World Vision in Sudan Today

In South Sudan

Peace is slowly returning to South Sudan, following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Yet the wake of a decades-long war left a destroyed infrastructure impacting children and families’ access to shelter, health care, employment, and education. As thousands of people return to their homes, they face a bleak future with few opportunities.

World Vision is working to improve the circumstances for families in southern Sudan. World Vision works with communities to help facilitate change through educational training, health clinics, peacebuilding activities, livelihood work, and funding assistance. Working alongside communities both enables and encourages community members to take control of their futures through their own efforts.

South Sudan’s road to recovery has begun, and World Vision is determined to help the Sudanese people find hope through peace and stability.

In Darfur

Since 2004, World Vision has provided humanitarian aid to people of the war-torn Darfur region in northwestern Sudan.

Interventions in this region include the provision of emergency food for 300,000 internally displaced persons in more than 20 camps and conflict-affected areas in the South Darfur state, as well as interventions in water and sanitation, agriculture, health, nutrition, and education.

World Vision is also repairing and building schools in the region, providing teaching and recreational materials, training teachers, and establishing and supporting Parent-Teacher Associations. In addition, more than 8,000 children a month visit World Vision’s 22 Child-Friendly Spaces.

Although gaining access to those in need has become increasingly difficult due to security concerns, World Vision is committed to remaining in Darfur as long as possible to provide assistance to children and adults whose lives have been disrupted.