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UNICEF Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report No. 10 (16 - 31 August 2023)

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Close to 14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian assistance and protection. The ongoing war has displaced over 2 million children within the country and across borders.

  • UNICEF, with partners, has reached 5.1 million people with health supplies, 2.9 million children with malnutrition screening – of whom around 152,200 received life-saving treatment, 2.8 million people with safe drinking water, and 282,000 children and caregivers with psychosocial counselling, learning, and protection support through over 464 safe spaces across Sudan. But much more needs to be done. Insecurity, massive internal displacement, and inadequate services are aggravating the impact of disease outbreaks on young children, many without vaccination and already malnourished, exacerbating protection concerns, including gender-based violence, and putting at risk the re-opening of schools.

  • Over the next 100 days, UNICEF urgently needs US$400 million to sustain and scale up its crisis response to support most vulnerable children.

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

13,600,000 Children in need of humanitarian assistance

24,700,000 People in need of humanitarian assistance

9,400,000 Children targeted by UNICEF response in Sudan

2,000,000 Children displaced internally and across borders

FUNDING OVERVIEW AND PARTNERSHIPS

As of 31 August, the UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal 2023, which aims to reach 12 million people, including 9.4 million children, with lifesaving assistance is only 10 per cent funded. UNICEF has approximately US$75 million complementary funding to support its resilience programming under the crisis response strategy, which makes UNICEF HAC 19 per cent funded (10 per cent directly against the HAC and 9 per cent from other resources in resilience programming proceeding in line with the crisis response). Over the next 100 days, UNICEF urgently requires US$400 million to sustain and scale up critical life-saving health, nutrition, water, sanitation, learning and protection assistance to nearly 14 million of the most vulnerable children caught in this crisis.

UNICEF would like to sincerely thank the donors supporting its humanitarian response in Sudan, in 2023, through the European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), the governments of the United States of America, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway, Kuwait, Japan, France, as well as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and UNICEF National Committees.

But much more needs to be done. The cost of inaction of the Sudan crisis is unacceptably high. Without an immediate and extensive crisis response, the consequences of displacement, lack of basic social services, and protection concerns will have devastating – and long-term - effects on 24 million children, and therewith the future of Sudan, the region, and globally.

We call on partners to advocate for:

  • An immediate end to all fighting.

  • Upholding and protecting the rights of all children across Sudan.

  • Unimpeded humanitarian access and free movement and protection of humanitarian goods and workers.

  • Lifting all bureaucratic impediments.

  • Increased resources to save lives, alleviate the suffering and preserve the dignity of civilians impacted by ongoing conflict.