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 SUDAN

 ABOUT SUDANSudan is the largest country in Africa. It has a tumultuous past bound up in

invasions and explorations over rumours of hidden treasure. War has turned

a nation once rich in reserves of ivory, gold, spices and incense, to one of 

extreme poverty with a large question mark over its future.

A variety of factors including decades of marginalising the poor, recurrent

drought, lack of investment and development and weak governance have

led to a number of crises and conicts.

A civil war in the South and the continuing bloodshed in Darfur have killed

millions and created approximately six million refugees. Sudan now has the

world’s largest population of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Even with continued revenues from oil and the gradual resumption of 

development aid, Sudan’s future remains uncertain. The nation is extremely 

vulnerable politically and economically, and dealing effectively with IDPs wil l

be essential to its survival.

 TEAR FUND IN SUDAN

Sudan is one of TEAR Fund’s disaster relief focuses. Two major issues in Sudan are

 the crisis in Darfur and the North/South war that has created a huge number of 

internally displaced persons (IDPs).

TEAR Fund supports three complimentary disaster relief projects in Sudan:

Medair’s IDP Project in Khar toum State, Tearfund UK’s Wadi Salih and Ed Daein

Projects. Support for these projects has come from a combination of fundraising

campaigns and grants from the New Zealand Government.

The Wadi Salih Integrated Relief Project is helping to strengthen the capacity of 

22 communities to manage and sustain recovery and peace-building activities

 through Village Development Committees. Around 58,500 people are being

provided with reliable and sustainable access to safe water and sanitation facilities

 through the construction of wells and latrines.

Education encompasses water management, personal hygiene, and increasing the

knowledge of good health behaviours for 5,000 women, 28,000 children, 700

youth and 600 men. The project also focuses on increasing food production and

 tree growth through supporting 12,000 farmers in the area.

TEAR Fund UK’s Disaster Management Team has been operating in multiplelocations within Sudan since 1998 and in Darfur since 2004. The Wadi Salih

Project is helping to make a difference to people in dire need.

QUICK FACTS

Full name: Republic of Sudan

Population: 39,379,358

Capital:

Khartoum

 Area:

2,505,813 sq km, (987,495 sq miles)

Major languages: Arabic & English

Major religion: Muslim (70%), Animist / Indigenous

(20-25%), Christian (5-10%)

Life expectancy: 48 (men), 50 (women)

Monetary unit: Sudanese pound Main exports: Oil and petroleum products;

cotton, sesame, livestock,

groundnuts, gum, Arabic sugar 

Call to donate: 0800 800 777 or visit www.tearfund.org.nz

Community Development Changing Lives

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