Food, Shelter, & Clean Water
Sudan Aid Fund
- Location Sudan
- Timeframe July 2023 - Present
- People Internally displaced communities , Women at risk , Ethno-religious minorities
- Project Goal $200,000
Food, Shelter, & Clean Water
Following the outbreak of violence between factions in Sudan in April 2023, there has been an alarming increase in sexual assault cases against women and persecution of religious and ethnic minorities across the country. Sudan’s ongoing civil war has exacerbated the plight of Christians in Darfur, who face famine, persecution, and denial of aid due to their faith. Churches and Christians are being attacked and killed by Islamist militants.
Due to the chaos and catastrophe, more than half of the population (25.6 million) is in dire humanitarian need, facing famine and acute food insecurity. More than 10 million are internally displaced, and now one in eight of all displaced persons counted globally are Sudanese.
The collapse of infrastructure has broken access to food, water, healthcare, cash, fuel and other basic services. The lack of resources and healthy conditions which continue to worsen is causing a serious health crisis, of surging deadly diseases and starvation.
Shai Fund is responding with direct assistance to those facing immediate threat and humanitarian needs. Through our local church networks built over two years of work, Shai Fund is continuing to provide food, medicine, and shelter to displaced families, and helping the underground church care for both believers and their neighbors. These faithful men and women continue to serve in the most dangerous conditions, bringing hope where few others can reach.
"May God bless you for doing such incredible work. You really saved my life. People are under militias threat they just don't know what they can do. Please pray for our people that God will show himself to them and rescue them from here and hereafter. My thanks goes for each one of you. May God's blessings follow you."
Responding in 2023 to the outbreak of violence and persecution of Christians across Sudan, Shai Fund delivered direct assistance to 299 Sudanese Christians, supporting them with relocation to safe places away from the line of fire. This included coordinating logistics, security and providing humanitarian relief for those in dire need.
Through this emergency support, it was possible for these Christians to begin recovering from trauma and tragic loss. Away from danger, they can now rebuild their lives, and continue raising their families, and worship freely in their churches.
In September 2024, Shai Fund successfully provided life-saving food aid to 600 Christian families and over 4,000 children living in IDP camps and villages across Darfur, Sudan. In total, 8,147 people who were on the brink of starvation were reached at a critical time. This aid helped feed these families for a month but also empowered local church leaders to offer spiritual encouragement and support.
Throughout October into December, Shai Fund coordinated the delivery of life-saving food aid to 324 families, totaling 2,147 individuals. The project directly benefited 1,823 children suffering from acute hunger, offering them life-saving food aid and improving their health and well-being. Many women, particularly widows, were also among the beneficiaries. The support helped alleviate the immense burden of providing for their families in a crisis.
Over three months in 2025, Shai Fund delivered food baskets each containing one month supply of food to 400 of the most vulnerable families across Darfur. That is 2,584 individuals fed including widows, orphans, elderly adults, people with disabilities, and female-headed households.
Much more assistance is needed beyond this, as the country continues in turmoil and instability. Basic needs and resources and seriously lacking, endangering the lives of millions.
Since April 2023, the mass displacement in Sudan has disrupted access to food, medical assistance, supply lines, and healthy living conditions, making it one of the most catastrophic humanitarian situations.
Working through trusted local faith leaders, Shai Fund has built a network on the ground to effectively deliver aid to remote regions for a rapid, targeted intervention.
The ongoing conflict has further weakened the health system with massive destruction of healthcare infrastructure and increase of disease and outbreaks in several states of cholera, measles, malaria, poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) and dengue fever. In response to the crisis in access to medicines, Shai Fund is taking lifesaving medicines directly to vulnerable high-risk groups throughout Sudan.
Shai Fund is also delivering vital food relief to families, that will last for about three weeks to a month. Through our trusted network, Shai Fund is delivering millet, rice, oil, sugar, and salt from nearby markets and moving supplies by donkey, tuk-tuk, and truck to reach insecure and hard to reach communities.By providing aid to both Muslims and Christians alike, we are increasing social cohesion between neighbors.
Your investment will help deliver critical medical medicines and food to the Sudanese communities which are being ravaged by war and destruction.
Your gift today will feed, comfort, and provide hope to ethnoreligious minority families in Sudan caught in dire circumstances