Orphan Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship
Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
Conflict, displacement, and market disruptions have pushed staple prices beyond the reach of many households across Sudan in 2024. Fuel shortages and damaged roads interrupt supply chains, while power cuts and limited clean water make safe food storage and preparation difficult—especially in crowded shelters.
Families caring for children, pregnant and lactating women, older adults, and people with chronic illness face the sharpest nutrition risks. With incomes collapsing and access constrained, many are skipping meals, reducing portions, or relying on low-nutrient foods that erode health and dignity.
Assistance must deliver predictable calories and essential nutrients close to where people live—safely, efficiently, and without distorting local markets—while protecting health and accountability.
Culturally appropriate rations: Provide ready-to-eat rations and fortified staples aligned with local diets (e.g., sorghum/flour, pulses, oil, dates), with options for special dietary needs and infant-and-young-child feeding.
Safe, orderly delivery: Use verified lists, timed pickup windows, accessible and well-lit sites, and limited home delivery for the homebound to reduce crowding, duplication, and protection risks.
Supply continuity & market safeguards: Pre-position stocks, diversify vendors and routes, manage fuel/cold-chain needs, and use e-vouchers where markets function to stabilize prices and keep logistics transparent.
Health, WASH & feedback: Pair food with safe water or point-of-use treatment and hygiene kits; maintain hotlines/complaint desks and run quick post-distribution checks to adapt targeting, contents, and frequency.
Provide immediate nutrition relief through provision of reliable daily food access for the camp residents to reduce the burden of the ongoing famine. Provide meals to up to 3,000 beneficiaries (600 families) per day. Reduce malnutrition among vulnerable populations, especially children, pregnant women and the elderly, improving the overall health situation.
Project Results:
1. Immediate Nutrition Relief:
a. Reduction in Hunger and Malnutrition: Regular provision of warm meals will help address acute hunger, prevent starvation and malnutrition-related diseases. This will be crucial especially for vulnerable populations (children, pregnant women, and the elderly).
b. Improved Energy and Productivity: As people manage the most urgent necessities of food and water and obtain sufficient calories and nutrients, their physical and mental energy levels will improve, allowing them to engage in basic daily activities, paving the way for other developmental projects (e.g. children’s fun spaces, youth vocational training etc.).
2. Health Benefits:
a. Reduction in Disease Outbreaks: Regular food distribution can reduce the prevalence of diseases common in famine conditions (such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, and other communicable diseases).
b. Stabilization of Health Services: Fewer malnourished people and less spread of disease will ease the burden on the very limited health service delivery points in Zamzam camp.
3. Social Stability:
a. Prevention of Unrest: Under famine, competition for scarce resources can lead to social unrest or violence. A structured and fair food The distribution system will reduce tensions across the camp.
b. Equity and vulnerable populations protection: Targeting vulnerable populations throughout the operations of the project will reduce the burden on families and the community and reduce individuals unable to access provided meals.
Long Term Results:
1. Improved Health Outcomes:
a. Reduction in Chronic Malnutrition: Sustained food distribution will mitigate chronic malnutrition, preventing long-term effects of malnutrition, particularly in children. This will improve the overall long-term health status of the camp population.
b. Improved Maternal and Child Health: Pregnant women and young children will receive sufficient nutrition and nutrients sustaining their needs and reducing risk of complications, mortality, or developmental conditions.
2. Economic and Livelihood Recovery:
a. Self-Sufficiency: Consistent daily meals will allow individuals to allocate more time for other activities especially when coupled with developmental projects.
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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