August 19, 2024 (El FASHER) – A group of youth volunteers have launched the fight against famine in Sudan’s North Darfur state, by providing lifesaving assistance like food, water and medicine to help the wounded and shelter homeless people. With limited resources, these young Sudanese volunteers have launched initiatives to assist millions of people displaced by ongoing war in war-torn Sudan. “The emergency rooms are born from the womb of suffering and became a link between organizations and the needy on the ground,” Mubarak Mohamed Idris, a member of the youth-led initiative at the Zamzam camp of the United Nations. Famine was declared in Zamzam camp, with an estimated half a million people. Aid agencies have warned that famine is likely spread to Abu Shouk and Al-Salam camps, barely a month after an assessment confirmed hunger in Zamzam camp. Aid organizations, according to Idris, have no access to these camps due to fighting and road blockages to deliver much-needed assistance, so the youth-led emergency room came forward to provide food for the hungry population. Seen as backing support from the UN and other aid agencies, emergency rooms initiated by these youth volunteers have been a lifeline for thousands of displaced …

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