Nearly 10 months of war, displacement, disease, and starvation have had catastrophic consequences for Sudan’s 24 million children. About half of them now require humanitarian assistance. Schools and hospitals have been destroyed, daily lives have come to a stop.
However,UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, was recently in one of the most impacted parts of the country - Darfur - and reflects on the devastation and loss.Which is one of the largest learning Crises in the World.
UNICEF's health teams in Sudan work with Competent partners to bolster the country's fragile health system, and to increase immunization rates among children to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease.
Child protection teams focus on helping children stay safer.However,the children of Sudan need a ceasefire to enable them to have the present and future they deserve.