One year after the outbreak of conflict in Sudan, the EU co-hosted with France and Germany the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and neighbouring countries. The conference aimed to boost support for people affected by what has become one of the worst humanitarian crises and the largest displacement crisis in the world.
Concretely, the European Commission has committed €355 million in both humanitarian and development funding for Sudan and its neighbours. Together with the pledge from the EU States of €541 million, total EU support to Sudan pledged at the conference amounts to €896 million.
The European Commission’s funding will be channelled via humanitarian organisations to the most vulnerable in need suffering from consequences of the conflict in Sudan itself, but also those who have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. EU aid will provide communities with health and nutritional care, food assistance, water and sanitation, shelter, protection, and education to the most vulnerable households – internally displaced, refugee families and host communities.