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CHILDHOOD RESCUE

Sudan Crisis

Conflict and climate in Sudan is starving millions of children and driving them from their homes.

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Help children fleeing violence in Sudan and other dangerous places today.


The world's largest child displacement crisis is in Sudan. Children’s lives have been turned upside down by an ongoing war between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces that began 3 years ago. To escape the terror, millions of women and children have been forced to flee their homes and leave everything they've ever known, including their loved ones, behind.

Right now, children caught in the Sudan conflict urgently need your help to survive. Every $1 you give will provide $6 worth of urgent support – food, water, medicine, shelter, protection and more – to children in Sudan whose lives are on the line. Give now

“Behind every statistic is a child who has lost their home, their school, and their safety. The presence of hundreds of unaccompanied children in [refugee] camps shows how children continue to suffer in silence.”

- Simon mane, World Vision Sudan National Director
26 million

26 million

people are experiencing hunger and malnutrition.
14 million

14 million

people have been displaced, half are children.

19 million

19 million

children are out of school.

They haven't given up. Neither should we.

Zahara and her daughter Raham have been living in a makeshift shelter on the South Sudan border for two years. They were only meant to stay a week.

Fleeing war in Sudan, they've found themselves with nowhere else to go. With humanitarian aid cuts leaving families without enough food, Zahara walks kilometres every day to collect firewood, turning it into charcoal to sell — just to keep her family fed.

TJ Grant, World Vision New Zealand's National Director, met them there. "Life is desperate, life is difficult," he says. "What amazes me is that Zahara and Raham — hard as it is — they haven't given up."

Your support can make a life-saving difference for families like theirs.


Give now to protect children and their families in dangerous places like Sudan.

A monthly gift of $20, will provide $120 worth of life-changing support to children whose lives are on the line, thanks to our partnerships with other organisations.

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War and hunger are tearing children's lives apart. Please help

War and hunger are tearing children's lives apart. Please help

The situation is so hard, so many are relying on humanitarian aid to survive. Families are displaced from their lands. Now, famine and starvation are looming. We can't let another child die while the world looks away.

In crowded camps with little water or sanitation, children suffer from disease outbreaks. Medical care is hard to find.

"Sudan is now facing a perfect storm of hunger, violence, and trauma. We need to do everything we can to get life-saving aid to children. We must act swiftly and decisively to avert further loss of life and ensure that Sudanese refugees receive the vital humanitarian assistance they desperately need and deserve." says Simon Mane, World Vision Sudan National Director.

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You can help provide urgent food, water, healthcare, shelter, safety and support.


"With refugee families at the Sudan-Chad border, I witnessed some of the worst conditions for children's survival I've ever seen," says Edgar Sandoval, World Vision USA.

"The heat is unbearable. There is no water. There is no food. There is no shelter. You find all the things you would want to run away from, and yet people are running toward them. So, you can only imagine the violence and hunger they're running away from in Sudan.

"The suffering and desperation are at a massive scale, yet this is a crisis you hear almost nothing about. It deserves headlines. It deserves prime time. These children are precious. They deserve our attention."

Sudan, North Africa, is one of the world's most dangerous places to be a child

As Kiwis, we understand the significance of standing together and helping our fellow human beings, whether they’re next door or halfway across the world. Your donation to Childhood Rescue will help children in Sudan and other dangerous places survive, recover and build a future.


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As part of an international partnership working in nearly 100 countries, World Vision New Zealand pursues the highest standards of stewardship and accountability.

In 2025, 75.3% of World Vision New Zealand's total operating expenses were used for international program support that benefited children, families and communities in need. Learn more.