Orphan Sponsorship
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Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
In Khartoum State, conflict and displacement have disrupted markets, fuel supplies, and electricity, leaving many families unable to cook or afford safe, nutritious meals. Crowded shelters and damaged housing intensify health risks as people rely on irregular aid or go without food for long hours.
Water quality, limited refrigeration, and scarce cooking fuel undermine food safety and dietary diversity, while children, older adults, and people with chronic illness face the steepest consequences. Without reliable access to warm meals, households resort to harmful coping strategies that erode dignity and well-being.
Wad Nobawi Kitchen must deliver predictable, safe, and culturally appropriate meals at scale while protecting dignity, managing crowds, and keeping operations resilient amid volatile supply chains.
Safe meal production: Standardize menus and hygiene protocols, ensure clean water and temperature control, and train staff and volunteers so every meal is balanced, halal, and safe to eat.
Targeting and dignified access: Use verified lists, timed pickup windows, and accessible distribution points—with limited home delivery for the homebound—to reduce queues, duplication, and protection risks.
Supply chain and cost control: Pre-position staples, diversify vendors, and monitor prices and fuel use to keep portions consistent and operations running despite market shocks.
Monitoring and feedback: Track daily meal counts and quality, conduct rapid satisfaction checks, maintain complaint channels, and adjust menus, schedules, and locations based on real-time input.
Sudan faces a severe food security crisis, with over 24 million people experiencing acute hunger, projected to rise to 25.6 million by early 2025 (IPC Phase 3+). Malnutrition rates exceed emergency thresholds, with 16.3% global acute malnutrition and 4.5% severe acute malnutrition. Disruptions to food production, trade, and aid delivery due to conflict have exacerbated the situation. Wad Nobawi is home to a densely populated, vulnerable community. Many families face challenges in accessing food due to poverty, displacement, and lack of resources. This project aims to provide immediate nutrition relief through warm meal distribution while fostering community resilience and long-term solutions.
Project Outcomes:
1. Provide warm, nutritious meals to at least 400 households (2,000 individuals) daily.
2. Establish a sustainable food distribution system in Wad Nobawi Kitchen
3. Reduce malnutrition rates among vulnerable populations, especially children under five, pregnant women, and the elderly, by 15% during the project period.
Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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