Women's and Child's Rights,Protection &Empowerment

Update Report

Women and Children’s Rights, Protection & Empowerment

Reporting Period: February 6, 2026

Context and Overview

Our last report was issued on September 26, 2025, one month before the RSF massacre in Zamzam Camp and El Fasher on October 26, 2025. At that time, there was hope for international intervention to lift the siege on El Fasher and protect civilians. That hope was shattered.

Since then, El Fasher has faced extreme violence, starvation, and a total blockade of humanitarian aid, communications, and internet access—conditions ongoing since April 2023. Women and children have been the most affected.

Despite these devastating circumstances, we are deeply grateful that timely solidarity and support enabled us to help our volunteers, beneficiaries, and their families evacuate El Fasher before RSF control. Today, they are displaced across Kassala, El Gedaref, Port Sudan, Omdurman, Nyala, Tina, and Chad. Your support provided life-saving assistance that helped families survive displacement, hunger, and violence.

Crisis of Unaccompanied and Orphaned Children in El Tina, Chad

One of the most alarming consequences of the ongoing genocide is the arrival of large numbers of unaccompanied and orphaned children in El Tina, Chad. Our field teams conducted observations and data collection to assess their needs.

Key Findings

The center in El Tina, Chad, hosts 2,075 children who fled Sudan, primarily from El Fasher, North Darfur:

• 1,185 girls and 890 boys
• 85% originated from El Fasher
• Children arrived under extreme conditions—on foot, by donkey, and in overcrowded vehicles

Due to relocations and informal family placements, numbers fluctuate.

Children’s Well-Being

Children range from 3–17 years old. Despite severe trauma, 73% can identify their families or places of origin, yet most lack family tracing or reunification services.

• 70% are in relatively stable physical condition
• No medical services are available
• No access to education, psychosocial care, or structured learning
• Daily activities are limited to basic play

The center is managed by Haseer Organization, with only four staff members overseeing all children. Services remain extremely limited, with no formal education, healthcare, or child-protection programs.

Facilities and Nutrition

While the center provides basic shelter, facilities are not child-friendly and lack adequate infrastructure. There is no dedicated nutrition program.

• Meals consist mainly of rice and pasta
• Food is prepared by volunteer community members
• Quantities and nutritional value are insufficient, placing children at risk of malnutrition

Priority Needs

Urgent and longer-term needs include:

• Nutritious food
• Clothing and shoes
• Education and learning materials
• Child-friendly and recreational spaces
• Healthcare and medical services
• Psychosocial support and child-protection programs

Without immediate intervention, children remain at high risk of malnutrition, exploitation, untreated trauma, and long-term harm.

Conclusion

Orphaned and unaccompanied children in El Tina are among the most vulnerable survivors of the war and genocide in Sudan. While the center offers temporary safety, critical gaps remain in food, healthcare, education, and protection.

Although some children were later reunited with extended family or community members, many remain without known caregivers. Coordinated and sustained humanitarian support is urgently needed to restore dignity, protection, stability, and hope to children who have already endured unimaginable loss. Here is your link:http://goto.gg/47978

With deep gratitude and urgent appeal,
Darfur Women Network (DWN)

 Update Report – Women and Children’s Rights, Protection & Empowerment

Date: September 26, 2025

Introduction & Gratitude

We extend our deepest gratitude for your generous donation and steadfast support. Our partnership with GlobalGiving has enabled Darfur Women Network (DWN) to continue providing life-saving assistance for women and children who fled ongoing violence in four states and now live under siege in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Through your generosity, DWN’s two courageous local teams have kept two community kitchens running inside the besieged city. These kitchens are not just distributing meals—they are saving lives. Families who had resorted to eating umbaz, a non-nutritive substance, are now receiving real food. Your support turned despair into survival.

Current Humanitarian Situation in El Fasher

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have besieged El Fasher for over 500 days, trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians with little or no access to food, medicine, or essential supplies. The situation has now escalated to famine conditions and a catastrophic humanitarian emergency.

• Intensified Attacks: More than 300 drone strikes daily and 245 ground assaults have devastated the city. On September 19, a drone strike on a mosque killed over 75 worshippers, including children.
• Famine: North Darfur has reached the highest level of food insecurity—defined by hunger, malnutrition, and rising mortality. Acute malnutrition has exceeded the 30% emergency threshold in some areas.
• Aid Blockade: All supply routes remain blocked, cutting off humanitarian aid for over a year.
• Health Collapse: Hospitals are destroyed or non-functional. Cholera has broken out, worsened by the collapse of water and sanitation systems. Children are especially vulnerable.
• Mass Displacement: In mid-September, over 7,500 people fled Abu Shouk displacement camp and other areas due to intensified RSF attacks. Civilians escaping the city face robberies, assaults, and sexual violence.

Human Rights Violations & International Concerns

The humanitarian crisis is compounded by systematic violence against civilians:

• Targeted violence: Civilians fleeing are executed or assaulted. Sexual violence is rampant.
• Children at risk: Grave violations include killing, maiming, abduction, and sexual violence.
• International crimes: The International Criminal Court reports “reasonable grounds” to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed.
• Genocide warning: The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect warns the RSF is “highly likely” to commit systematic mass atrocities if they capture the city.
• Aid workers under attack: Delivering humanitarian assistance is increasingly dangerous.

The United Nations and humanitarian organizations have described this as one of the worst crises in the world today.

Your Impact & Our Call to Action

Despite unimaginable challenges, your donations through GlobalGiving have provided hope where there was none. Together, we:

• Delivered life-saving meals to women, children, and families trapped under siege.
• Preserved dignity and resilience by offering an alternative to umbaz.
• Kept hope alive for thousands facing starvation and violence.

But the situation is worsening daily. With intensified attacks, famine, and collapsing health systems, more lives are at immediate risk.

We appeal to you, our partners and supporters, to:

1. Continue your generous support—every contribution saves lives.
2. Help us raise awareness—share this crisis within your networks to amplify the voices of women and children trapped in El Fasher.
3. Stand with us in advocacy—urge international actors to protect civilians and open humanitarian corridors.

Conclusion

Your compassion and commitment have already saved lives. Today, more than ever, the people of El Fasher need you. Together, we can ensure women and children are not forgotten in the face of famine, violence, and siege. Here is your project: http://goto.gg/47978

With deep gratitude and urgent appeal,
Darfur Women Network (DWN)