The needs of the Sudanese people are extreme. 

Since the war began in 2023, the conflict has forced 12 million people to flee their homes. Warring parties use sexual violence and forced starvation as weapons of war. Executions, kidnappings and the wholesale devastation of infrastructure leaves civilians with collapsing services and little protection.

For decades, Inter Pares has worked with Sudanese organizations to promote human rights and gender justice. As we support them in their work, they tell us again and again: the international community at large has abandoned Sudan in its darkest hour.

While much of the world turns away, you can ensure Sudan is not forgotten. Donate today.

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Who is responding to the needs of Sudanese people?

Almost all our local partners in the country were forced to flee Sudan when the war broke out. Now, while some still work in Sudan, many work with Sudanese refugees in camps and neighbouring countries like Egypt and Uganda, offering hope in the face of devastation. 

Though they aren’t emergency humanitarian assistance groups, each organization has pivoted to address dire needs alongside their ongoing fight for human rights, gender justice and LGBTQI+ liberation. 

They are providing:

• Food and menstrual kits for displaced families
• Emergency trauma counselling for survivors and refugees
• Health care to displaced people
• Advocacy for LGBTQI+ and women’s rights in the face of war

Meet two of the courageous activists we work with, below.

Ensure Sudan is not forgotten. Donate today.

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Ilham and Inter Pares: Protecting women and girls in Sudan 

Ilham Ibrahim heads the Sudanese Organization for Research and Development (SORD). Before the conflict, SORD documented gender-based violence and helped survivors navigate Sudan’s legal system. For decades, SORD has been a major part of Sudan’s grassroots women’s movement.

Today, Ilham’s team—spread across Sudan and Uganda—has shifted focus to providing food, health care and counselling to those who need it most. 

And there are many.

“The situation of women and girls in Sudan is just disastrous... Rape, harassment and exploitation have been used extensively, and women and girls are the ones who pay that price,” says Ilham to Inter Pares. Survivors are just left without any support or help.”

Your solidarity today would tell Ilham: I am with you. 

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Reham and Inter Pares: Supporting Sudanese LGBTQI+ communities 

Reham leads a Sudanese organization supporting LGBTQI+ refugees. 

When promised U.S.-based foreign aid vanished under the current American administration, she kept emergency evacuations from conflict zones and mental health care services running, despite facing burnout and losing her salary for several months. 

“Even if I need to make sacrifices, I do it so the work can continue,” says Reham.

It was yet another crisis Reham and her organization had to weather. She’d fled the brutal war in Sudan in 2023 and remains far from home and the life she knew. Her organization—a lifeline for so many Sudanese queer and trans people—was on the brink of disaster.

Thanks to support from Inter Pares donors, she and her colleagues were able to keep the doors open.

But she cannot, and should not, carry this work alone.  

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How can I help Sudanese activists?

Your solidarity will help sustain community leaders like Reham, Ilham and the thousands of resilient and agile Sudanese activists working on the ground.  

Donate now to support the people of Sudan.

We asked an Inter Pares donor what inspired their $10,000 gift in support of Sudan this year

Here’s what they said:

In my idealistic youth, I heard of an organization called Inter Pares that works with partners across the Global South. 

Works with them. Trusts them. Collaborates with them. And most importantly, learns from them.

In solidarity, I donated to this work. Three decades later, I still do, and my reasons are the same. During that lengthy interval my career as an educator has taken me to various countries in the Global South. I am more convinced than ever that Inter Pares’ approach makes sense. Building relationships. Strengthening connections. Trusting community leaders. Extending networks. Advocating for rights. Doing all this as a global community of peers. This is how we forge a more just world together.

This year I have a made a special donation to go toward the work of Inter Pares’ partners in Sudan. Why Sudan? Because, despite a cruel war that goes on and on, Sudan is forgotten. It shouldn’t be. I want the people of Sudan to know we care.

Your generosity is more than a donation—it’s a lifeline.

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Homepage photo: Hundreds of thousands of people displaced from El Fasher have sought refuge in Tawila, North Darfur. They are living out in the open, struggling to access food and water. What little water is available is provided by volunteers. (Tina Abu-Hanna/Norwegian Refugee Council)