The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are sounding the alarm: Serious funding gaps have depleted the supplies of emergency shelter and basic household goods intended for Sudan. Without urgent provision of flexible funding, even more families will have to cope without adequate protection from extreme weather conditions, insecurity, violence and exploitation in the coming months.
According to a recently published joint statement, $2.9 billion (€2.62bn) is needed for the United Nation's Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. This funding is intended to provide life-saving aid to 20.4 million people in Sudan. So far, however, only 47% of the required funds have been raised.
A total of 33.7 million people in the war- and famine-stricken country are dependent on humanitarian aid. Some 15.4 million alone require emergency shelter and basic household items. However, due to a lack of funding, aid organizations have been able to assist only 10%.
More than three and a half years after the war began between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan is still the site of the world's largest humanitarian and displacement crisis. About 8.6 million people fled within the country to escape the escalating violence and more than 4.6 million fled to neighboring countries. Another 5.2 million have returned to their…
