In Sudan, the cries of the innocent rise louder than the sound of war. The streets of Khartoum, once filled with life and laughter, now echo with gunfire and the screaming of families searching for loved ones. Families run from their homes with nothing but faith to guide them. Children go to sleep hungry, not knowing if tomorrow will come. Whole neighborhoods have been erased, and survivors are doomed to slow death.
Since April 2023, two rival forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have turned their country into a battlefield. Their power struggle has left more than half of Sudan’s 49 million people in desperate need of aid. It is mothers, fathers, and children, people who only want to live in peace. But convoys are blocked, hospitals destroyed, and hunger spreads faster than help.
In North Darfur, mothers walk for days carrying weak, malnourished children in their arms. “My baby hasn’t eaten in two days,” one woman told a UN worker, “All we find are leaves.” In many towns, clean water is a luxury; people drink from muddy rivers shared with animals. The lucky ones find shelter in crowded schools or under torn plastic sheets: temporary homes that offer little comfort from the scorching sun.
The world’s attention has turned elsewhere, but God’s eyes have not. He sees the pain of His children in Sudan. “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18). In the middle of war, there are still acts of courage and love: doctors who risk their lives to help, neighbors who share the little food they have, volunteers risk their lives to deliver medicine; children draw pictures of peace on scraps of cardboard, and believers who gather to pray for peace.
As Christians, we cannot look away. We are called to be the hands and feet of Christ, to show compassion, and to lift our voices for those who have none. We can pray for peace in Sudan, support relief organizations, and remind others that every life there is precious to God.
Sudan’s people have not given up hope — and neither should we. Even in the darkest valleys, light can still shine.
How can I help?
Choose one or more of the organisations above and donate what you can. Even small gifts help:
– International Rescue Committee (IRC)
– Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS)
– Mercy Corps
– Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition
– Sudan Relief Fund (Shai Fund variant)
Share their stories and links with your classmates, church youth group, and family. Pray and commit to remembering Sudan in your daily or weekly long-term prayer list: the people suffering, the aid workers, for peace and justice.
By doing so, we live out the call to love our neighbour (Matthew 22:39) and to “defend the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed” (Psalm 82:3). The people of Sudan are not forgotten; we can show them our solidarity.