IDP Humanitarian Network × ConnectHER
Women on the Frontlines of Sudan’s Crisis
Across ConnectHER’s global ecosystem, we support women leading from within their own communities — from filmmakers sharing their stories to founders delivering life-saving aid. The women of Sudan’s IDP Humanitarian Network embody that same spirit of authentic representation and local leadership: they are not waiting for help to arrive — they are the help. In Darfur, where families have been uprooted again and again, local women have become the lifeline — cooking over open fires, turning schools into shelters, and carrying medicine across dangerous terrain. For more than 20 years, the IDP Humanitarian Network has led this Indigenous, survivor-run response — the largest of its kind in Sudan. Now, as violence and displacement escalate, these women-led teams are once again feeding, healing, and protecting thousands. They urgently need your support.
Measured Impact at Scale
Through global coordination and localized response, this decentralized network has sustained displaced communities since the start of the 2003 genocide. In the face of immeasurable odds, they rapidly deploy and scale community kitchens, mobile clinics, pop‑up classrooms, shelters, and water security—mobilizing quickly when forced displacement demands mobile operations.
Coverage across millions of IDPs
Local needs assessment in Indigenous languages
Diligence‑ready reporting for donors and partners
families supported in El Fasher
continuous local response
of vetted volunteers across Darfur & diaspora
Crisis Update: ZamZam & El Fasher Emergency
Timeline: April 2025 – Present
Following the April 13, 2025 capture of ZamZam and subsequent mass displacement, volunteers are evacuating survivors to Shagra, Tawilah, Milit, and Khazan Jadeed — standing up mobile kitchens, clinics, and temporary shelters at evacuation sites. The siege of El Fasher continues to choke supply lines. Immediate funding is urgently needed to sustain food, medicine, water, and shelter.
ConnectHER is honored to serve as their fiscal sponsor and partner, ensuring that 95% of every donation goes directly to the ground (minus minimal PayPal fees). All field work is volunteer-run, led by Sudanese locals who are serving their own communities.
Together, we’re helping them sustain kitchens, clinics, and classrooms — keeping hope alive where the world often looks away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Every hour counts. Keep kitchens cooking, clinics moving, and families safe.
For institutional partnerships: outreach@darfuridp.org
General questions: info@connecther.org
