Disaster Response: Relief, Recovery,& Resiliency

Final Report Summary – Sudan Emergency Fund Grant

Project Title: Life-Saving Assistance for Displaced Civilians
Grant Amount: $7,500
Date Received: March 26, 2025
Implementing Organization: Darfur Women Network (DWN)
Location: El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan
Total Beneficiaries Reached: 9,895 individuals

Key Impacts Achieved

Provided over 9,000 hot meals through emergency community kitchens to displaced civilians from Zamzam Camp—supporting children, elders, injured civilians, and families with dignity and nourishment.
Rescued 50 individuals who walked over 10 days through forests to escape RSF sieges. DWN funded their transport to reach safety in Chad.
Offered support to trauma survivors, including displaced DWN-trained soap-makers and volunteers who fled violence in South Darfur.
Provided essential food and care to injured civilians, including those harmed in drone strikes while gathering food or farming.
Maintained safe cooking operations during brief pauses in drone or ground attacks, offering meals when survival was most at risk.

Context & Crisis

In April 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a brutal and systematic assault on Zamzam Camp, killing over 1,200 civilians, including 9 medical workers, two DWN volunteers, and a dedicated local doctor, Dr. Hanadi. The entire camp was burned to the ground.

Survivors fled to El Fasher, only to face:

• Constant aerial drone and ground assaults (over 300 drone strikes daily)
• Famine, severe malnutrition, and a complete market collapse
• Prices 5–15 times higher than surrounding regions (e.g., soap costing 15x more)
• No access to food, water, shelter, or medical aid—families sleeping under trees

DWN’s Lifesaving Response

In the absence of large humanitarian organizations, Darfur Women Network stepped forward to serve where others could not.

Despite the collapse of the financial system, DWN continued operations using Bankak, Sudan’s only functioning digital payment system, allowing us to deliver aid directly, swiftly, and safely under siege conditions.

Meals provided included:

• Millet with milk
• Rice with meat (until it ran out due to soaring prices)
• Traditional Darfuri meals like Aseeda and Adasia
• One hot meal per day, cooked cautiously when attacks paused

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“Without GlobalGiving support, many would have starved or never reached safety.”
— Mastora Bakhiet, Executive Director, DWN

Our Commitment Moving Forward:

Darfur Women Network is committed to continuing life-saving disaster response—including hot meals, relief supplies, and safe kitchens.

Our project is aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals as Fllowing:

• Goal 2: Zero Hunger
• Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
• Goal 4: Clean Water and Sanitation
• Goal 5: Gender Equality
• Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
• Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Once war subsides and security and stability return, DWN will pivot to:

• Recovery services
• Economic empowerment
• Long-term development
• Community resilience programs

 Attachments

Expense receipts (meals, supplies, transportation)
Photos documenting relief efforts and food distribution

Support Our Ongoing Efforts

Your support saved lives. You reminded the displaced that they are not forgotten.

To continue standing with families in El Fasher, please continue your support to enable us to provide our Disaster Response Project:
http://goto.gg/68632

With deep gratitude,
Darfur Women Network (DWN)