people in Sudan, although the collapse of formal reporting systems means that the actual toll is likely much higher. Meanwhile, nearly 25 million people – over half of the population – are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

With more than 8.8 million people displaced, Sudan is also one of the largest displacement crises in the world today. Families are living in overcrowded shelters, makeshift camps, or completely out in the open. Ongoing violence and looting have destroyed markets, homes, roads and hospitals, leaving civilians with little to no access to food, water or medical care.

Sudan is now one of the world’s worst hunger crises, with 4.9 million people experiencing emergency-level hunger; nearly 730,000 children severely malnourished; and famine-like conditions taking hold in hard-to-reach areas, where humanitarian access is severely restricted.

Islamic Relief’s response

Islamic Relief has been serving the people of Sudan with humanitarian and development support for over 40 years. Today, our teams are actively responding in some of the hardest-hit areas, including Blue Nile, Central Darfur, Gedaref, North and West Kordofan, Red Sea, and the Sennar states.

With your support, we have reached more than 1.2 million people with lifesaving aid:

• 53,333 people accessed healthcare, and 52 healthcare facilities have been supported
• 652,334 people received food aid
• 3,369 hygiene kits and 2,735 dignity kits for girls and women have been distributed
• 11,457 water storage kits have been distributed
• 5,771 people received psychosocial support
• 79,263 people received cash assistance
• 3,019 families have received temporary shelter

Read more about this unfolding humanitarian crisis, and how we are leveraging your support to provide a lifeline for the people of Sudan, in our latest Sudan Crisis Report.