“Eid al-Adha Means everything” to Displaced Families in Sudan
Halima lives with her 4 children in a camp for displaced people in Gedaref, Sudan. Eid al Adha is the only time they can
Widespread violence, mass displacement, and the collapse of essential services have left millions of people in urgent need of life-saving assistance.
Image: Islamic Relief coordinating aid distributions in a displacement camp. More than 8.8 million people are displaced within and outside Sudan.
Across the country, communities are enduring daily realities of disease outbreaks, famine, acute malnutrition, sexual violence, and the loss of livelihoods. In many areas, essential systems such as healthcare, water, and education have largely broken down.
Clashes in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States, including around Dilling, Kurmuk, and Al-Kaili, are causing further displacement, civilian casualties, and additional constraints on humanitarian access.
Armed confrontations involving SAF, RSF, and SPLM-N forces continue to restrict civilian movement and disrupt the delivery of humanitarian assistance in affected localities.
The food security and nutrition situation across Sudan remaines critical and highly fragile as conflict, displacement, inflation, and disruptions to livelihoods and agricultural production continue to undermine household resilience.
Sudan is facing a hunger crisis of historic proportions. 24.6 million people—half the population—face food shortages.
Famine conditions have been confirmed in five locations in the western region of Darfur and the Nuba Mountains in the country’s south, with similar conditions observed in dozens of other places across the country.
Previous natural disasters have deepened Sudan’s humanitarian emergency, straining aid efforts and endangering vulnerable communities.
Landslides and severe floods in North and South Darfur, Northern State, Kassala, and River Nile, the hardest-hit areas, have faced infrastructure damage, crop loss, and isolated villages, compounding humanitarian needs.
After three years of conflict, Sudan faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
Sudanis also experiencing the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 9.3 million internally displaced people and millions more forced to flee to neighboring countries.
The worst-affected regions include Darfur, Kordofan, and displacement hubs in Khartoum, where access to basic services remains extremely limited.
70-80% of hospitals and health facilities in conflict-affected areas are non-functional.
Food insecurity in Sudan is worsening rapidly. Children are suffering from malnutrition and dying of hunger. Over 41% of the population is in crisis or worse (IPC), and is expected to rise in 67% by September 2026.
Severe weather conditions and natural disasters are worsening the difficulty of thousands of other vulnerable and acutely food-insecure people. It is compounding their suffering, lack of safety and access to lifesaving assistance and services.
Overall, this reflects a deepening and escalating humanitarian emergency affecting nearly every aspect of daily life in Sudan.
Images: Displaced families and individuals in Sudan. Today, many live in IDP camps such as Salman Al-Farisi in Sinnar state
In the ongoing crisis, Islamic Relief staff in Sudan are providing relief, based on humanitarian needs and operational access, across key locations including Port Sudan, North Kordofan, West Kordofan, Central Darfur, Gezira, El Gedaref, and Blue Nile.
Projects Islamic Relief Australia in particular are working on combines urgent emergency relief with integrated, multi-sector support. Its designed to meet immediate needs while helping communities rebuild basic systems and resilience. This includes:
In addition, the number of deaths caused by hunger, disease, and lack of basic services, could raise the number far higher. Your donation will be life-saving and provides crucial access to:
We’ve been in Sudan since 1984 but we still need your ongoing help to continue making a difference. Give now to support families in need.
Halima lives with her 4 children in a camp for displaced people in Gedaref, Sudan. Eid al Adha is the only time they can
Sudan is at a critical moment. We call on the Australian and international governments to act urgently to help end the crisis.
Shihab Mohamedali, Islamic Relief’s Senior Programme Manager in Sudan, was forced to flee his home in capital, Khartoum. This is his story.