Sudan

Famine Confirmed in 10 Areas

The conflict in Sudan has created a hunger catastrophe. WFP urgently needs your support to scale up operations and reach people in Sudan with lifesaving food.
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Hunger Stats

Famine has been confirmed in 10 areas of Sudan, including Zamzam camp in the conflict-rocked North Darfur Region. Sudan is the only place in the world where famine has been confirmed. Hundreds of thousands of people could die of hunger. WFP is doing everything possible to deliver food to affected communities.

Sudan Facts

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Population: 48.1 million people.
Geography & Climate: Sudan is located in northeastern Africa and shares borders with Egypt, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, along with a coast on the Red Sea.
Economy: The 2011 secession of South Sudan sent economic shockwaves across Sudan from which the country is still recovering from. Instability and inflation have hampered Sudan’s economic growth.

Causes of Hunger

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WFP’s Work in Sudan

WFP has been present in Sudan since 1963. We are the logistics backbone of the humanitarian response in the country and continue to provide emergency food assistance to people affected by the violent conflict.
Close up shot of WFP/USAID bag of sorghum, with porters in the background onloading trucks, along with the vessel in the background

On 17 November, the vessel Ocean Venus docked in Port Sudan, carrying 47,740 metric tonnes of sorghum. This sorghum is a donation from the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, largely through the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT), an in-kind contribution equivalent to $80 million. The in-kind donation will provide food assistance to approximately 1 million food insecure people in Sudan.

On 20 November, the US Ambassador to Sudan and WFP's Country Director Eddie Rowe visited Port Sudan to witness the discharge of the sorghum and to meet with the Sea Port Corporation.

The donation comes at a critical time when food insecurity in Sudan is at an all time high, with an estimated 15 million people facing acute food insecurity (34% of the population).
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Sudan, Belail camp, 13 November 2018

In the Photo: Mariam carries her first green tray of fodder home.

Many years ago, the conflict in Darfur forced Mariam Adam Mohamed and her family to flee their village in Serf Omra in search for safety. After a long journey, the family found its way to Belail camp. The camp has been home ever since.
Some of Mariam's eight children were born in there. Not surprisingly, they are more familiar with life in the camp than in the village of their motherÕs origin. After she had fled, Mariam returned to her village only once to meet her parents, siblings and extended family.

The project provides a safer environment for women like Mariam who raise animals at home. They can now avoid walking to collect fodder outside the camp, where they can be exposed to different types of violence, including theft, rape or even abduction. It also helps to reduce the potential for grazing land disputes that normally erupt during the lean season from July to December each year.
"This project has helped unify and transform our community. We work together to clean trays and water the plants throughout the process. We even provide advice to each other regarding the well-being of our animals," says Mariam.

Photo: WFP/Abdulaziz Abdulmomin

Belail camp is home to some 28,000 people, including a mixture of internally displaced people (IDPs) and 4,000 South Sudanese refugees. While some had returned to South Sudan, many were forced back to the camp due to further conflict in 2013. Again, they sought shelter in the same camp, but this time and as Sudan was split into two countries — they are coming back as refugees.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is finding new ways to engage women in the camp, beyond its traditional food assistance. More than 100 women are now benefiting from the newly introduced Hydroponics Project.

WFP has been piloting this innovative, environmentally friendly project in the camp to help its residents grow plants without the need for
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