Use this resource page to learn more about what we are doing in Sudan, and how you can help us meet spiritual and physical hungers …
The largest country in Africa, Sudan straddles the Nile River and is made up of mostly flat grasslands and desert. The land is rich with great agricultural and mineral resources, but they remain untapped because of the war.
The war that has plagued Sudan is one of the longest in the 20th century. In the last 48 years, Sudan has experienced only 11 years of peace. And this has come with a huge cost: over 2 million deaths, 500,000 refugees and almost the entire southern population displaced during the course of the war. The diplomatic isolation throughout the years has been a catalyst to impoverished living conditions and the devastation of famine, which raged through the south during the 1990s. Major epidemics of malaria and meningitis also threaten the region frequently.
The Darfur region is experiencing a massive humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing civil/ethnic warfare which displaced an estimated 2 million people. The crisis is affecting 2.2 million people, and an estimated 350,000 people could die this year from malnutrition and disease. |
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