Sudan Emergency
Facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, your solidarity is essential to provide lifesaving assistance to the more than 33 million people affected by the war in Sudan.
The civilian population, particularly women and children, is paying the highest price in this catastrophe. Relentless attacks, violence, repeated displacement, and lack of access to food, healthcare, education or a safe place to stay… Millions of people have lost everything while fleeing the violence of the war and now depend on humanitarian aid that is being reduced further every day due to a lack of funding.
Your solidarity helps provide lifesaving assistance
Given the severity of the situation, every donation enables our partner NGOs to provide lifesaving assistance in Sudan, as well as in South Sudan and Chad, where millions of people have sought refuge. They provide food, safe drinking water, medical care, safe shelter and essential supplies, protect the most vulnerable people, and support families in gradually rebuilding their livelihoods. Your solidarity is essential to sustain and strengthen this lifesaving assistance for those who depend on it to survive.
Swiss Solidarity’s aid
The projects we support focus on these three areas:
- Survival: food, safe drinking water, medical care, nutrition, shelter, essential supplies and financial assistance
- Protection: support for victims of violence, prevention of sexual violence, psychosocial support, family reunification, hygiene products and safe spaces
- Self-reliance: support for livelihoods, agriculture, livestock farming or fishing, as well as assistance for communities hosting refugees.
Our Swiss partner NGOs on the ground
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders is an independent international humanitarian medical organisation that provides emergency assistance to populations without access to healthcare, in particular those affected by armed conflicts, epidemics or natural disasters.
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Caritas Switzerland
Caritas Switzerland helps people in distress in Switzerland and worldwide. In collaboration with regional Caritas organisations, it operates mainly where poverty reigns. Caritas provides emergency assistance in disasters and participates in reconstruction.
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Swiss Red Cross
The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) is the largest and most important humanitarian organization in Switzerland. It helps people in need in the areas of health, integration and rescue. The SRC is represented throughout Switzerland and is active in around 30 countries.
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Enfants du monde
Enfants du Monde is a Swiss self-help organisation which provides quality education and healthcare to disadvantaged children in some of the world’s poorest countries. It operates in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Haiti.
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Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER)
Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER), the relief agency of the Protestant Church in Switzerland, delivers humanitarian aid in response to natural disasters and armed conflicts and strives to counter the root causes of poverty and injustice. HEKS/EPER also seeks to bring about systemic change through its development work.
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Legal Action Worldwide
Legal Action Worldwide is a non-profit organisation of lawyers on the front line: in fragile and conflict-affected areas, we empower victims, survivors and communities - especially women and children - to obtain justice for human rights violations and international crimes. We fight to end impunity and pursue accountability for perpetrators. We work in the Middle East, East Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe.
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Medair
Medair helps people suffering in remote and devastated communities around the world to survive crises, recover with dignity and develop the skills they need to build a better future.
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Save the Children Switzerland
Save the Children Switzerland is an autonomous member of the largest independent children’s rights organisation in the world. In Switzerland and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
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SWISSAID
SWISSAID’s vision is a world where hunger does not belong and where even the poorest can lead a healthy, dignified, and autonomous life. As one of Switzerland’s most experienced development organisations, we create sustainable and climate friendly solutions to fight against the global food crisis. In doing so, we empower women, especially women in agriculture, to eradicate hunger
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VSF-Suisse
VSF-Suisse fights hunger and poverty in Africa. More specifically, it works for and with people who depend on animals for their livelihood. The actions of VSF-Suisse lead to improved access to health services and education, thus providing a way out of poverty.
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Three years of war in Sudan – Swiss Solidarity calls for donations
15.04.2026Three years after the outbreak of war in Sudan, the humanitarian situation remains dramatic and largely overlooked by the international community. It is currently the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. To continue supporting the severely affected populations, Swiss Solidarity is calling for donations.
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After more than three years of war, humanitarian needs remain immense. Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes, hunger has reached critical levels, and access to healthcare, safe drinking water and safe places is severely restricted. At the same time, funding for humanitarian assistance is declining, and some aid operations are already having to be scaled back due to a lack of resources.
The crisis does not stop at Sudan’s borders. Millions of people have fled the violence, and many have found refuge in neighbouring countries, particularly Chad and South Sudan. These countries are themselves facing major humanitarian needs, and the communities hosting refugees often have very limited resources. Swiss Solidarity therefore supports aid wherever the impact of the crisis is greatest.
Swiss Solidarity has been engaged since the war began in 2023 and has already run an initial solidarity campaign to support affected communities. Together with its partner organisations, it has since been funding projects in Sudan, Chad and South Sudan.
But after more than three years of war, the crisis still receives very little attention, while humanitarian needs remain immense and available funding is shrinking. Due to funding shortfalls, some aid programmes are already being scaled back. This new campaign therefore aims to bring the crisis back into focus and raise the resources needed to continue and strengthen assistance on which millions of people depend.
Donations help fund food and safe drinking water, medical care, shelter and essential supplies. They also help protect and support particularly vulnerable people, including children, women, displaced people and victims of violence, while helping families gradually rebuild their livelihoods.
