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The Skills to Thrive ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Education, Economic Development

In Darfur's displacement camps, women are learning how to make fuel-efficient stoves that reduce the time they have to spend collecting firewood outside protected camp boundaries.

Safety Nets, Soccer-Style ›

Topics: Sports, Children

In the dusty playgrounds of Darfur, children displaced from their homes find a safe, supervised space to play.

Making a Difference in Sudanese Refugee Camps ›

Topics: Water/Sanitation, Peaceful Change, Emergencies, Education, Children

The UN's Special Envoy recently visited refugee camps in Zalingei, West Darfur, where Mercy Corps is helping improve water and sanitation, enhancing women's safety and creating safe spaces for children to learn and play.

Funding for Sudan Approved by House, Senate ›

Sudanese Girls Go for the Gold ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Peaceful Change, Sports

Returning, Inspired ›

Topics: Emergencies, Women's Empowerment

Playing for Peace ›

Topics: Sports, Peaceful Change

On the dusty fields of South Sudan, sports is building bridges between youths of tribes in conflict.

Displaced Kids Return to School in Darfur, but Many Are Still Left Out ›

Topics: Sports, Emergencies, Education, Children

After months of having no access to education, many children in Darfur's IDP camps are finally able to attend school.

Lack of Sanitation and Hygiene in Darfur Contributing to Deaths ›

Topics: Water/Sanitation, Emergencies

Mercy Corps is combatting the spread of life-threatening waterborne diseases in Sudanese IDP camps.

Mercy Corps Welcomes USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios in Darfur ›

USAID's Andrew Natsios and a delegation of USAID and US Embassy staff visited the Hessa Hissa camp near Zalingei, Sudan and met with Mercy Corps staff.

Sudan Emergency:
How You Can Help

  • Donate $200 to provide a treadle pump to a farmer to improve irrigation and increase yields
  • Donate $24 to train an organizational leader to effectively deliver essential community services
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Sudan Emergency ›

Sudan Facts

  • Population: 40 million
  • Size: Largest in Africa by area, roughly equal to the United States east of the Mississippi River
  • Human Development Index rank: 146 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1985
  • Rank on the 2008 Failed States Index: 2
  • Recent history: Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 ended 21-year civil war
  • Sources of friction: Unequal levels of development; cultural and religious differences; irregular distribution of resources, including oil revenues and grazing lands
  • Miles of paved road in southern Sudan: 10

Program Details

In Sudan's semi-autonomous south, we're building a network of local organizations that are helping their communities rebound from Africa's longest civil war.

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