Sudan
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Photo: Sanjay Gurung/Mercy Corps
Our strategy
Meet humanitarian needs, bolster early recovery and boost livelihoods for families affected by conflict in Darfur and border areas with South Sudan.
The context
The separation of South Sudan in 2011, though resolving years of civil war, continues to pit Sudan against its new neighbor. Sudan is marked now by 20 percent inflation, a shrinking economy, student protests and several simultaneous rebellions — in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile State — as well as stiff America sanctions and genocide charges related to Darfur.
Our work
- Agriculture & Food: Increasing food security of displaced families
- Conflict & Governance: Improving war-affected and marginalised communities' capacity to support local economic development and poverty alleviation
- Water: Drilling, repairing and maintaining water points
All stories about Sudan
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Sudan: Responding to Floods in Upper Nile, Sudan August 7, 2007
The water arrived at night, quietly and suddenly to Garang's home along the Kurachai River. He and his family saw no signs of danger when they went to bed that night in mid-July.
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Sudan: Amira's Journey to Um Dukhun July 3, 2007
The arrival of rainy season usually marks the highly anticipated start of planting season in western Sudan. For Amira, this year's rains means only that she and her family will remain wet.
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Sudan: New Arrivals Overwhelm West Darfur Camps June 25, 2007
Mercy Corps is providing shelter materials and other relief items for a new wave of displaced Darfurians and other African refugees flooding into Um Dukhun, a Sudanese border town at the center of an increasingly unstable region.
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Sudan: An Expanded Commitment to Darfur March 21, 2007
As instability worsens in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, Mercy Corps has expanded its commitment to families in need.
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Sudan: Darfur Crisis: Re-Commit to Families July 20, 2006
Amid reports of a worsening situation in Sudan's Darfur region, Mercy Corps continues to assist — and help protect — more than 117,000 displaced persons.
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Sudan: Class is in Session December 2, 2005
El Shebab Camp, Darfur, Sudan — Nasir Adam Yago likes studying English almost as much as he likes playing soccer - and he's had a chance to do much more of both since Mercy Corps established a school here in August.
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Sudan: The Skills to Thrive November 11, 2005
Hassa Hissa Camp, Darfur — It is graduation day at the Women's Training Center in Hassa Hissa displacement camp, and these women are ready to celebrate.
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Sudan: Safety Nets, Soccer-Style October 20, 2005
Hassa Hissa Camp, Darfur — Most of the kids on the dusty playground here have had their young lives completely disrupted over the last two years.
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Sudan: Making a Difference in Sudanese Refugee Camps June 8, 2005
Mercy Corps is working to improve conditions for nearly 90,000 Sudanese living in three refugee camps across Darfur, a region roughly the size of France where more than 2 million people have fled their homes.
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Sudan: Funding for Sudan Approved by House, Senate April 25, 2005
Thanks to the effort of Mercy Corps supporters, both the House and Senate have included $100 million in emergency funding for families displaced by disaster and conflict in Sudan and other African countries.