Support package: Conflict escalation in Sudan

Objective

Informing the aid community about how violence impacts the delivery of aid, healthcare, education and protection; strengthening predictive and mitigation capacities within the aid sector to enable better responses that respect humanitarian principles and protect staff.

Services

- Conducting normative data from text-based event information available to humanitarian actors.

- Reporting on conflict and hunger, protection of healthcare, sexual violence, and aid security.

Contact

Christina Wille, Director; christina.wille@insecurityinsight.org

Objective

Supporting humanitarian responders and decision makers to improve communication and engagement with conflict affected people in order to ensure that their voices and priorities inform an accountable response. Enabling guidance on how the affected population can make safety decisions and know how to access essential aid and services.

Services

- Providing reports and workshops for humanitarian responders to understand the rapidly changing information ecosystem they are operating in.

- Engaging with the Sudanese diaspora to produce a 5W map and snapshot of their involvement in the response.

- Collecting, analyzing and reporting on harmful misinformation.

- Creating and managing accessible communication materials and content creation guidance to other actors.

- Convening diverse CCEA actors to strengthen the coherence of operational approaches and regional coordination.

- Providing accessible and contextually relevant resources for new and emerging CCEA actors in Sudan.

Contact

Lea Krivchenia, Internews Senior Humanitarian Program Manager; lkrivchenia@internews.org

Objective

Informing short and long term response measures and communicating the needs of affected communities by sharing their stories and amplifying their voices.

Services

- Providing an accurate journalistic picture of the situation in the overlooked regions of Sudan, focusing on communities’ perspectives and input from experts in policy-related reporting.

- Distributing journalism to reach wider audiences and promote knowledge sharing between local and international responders.

- Collaborating with local journalists based in Sudan, ensuring that the reporting is close to the ground and that local voices are amplified.

Contact

Jijo Vadukoot, External Relations Officer; jijo@thenewhumanitarian.org

Objective

Conducting rapid needs assessments and monitoring in Sudan and neighboring countries such as Chad, CAR and South Sudan, to provide a better understanding of the needs of refugees, internally displaced people and those affected by the conflict.

Services

- Providing timely information on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by conducting rapid internal and cross-border humanitarian situation monitoring through IMPACT’s strategic partner REACH.

- Producing datasets and information products through REACH for each assessment conducted, disseminated to the humanitarian community.

- The assessments will directly support prioritization exercises and funding advocacy. It will provide a clearer understanding of needs from areas of displacement in Sudan to donors, UN Agencies, clusters and INGOs/NNGOs.

Contact

Ayah Al Zayat, Sudan Country Coordinator; ayah.alzayat@impact-initiatives.org