Africa - East and Central
Sudan ranks 170 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI). CARE International’s work in Sudan focuses on providing relief services to internally displaced people and assisting conflict-affected communities.
CARE International has been working in Sudan since 1979. Initial projects focused on improving water supplies, forestry conservation, and assisting refugees fleeing war in Eritrea.
Today, we work primarily in East Darfur, South Darfur, South Kordofan, Kassala, and Khartoum, and focus on providing relief services to internally displaced people, assisting conflict-affected populations to restore livelihoods, and promoting peace and stability. Current activities include improving water and sanitation, hygiene education, primary health care, nutrition, and livelihood support.
After 12 months of a devastating conflict, the pervasive use of sexual violence as a weapon of war is laid bare in a new advocacy brief issued today by CARE and partners.
Estimates suggest that severe malnutrition threatens at least 730,000 children in Sudan. With an ongoing conflict, millions of people continue to face hunger, pushing them on the brink of famine.
With the grim milestone of ten months since the onset of conflict in Sudan, millions continue to live in despair, particularly children who bear the brunt of its devastation.
Since the war that broke out on April 15, many health facilities have been looted and destroyed across Sudan. Now medical supplies are running out alarmingly fast, putting pressure on the few remaining facilities.
The Integrated Humanitarian Assistance Project worked with $5 million in funding to help 309,416 people directly reduce the impacts they were facing from COVID-19 in Sudan.
“[it] moved us from darkness to the light.”
One year into the Sudan conflict, women and girls have borne the brunt of hunger, displacement and violence. CARE and partners analyzed the devastating impacts they have suffered, urging more international support.
This RGA explores existing information and data regarding gender, age, and disability to inform humanitarians of pre-existing vulnerabilities and capacities of crisis affected populations, and of the best suited programmatic approach to people with varying needs.
This Rapid Gender Analysis on Power and Participation (RGA-P) was carried out to understand women’s participation in both formal and informal structures, and the barriers to and opportunities for supporting women’s meaningful participation and leadership in Kassala State, Sudan.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
