URGENT HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

On January 20th, President Trump issued an executive order, pausing all U.S. foreign development assistance. This has deeply and profoundly affected communities that we work with in Sudan, DRC, Burma and Bangladesh. We are currently doing an assessment of the impact to our partners and will be able to share more information on this soon. In the meantime, we know that this means the needs that were already huge, are much larger now. Because of this, we wanted to do something that we don’t normally do and issue an emergency humanitarian appeal.

Here’s how it works:

This appeal will cover three areas. Your donation will be divided into three and distributed to our partners equally, unless you specify that you would like it to go to one country specifically. 

Donation will go to Darfur Ramadan Fund, Rohingya Refugee Ramadan Fund, Goma Relief Fund. (Ramadan begins at the end of the month.)

  • The Darfur Ramadan Fund will provide meals to internally displaced people in North Darfur that have been forced to flee their homes since the RSF siege of El Fasher. Famine was declared in El Fasher last year and this population, now recently displaced, is extremely vulnerable and needs support. We are working with a local partner that is able to procure food locally and safely deliver it to the displaced population in Tawila. 

  • The Rohingya Refugee Ramadan Fund will provide break-fast meals for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh. Food insecurity continues to grow in the camps. With the recent aid freeze, this is only going to grow. 

  • The Goma Relief Fund will provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in Goma and nearby displaced populations. Our local partner has currently paused operations due to the intense fighting but will start up as soon as they are able. With no access to basic needs such as healthcare, food, or safe drinking water, the needs are huge. Until there is a lasting ceasefire, the needs will only grow.

We hope you will consider making a donation to help this urgent appeal. Simply click the donate button below. Once you’ve selected the amount for your donation, you will be redirected to a page to fill out your donor information. In the “dedication” section, please write “Humanitarian Appeal” unless you want it to go to a specific country, in which case you should specify one of the Funds above.

These donations are a small way that we can save lives at this very uncertain time. We appreciate your support and consideration and will be in touch soon as we identify other ways to support our community partners in Sudan, DRC, and Burma.