Sudan Emergency Appeal
Children in Sudan are facing brutal violence.
The conflict in Sudan has now reached new and horrifying extremes. The scale of violence is so vast that it can be seen via satellite images from space.
Armed groups are now mass executing families, targeting and sexually assaulting girls, and attacking community spaces, including maternity hospitals.
The media is rightfully calling for “eyes on Sudan,” but the children who are caught in this crisis need more than our attention – they need us to act right now.
Over 250,000 people – more than half of them children – are trapped inside the conflict zone, and the death toll is rising by the moment. Tens of thousands now flee on foot to escape the violence.
Your support can offer nourishing food, clean water, money to buy crucial supplies like medicine, and life-saving protection to more than 200,000 people.
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Be a Lifeline for Children
Nearly 1 billion children — almost half the children in our world — live in crisis, facing dangers like food shortages in Ethiopia or conflict in Sudan. Now you can help be a lifeline.
An earthquake can rumble for 10 seconds, and a girl could be out of school for 10 months. A drought can last one season, and a child could be out of food for a year.
An armed group can sweep through a boy’s community in Haiti in one week, and he could live in a camp for displaced people for the rest of his childhood. Violence in Gaza could force a girl to flee her home, and she could be attacked on the road.
Children, especially girls, are the most at risk in an emergency and the most overlooked. Every minute can mean the difference between life and death. So, we must act even faster. We are determined to act as soon as possible to help save lives after a disaster strikes.
Gaza
After two years of violence, a ceasefire agreement has finally been signed – a hopeful though fragile step toward peace for families across the Middle East. But for Gaza’s children, the humanitarian crisis is far from over.
» Learn moreSudan
The violence in Sudan has reached new and horrifying extremes. Armed groups are now mass executing families, targeting and sexually assaulting girls, and attacking community spaces, including maternity hospitals.
» Learn moreMyanmar
A devastating 7.7- magnitude earthquake struck the crisis-torn country of Myanmar on March 28.
» Learn moreHow the fund works
When a conflict or crisis strikes, Plan International dispatches an emergency-response team to provide life-saving support within days. The Children in Crisis Response Fund helps makes that possible, ensuring there are funds available to respond to the greatest needs – for food, water or medicine, for example – right when they happen.
Supporters like you create a ‘ready to deploy’ fund for crises.
Our in-country experts assess and act fast.
Community-led relief efforts begin with help from the fund.
We work with the community to rebuild even after others leave.
Donate
Supporters like you create a ‘ready to deploy’ fund for crises.
A Crisis Hits
Our in-country experts assess and act fast.
Response
Community-led relief efforts begin with help from the fund.
Recovery
We work with the community to rebuild even after others leave.
What your donation to the CICRF will accomplish
Food
Water
Blankets
Health, first aid and hygiene supplies
Safe spaces
Helplines
Psychological first aid
Art and play therapy
Human Stories Behind the Crisis
Support the Children in Crisis Response Fund now.
Haiti
Barbara*, 15, lost four cousins to violence by armed groups in Haiti before fleeing her home with her family. Now, she lives in an overcrowded displacement camp where food is scarce and danger is ever-present.
“I spend so much time without food that when I finally get some, it upsets my stomach,” she says.
Gaza
Elin is 11 years old. She used to be in sixth grade, until violence in Gaza ripped her from her classroom and her home.
“I wish I could return to our home, go back to school to learn and achieve the future we dream of,” she says.
We came from Khartoum yesterday. There were bombs and gunshots that crossed our path on our way here. There was no time to carry anything. We came with what was on our body. We want food. We used to eat and sleep on beds but now we stay under a small tree for shade and shelter. We just want to go to a safe place. I want the war to end so we can go back home. I want to go back to school."
Sudan
Mehad’s life came to full stop when violence erupted in Sudan. Now, living in a border town in Chad, the 16-year-old finds comfort and connection every week at one of Plan’s mobile child-protection spaces.
“I like the classes and playing volleyball,” Mehad says. “It helps to be with my friends. I learn new things in the classes, like how to communicate with other people, build friendships and make connections.”
What emergency situations will this fund respond to?
The fund will be used to respond as quickly as possible to a new or worsening humanitarian crisis. It will help save lives and protect children and their families from suffering or losing their right to dignity. Crises can be caused by:
- extreme weather events, from long-lasting droughts to more immediate hazards like cyclones;
- conflict or other social or political instability that endangers people or forces them to flee their homes;
- other environmental or human-made emergencies like explosions or epidemics.
The fund will also help Plan International be proactive and reduce the damaging effects of disasters by, for example, distributing shelter items or other supplies in advance of a forecasted hurricane or other extreme weather.
Where will this fund be used?
Plan International operates in more than 80 countries worldwide. This fund will support crisis relief anywhere that Plan International responds, including in communities where we partner with other humanitarian organizations. Learn more about where we work.
Does this fund only help children?
No. Our emergency relief efforts support entire communities including women and men. We prioritize those who are most at risk, including adolescent girls who are overlooked and excluded from protection in emergencies. We advocate for the unique needs and rights of girls to be part of disaster policies and programs.
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