WInch, I was forced to leave my house near Khartoum, I went first to the north of Sudan as a displaced person, then to Cairo as a refugee, then to the United States of America. In this country, I breathed the true sense of tolerance, freedom and acceptance of others. The things that the people of Sudan demanded when we gathered for peaceful demonstrations that led the military leaders in 2022 – freedom, peace and justice – are the things I saw in America. I don’t like to live abroad, but I like the American people. During the year I spent here, I learned a lot from them and they enrich my soul.
Until last month, the American people also saved many lives in my country. Due to President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze the American Agency for International Development (USAID), this is no longer the case.
The problem in Sudan is that the generals have recovered power Civilians, then launched out with each other. The fighting destroyed the economy and prevented farmers from their fields. It also forced me to get out of my homeland. But before leaving, I helped establish the people’s response to war – community centers, where people could find food in municipal kitchens, or advice or first aid. Launched by a network of young people in the state of Khartoum, these “emergency intervention rooms” (Erre) have spread to all parts of my beloved Sudan. Errors saved the lives of millions.
During two years of war, I learned a lot from my comrades in Darfur, west of Kordofan, Nile, Al-Jazeera, Kassala, Sennar and Al-Bedgef. The world has also learned. With more than 30 million people who need to survive, Sudan is considered by many The worst humanitarian disaster in the world. However, international aid groups dare not operate within the country. By doing the work themselves, the people of Sudan gave a unique example for humanitarian work.
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But as we say in the Sudanese proverb,, “No condition is permanent.” Although Sudanese volunteers have taken the risk of saving their people, we need help buying food. In January, all the humanitarian aid provided by the USAID ended on the order of the new Trump administration. With this judgment, hundreds of popular soups in Sudan have been forced to close.
Now, many people in Sudan have nowhere else to get food. Famine develops and people die every day in certain parts of Khartoum and Darfur in western Sudan. The cholera broke out in the state of the Western Nile. The volunteer coordinator For West Kordofan, who is in the south of the country, tells me that his community is in a state of famine and that hungry people come to the emergency room hoping for food that is no longer there. Invited to measure the health of West Kordofan, he says that the situation is “zero”. He remembers how his team has managed to keep a dialysis machine operating for a while, but it had to be closed to keep the energy. In West Kordofan, women’s health services no longer exist. In the whole of Sudan, women who fled their houses no longer receive the hygiene packs known as “dignity kits”.
Many people are physically vulnerable. In the state of Al-Jazeera, there is an urgent need to reinstall displaced people. Tawil Zamzam and Jafls Al Lamat’s civil camps have been attacked, but the basic coordination board launched by our error network is struggling to respond to an emergency flood. We have no way to evacuate 35 volunteers and more than 400 families who are immediately in danger.
The errors were the Sudanese company who took care of the people their government had abandoned. They were a spark of light which illuminated the darkness of war. Unfortunately, this spark is being extinguished. We all of the volunteers and organizers are all in a very bad psychological state because we see hope in the eyes of people and their confidence in us – but we have little more in our hands to offer them.
