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 neighbour. 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: Returning, Inspired March 23, 2005
In 2005, Mercy Corps board member Linda Mason took a journey to Sudan's troubled Darfur region. During her time there, she witnessed Mercy Corps staff in action and took time to sit down with women in makeshift camps and listen to their inspiring stories.
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Sudan: Displaced Kids Return to School in Darfur, but Many Are Still Left Out October 26, 2004
On a hot, dusty day, hundreds of students pour out of their makeshift school, notebooks in hand. Looking at the smiles on their faces, it could be any after-school scene, but these students have all been displaced from their homes in Darfur, Sudan.
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Sudan: Lack of Sanitation and Hygiene in Darfur Contributing to Deaths October 26, 2004
In the dusty, crowded camps for people displaced in Zalingei, West Darfur, the living situation for the 58,000 new residents is almost unbearable. Children sit on the dirt ground covered with flies. They have long ago given up exerting the energy to swat them away.
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Sudan: Mercy Corps Welcomes USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios in Darfur September 17, 2004
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, Andrew Natsios, visited West Darfur where he was warmly welcomed by Mercy Corps staff working in the camps for displaced people in Zalingei.
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Sudan: Darfur: Questions and Answers with Mercy Corps GEO Director July 6, 2004
Mercy Corps Global Emergency Operations (GEO) Director Randy Martin is widely acknowledged as an expert on Sudan. He has been involved with Sudan for over 25 years, traveling extensively throughout both the northern and southern regions of the country.
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Sudan: Introduction: Crisis in Darfur, Sudan July 2, 2004
What is the crisis in Darfur, Sudan? Over 175,000 Sudanese have fled to the neighboring country of Chad as refugees, while more than a million remain homeless in Darfur.