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Emergencies and Rehabilitation
Emergency care packages help displaced families in southern Sudan

The urgent plight of displaced families in southern Sudan forced to flee their villages when violence erupts is an ongoing concern.

The Situation:

Families in southern Sudan counties like Twic and Duk usually only moments to decide whether to flee or hide as raiders entered the outskirts of their villages.

Running for their lives, they leave everything behind. The few meager household items they possess, their entire food supply, the agricultural tools they depend on to grow food, and even the crops in the fields that were ready for harvest are all stolen or destroyed.

These families are small-scale farm families whose very existence is dependant on being able to grow and harvest crops.

What HOPE International Development Agency donors are supporting:

• We're providing:Nutritious food, such as beans, cooking oil, salt, and sorghum. Enough to feed a family until they can grow and harvest their own crops again
• Basic household items, such as kitchen utensils, plates, cups, and saucepans
• Shelter materials, bedding, and mosquito nets needed to protect family members from disease-carrying mosquitoes and insects
• Hand tools that are needed to till the soil, and grow and harvest grain crops that will give a family the ability to feed themselves and regain their self-reliance

The Result:

Displaced families are able to move beyond survival and become self-reliant once again.