More than 2 million people have fled their homes to escape violence between alleged government-backed militia—known as Janjaweed—and insurgent armies, seeking refuge in camps set up for those who have been displaced within their own country. Widespread rape, murder, and looting as well as attacks on civilians have escalated, threatening the lives of thousands. At least 180,000 people have been killed in the three-year conflict.

“ADRA’s work in the Darfur region is challenging and at significant risk,” Mario H. Ochoa, executive vice president of ADRA International, says. “But the agency exists to provide aid where it’s needed the most. Darfur’s IDPs, barely surviving in the face of violence, fear, and deprivation, urgently need our expanded assistance.”

Working in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other major government donors, ADRA is providing development and emergency relief aid for displaced families in Darfur and throughout war-torn Sudan.

“ADRA’s primary goal in Sudan is to improve living conditions of displaced and vulnerable people to acceptable levels for basic human needs,” Ochoa adds. “The agency began work in Sudan in 1979 with a primary health-care program based in Juba in Equatoria State, South Sudan. Since then, ADRA has broadened its scope to include food security, emergency relief, water resource development, and sanitation and community development.”
                                                                                
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