How funders can address the growing famine in Sudan

Famine is a preventable disaster

Global food production is more than enough to feed everyone on the planet, but hunger continues due to unequal distribution of food and/or conflict and one in three people worldwide cannot afford a healthy diet.

At least 85 percent of people experiencing hunger live in conflict-affected countries. Goal 2 of the UN SDGs is Zero Hunger, which is defined as: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.”

However, the targets of this goal are not being achieved, and in many cases, the situation is getting worse. More people need nutritional support and suffer from food insecurity than ever before. Famines are the extreme outcome of persistent food deprivation.

Hunger affects everything in a person’s life: physical health, mental health and cognitive development. Malnourished children will live with the effects of early hunger for a lifetime, thus even entrenching inequalities.

On Aug. 1, 2024, famine was declared in Sudan but now that USAID funding has been halted, many organisations have had to shut down their feeding programs. The crisis is growing.

Join the Centre of Disaster Philanthropy for a webinar to discuss the systemic causes of hunger and the differences between famine and hunger. The conversation will also explore why hunger and famine are preventable disasters, and what's happening in Sudan.

Speakers

• Frederico Motka
  Head of Emergencies and Humanitarian, Vitol Foundation
• Musab Swareldhab Saty
  Humanitarian Response Coordinator, Adeela
• Patty McIlreavy (moderator)
  President and CEO, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Notes

This event is being hosted by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. It takes place at 6pm GMT / 10pm Dubai . There will be live English - Arabic translation. You can register here.