Situation: Violence in Darfur has led to an estimated 380,000 deaths, and displaced nearly 2 million people. Another 200,000 refugees have fled to neighboring Chad. In all, nearly 2.4 million people have been affected by the conflict.
Malnutrition rates among children are alarmingly high, and thousands might not survive without special therapeutic feeding.
Our Response: In spite of the danger, CARE is committed to helping people make it through this crisis. We have increased staff on the ground in Sudan and Chad by more than 420 workers.
We're distributing emergency food to more than 300,000 refugees each month. We're also providing water and sanitation for some 265,000 people. Since December, 114 malnurished children were admitted to our theraputic feeding center in Nyala.
In the same period, more than 10,000 women received reproductive heath care and 10,000 children, women and men have taken advantage of everything from acute care to nutritional screening. This vital work must continue until peace returns.
Take a stand in the fight against poverty.
When disaster strikes, when poverty threatens lives, CARE is there. With staff on the ground in 66 countries, we can respond quickly — with the right kind of help. And we stay after the crisis has passed, to resume and expand our poverty-fighting work. Want to be a part of the solution? Just click here to give a gift.Your generosity will go straight to work — and have a lasting, lifesaving impact in poor communities around the world!
