Sudan - Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur Sudan - CARE Canada 2021-2023

March 2021 - An estimated 13.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across Sudan as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition economic decline and disease. Up to 2.5 million people are internally displaced within the country. Instability around Sudan’s borders has also led to more than 1.1 million people seeking refuge in Sudan including asylum seekers from Central African Republic Chad Eritrea Ethiopia South Sudan and Syria. With GAC’s support CARE Canada is providing emergency water sanitation hygiene nutrition and health assistance for up to 144 173 conflict-affected people in Sudan’s East and South Darfur states. Project activities include: (1) providing sexual reproductive and maternal health services to out-of-camp refugee internally displaced and host communities; (2) maintaining water supply infrastructure in three refugee camps; (3) supporting the operation and maintenance of Outpatient Therapeutic Program and Target Supplementary Feeding Program sites improving nutrition outcomes for children and pregnant and lactating women; and (4) providing immunization services for children under the age of five.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to safe drinking water and safe sanitation and hygiene practices among conflict-affected populations; (2) increased access to high-quality interventions aimed at preventing identifying and treating severe and moderate acute malnutrition among children pregnant and lactating women and other vulnerable groups; and (3) increased access to health services for conflict-affected populations. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity