ACTION AGAINST HUNGER | Action contre la Faim

Purpose

December 2024 - As a result of the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, Sudan is facing a complex and unprecedented humanitarian crisis. This is characterized by massive protection violations, the displacement of over 11 million people and dire levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in many parts of the country. With GAC’s support, Action Against Hunger Canada aims to reduce mortality and morbidity, improve wellbeing and support the dignity of conflict-affected refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in Central Darfur and South Kordofan, with a particular focus on women, adolescent girls and children under the age of five. Project activities include: (1) providing life-saving nutrition treatment to acutely malnourished women and children; (2) provision of sexual and reproductive health services, such as family planning, to women and adolescent girls; (3) construction and rehabilitation of water supply systems, gender-sensitive sanitation facilities and waste management systems; (4) distribution of gender-sensitive hygiene and non-food item kits to vulnerable households; (5) distribution of multi-purpose cash assistance, with a particular focus on women-headed households; and (6) support for local health facilities, health workers and other service providers in the form of training, nutrition products and data collection tools.