Sudan Crisis

Sign the petition urging Foreign Minister Penny Wong to provide $50 million to help prevent catastrophic loss of life in Sudan.

 

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Dear Minister Wong,

Parts of North Darfur in Sudan are now experiencing famine, as declared by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). This is a near unfathomable level of hunger that condemns 2 in every 10,000 people to death every single day. Children are often the first to die.

A significant escalation in humanitarian aid is needed now. Together with the Sudanese diaspora and other humanitarian organisations, Plan International Australia is calling on the Australian government to urgently provide $50 million in new and additional funding to the humanitarian catastrophe occurring in Sudan. We thank you for your contribution of $20.45 million to date.

Life sustaining assistance is needed not just across all of Sudan but also in neighbouring countries, where we are now seeing refugees arriving malnourished and dehydrated – fleeing hunger in addition to the fighting. All forms of humanitarian assistance need to be scaled up urgently now – including food delivery, nutrition support as well as cash and voucher assistance.

This is only the third time the IPC has declared a famine since it was established. In the face of the horrors we are now witnessing, the international community must not waste another moment to respond to this growing crisis. Without urgent action, the number of children and families facing starvation will only grow.

This is part of a broader call on the Australian Government to double its contribution to the humanitarian emergency fund, from $150 million to $300 million, to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people impacted by the massive increase in emergencies, conflicts and disasters that have unfolded around the world in recent years.

Sudan’s children caught in conflict

Children in Sudan, having endured 500 days of harrowing conflict, are now dying of hunger. The IPC have declared that parts of Sudan are now experiencing famine, a near unfathomable level of hunger that condemns 2 in every 10,000 people to death every single day. Children are often the first to die. 

Together with the Sudanese diaspora and other humanitarian organisations, Plan International Australia is calling on Foreign Minister Penny Wong to urgently provide $50 million in new and additional funding to the humanitarian catastrophe occurring in Sudan. 

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In April last year, conflict erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and since then, more than ten million people have been driven from their homes.

Almost 25 million people are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance – close to the equivalent of Australia’s entire population.

The situation is truly dire. Hunger, violence and targeted mass atrocities have given way to mass graves, and survivors are struggling to hold on.

How is Plan International responding?

Together with local partners, we’ve been building shelters, distributing cash assistance, clean water, food and other essential supplies, as well as providing child protection, psychosocial support and education.

In Renk, Plan South Sudan has:

  • Constructed five temporary shelters and three semi-permanent shelters which, to date, have hosted a total of 22,700 refugees
  • Distributed non-food items like soap, buckets, mosquito nets, water treating tablets, and sleeping mats to 11,280 individuals
  • Provided cash assistance to 4,678 individuals
  • Reached 16,372 individuals with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services
  • Provided child-friendly spaces for children and life skill sessions for 506 children.

Emergency response in Malakal

After the Sudan crisis began in April 2023, Plan South Sudan immediately began responding to the needs of the people that arrived in Malakal from May 2023 to date by:

  • Providing cash assistance to 175 unaccompanied and separated children
  • Distributing 296 dignity kits to girls and young women
  • Providing 8,563 children with psychosocial support and recreational activities.

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