The CocaCola Foundation (TC-CF) and Mercy Corps announced the launch of a humanitarian response partnership in Sudan as part of the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) which will bring safe water access to over 180,000 individuals, including 105,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Darfur and South Kordofan State (SKS) regions.
After 15 years of war in Sudan, an estimated 4.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 2.3 million IDPs. The build-up of IDPs in Darfur and SKS due to protracted regional conflict has strained limited resources and basic services available to the host communities – leading to a humanitarian emergency. It is estimated that this strain on local resources and environments has pushed the water-service delivery level at nearly half of IDP camps to critical sub-standard level (water supply is less than 7.5 liters per person per day). Adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are critical to averting humanitarian disasters and are a requisite for stability and sustainable development – for all communities