Who is Sudan Relief Fund

Sudan Relief Fund was established in 1998 as a non-profit organization because we saw the tremendous need to provide the people of South Sudan and the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan with emergency relief and support.

In 2011, South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan after years of bloody civil war. Unfortunately, that peace was short lived, and conflict with different factions within South Sudan led to another civil war, this time within the new nation. The conflicts have caused the deaths of nearly 2.5 million people and have driven more than two million people to become refugees inside and outside the country¹. The World Health Organization has called the crisis in South Sudan one of the worst health emergencies in the world². Because of the grave hunger crisis and widespread displacement situation, the people are in drastic need of assistance.

South Sudan’s population must deal with major humanitarian issues, including the rampant spread of diseases such as malaria (one of the main causes of death), massive poverty and homelessness, tragically high levels of famine, and extreme weather conditions that damage farms and block roads. Though the violence is in decline, the people still live in fear of raids from rebel groups. A recent bloody war breaking out in neighboring Sudan threatens the Nuba people of that nation and continues to drive fleeing Sudanese families into an already under-resourced South Sudan.