Since April 2023, the Sudanese people have fallen victim to active and widespread warfare, initially in Khartoum, the Darfur and Kordofan states. The conflict has continued to spread, affecting the central states of Sudan as the latest region impacted. The conflict has displaced millions of people, making it the largest displacement and protection crisis in the world. At the start of 2024, over 7.5 million people were displaced both inside and outside the country. Sudan is now facing a rapidly deepening hunger crisis as war rages across the country, with nearly 18 million people already facing acute hunger during the harvest season, at the beginning of the year. The country is at risk of slipping into a hunger catastrophe by the May-October lean season if the humanitarian sector is unable to expand and maintain access to people trapped in conflict hotspots.
Humanitarian partners in Sudan require the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to continue to be pro-active, innovative, timely and flexible. With a specific focus on the centrality of protection, including conflict-sensitivity, the Fund will also strongly champion gender-based violence (GBV) responses and the localization agenda. SHF will continue to excel in quality programming by integrating the state-level humanitarian coordination structure in its programming process, ensuring fast multi-sector emergency responses. Data-driven analysis, in close consultation with clusters and OCHA field presence, will position the SHF ideally to launch early-action allocations to emerging crises, in complementarity with the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and other sources of funding. SHF will continue to work with partners in adapting and making the Fund more flexible to maximize effectiveness. By doing so, SHF will ensure that its limited funds reach the people most in need, with the services most in demand, provided by the actors best placed> to respond, as quickly as possible.
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1. Introduction This paper sets out the Humanitarian Coordinator’s vision about the value added of the Fund and how it is shaping the humanitarian response. It makes the case for the added value of Pooled Funding as…
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1. Introduction 1.1. Purpose and scope of the Operational Manual The purpose of this Operational Manual is to adapt the CBPF Global Guidelines, which ensure a coherent and harmonised approach to the governance and operations of Country-based Pooled…
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Background After years of protracted crisis, Sudan plunged into a conflict at an alarming scale in mid-April 2023 when fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, broke out…
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HIGHLIGHTS Allocations and Contributions In response to the crisis that began on April 15, 2023, the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has awarded grants totaling $48.6 million. Of this amount, $3 million was allocated through reprogramming grants approved…
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LETTER FROM THE HC As the Humanitarian Coordinator overseeing the humanitarian response efforts in Sudan, I am honoured to present the operations and achievements of the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) in 2023. The events of the past…
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