As international aid retreats, Sudanese women lead the way forward.

 

 

Sudan’s women are the first to respond.

Women are holding Sudanese communities together as war drives the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis. Brutal conflict has displaced more than 12 million people. Many mothers are raising children in overcrowded camps without reliable food, safety or care. Violence, especially against women, girls and LGBTQI+ people, is widespread.

As costs rise, governments are slashing global aid budgets. But grassroots organizers, many of them women, are doing what institutions have failed to do: keeping communities safe and alive in Sudan.

 
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Care is an act of resistance.

Before the war, Ilham supported survivors of gender-based violence. Today, she leads a team delivering food and mental and physical health care. 

“Rape, harassment and exploitation have been used extensively,” she says of the war. “Survivors are left without support.”

Reham supports displaced queer and trans people. When her funding disappeared, she kept working—unpaid—so her community could access life-saving trauma counselling.

donation metreIlham and Reham did not plan to be humanitarian responders. But when war broke out, they started doing what needed to be done.

What does it mean to care during a crisis?

Ongoing conflict has destroyed people’s access to clean water and food. Hospitals, schools and transportation systems have been severely damaged or destroyed.

Caring for communities in these conditions demands grit and determination. It means being flexible and creative. It is showing up to keep communities safe and alive.

Ilham and Reham are doing all of this—and you can help them.

When you donate to Inter Pares, you’re backing long-term partnerships in Sudan with grassroots organizations.

You’re helping sustain:

  • Food and essential supplies for displaced families 
  • Trauma counselling to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence 
  • Access to health care 
  • Advocacy for women’s rights and LGBTQI+ liberation

Your support today is urgently needed.

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Why donate to Inter Pares

  • 50+ years supporting social justice movements worldwide
  • Trusted, long-term partnerships in Sudan
  • Direct, flexible funding for local organizations
  • CRA-registered Canadian charity

Supporting women delivering food, care and safety in Sudan’s crisis. Give today. 

 

 

 

Questions? Contact Chandra! 

Chandrabarna Saha

csaha@interpares.ca

613-563-4801

 

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