Salia is a 19-year-old aspiring doctor, one of 7 children. When the war began in Sudan, her family was displaced from Khartoum, and ever since then, they have lived in a camp. The Sudanese civil war has sparked the largest displacement crisis recorded to date, with over 12 million people, just like Salia and her family, forced to leave their homes and find refuge in temporary camps.

Food is one of the largest problems in camps such as Salia’s. Famines caused by armed blockades, lack of coordination, and overpopulation of these camps make adequate nutrition an obstacle. Even though cooked food is provided by local well-wishers and community-based organizations, it is easy to be overlooked due to the limited quantity of food compared to the number of camp residents.

Bahida is another woman from Khartoum who was displaced along with her family. She and her family have been internally displaced people (IDPs) for a total of 3 years now. Two of Bahida’s children were in university studying nursing, but they were unfortunately forced to stop due to cost and uncertainty surrounding their situation, and the rest of her children dream of being engineers. Bahida herself has diabetes, a challenging disease, which has only proved more dangerous to manage in unstable living conditions.

Thanks to the Sudan Humanitarian Response in El-Gezira and White Nile States (SHREW), ADRA has been able to reach families like Salia’s and Bahida’s, providing lifesaving assistance to vulnerable households and communities through protection support, MultiPurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services. This aid, made possible by the generosity of concerned and compassionate donors like you, has served the most vulnerable populations, ensuring their needs are met with dignity and respect. Thanks to this project, Salia is one step closer to becoming a doctor, and Bahida is growing ever closer to providing a stable future for her family and safety for her children.