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Friend, as Save the Children staff respond to emergencies around the world, we wanted to bring you the latest updates from our teams in Gaza and Sudan, where conditions continue to deteriorate rapidly.
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| Save the Children medical staff screen and treat children for malnutrition in Sudan. |
More than 1,000 days into brutal conflict, Sudan continues to spiral further into a horrific crisis. Earlier this month, a United Nations-backed report confirmed what our teams have been warning for months — famine is now spreading in two more regions in North Darfur. By the time famine is confirmed, families — especially children — have already endured the worst. Food is gone. Starvation takes hold. Growth becomes stunted. Immune systems weaken. Death follows. Mohamad Abdiladif, Country Director for Save the Children in Sudan, reports: "In many parts of Sudan, children’s lives are hanging by a thread, and some are already dying from hunger-related causes. Families who have escaped bullets and bombs and those who are in difficult-to-access areas are now facing extreme and life-threatening shortages of food. Every day, we hear devastating stories of parents selling the last of what they own simply to keep their children alive from one day to the next. Without immediate action, more lives will be lost.” Save the Children is continuing to deliver urgently needed aid across Sudan. To respond to the urgent nutrition crisis, we are operating mobile clinics in displacement camps, bringing care to families who can’t reach hospitals. We are distributing nutrition supplements to malnourished children, helping them survive when food is severely limited. Our teams also provide medical supplies, including medicine for children under 5, and emergency trauma kits to local health facilities across the country, to meet needs beyond malnutrition in a country heavily impacted by conflict. Learn more about our response by watching this video from Save the Children’s recent visit to Sudan. |
| Shurouq packs winter kits for children in Gaza. |
After years of violence, little food, unsafe water and flimsy tents unfit for the elements, families in Gaza looked with cautious anticipation at the partial reopening of the Rafah border crossing earlier this month. Shurouq, our multimedia manager in Gaza, shared what the moment meant for families: “All eyes are now on the Rafah border as the futures of hundreds and thousands of children depend on it. Since the crossing was closed nearly two years ago, people have been waiting for a two-way, unconditional opening. Thousands in Gaza have been waiting to evacuate for vital medical treatment, students to take up their scholarships abroad after years of disrupted education caused by destroyed classrooms and lost learning opportunities and families longing for reunification with some waiting to return to their loved ones in Gaza.” Watch Shurouq’s video update on the conditions in Gaza and how Save the Children is making a difference. The reopening of the border crossing marked a small step, but children need much more. Weeks later, movement remains limited due to the Israeli authorities’ slow and restricted approvals. According to the World Health Organization, only 21 children of 4,000 that need medical evacuations have left Gaza. It would take over 8 years for the children to leave at the current rate. Save the Children is continuing to call for unimpeded humanitarian access to families impacted by conflict and displacement. We are prepared to ramp up our response through local staff and partners as soon as access allows. Every hour matters for children who are holding on, waiting for help to reach them. We are supporting families in Sudan and Gaza and are determined to reach even more — so we are demanding full, sustained humanitarian access to provide the care and protection children deserve. To learn more about our work in Sudan, visit: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/sudan To learn more about our work in Gaza, visit: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/west-bank-gaza In partnership, Save the Children |
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