Save the Children Canada

Published purpose

March 2013 - Since May 2011, fighting forces of the government of Sudan (the Sudanese Armed Forces), a domestic militia (the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement - North) and the military forces of South Sudan (Sudan People's Liberation Army), have clashed in the Sudanese states of Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Abyei. The conflict in the three states has affected an estimated 950,000 people, with over 500,000 people estimated to be internally displaced. With Canada's support, Save the Children Canada will provide emergency nutritional services at 15 nutrition centres and emergency water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to more than 200,000 conflict affected children and families in Abyei, Blue Nile and South Kordofan States, Sudan. Project activities focus on: providing essential primary healthcare and basic maternal, newborn and child healthcare services in 15 nutrition centres; training for community health workers to detect and screen for acute malnutrition; rehabilitating 60 water points for 66,000 internally displaced people and constructing 30 emergency latrines for 3,000 children; providing nutrition, hygiene, and health education campaigns in local communities; and providing child protection messages and trainings.