Sudan Emergency Assistance Fund
| Many internally displaced persons desperately need relief aid. Photo: ECS 2011 |
This project needs $40,000 in 2012.
This project provides emergency assistance to people affected by civilian and military violence in disputed parts of Sudan, near the border with South Sudan.
Although the UN and other large agencies are engaged in the provision of emergency assistance, the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) has a unique access to the conflict areas and is often able to provide assistance where other agencies cannot gain access.
The Sudan Development and Relief Agency (SUDRA), an office of the ECS, has trained diocesan disaster coordinators to be able to respond to disasters as they occur.
Dr Julianne Stewart, ABM’s Programs Director said, “We are continuing to work with SUDRA as the church responds to the various needs following the outbreak of violence in the region.”
There are so many needs that SUDRA has multiple separate appeals at any one time.
Help is needed for the provision of food and other items to 2,500 families in three towns in Abyei. The provision of antimalarial medicines and water purification tablets to 500 people in the Diocese of Renk is critical.
Assistance in the Diocese of Malakal will provide food and hygiene items to 200 displaced women and 150 displaced children and the need for food, plastic sheeting and blankets to 250 displaced Nuban households in Southern Kordofan is desperate.
Donations to this program are tax deductible.
HOW CAN I DONATE?
You can make an online donation to this project by selecting South Sudan: Sudan Emergency Assistance Fund from the full project list.
Alternatively, for donations by cheque/money order (made out to the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia), telephone or email, view contact details here.