After more than 500 days of war in Sudan, more than half the population faces food shortages. The famine is expected to be the worst the world has seen for decades.
Rooted in the Sudanese spirit of nafeer - collective action - networks of mutual aid groups provide support, often in areas inaccessible to international organizations. Their reach far surpasses that of any other response organization. In 2024, they received 0.2% of the direct funding for humanitarian assistance.
The Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition is a collective of organizations committed to direct, flexible funding for local groups responding to Sudan’s humanitarian crisis. The Coalition adopts the approaches and requirements championed by local groups rather than asking local groups to change for international systems.
The Coalition provides financial, operational, and advocacy services to mutual aid leaders, per their guidance and requests. Localization is a shift in the way aid works and meets mutual aid actors where they are.
HOW IT WORKS
1 Decide on the size of your investment in Sudanese-led humanitarian response.
2 Donate directly or contact the Coalition to identify a suitable arrangement.
3 Funds are rapidly disbursed based on guidance from the Localization Coordination Council.
4 Mutual aid groups use funds according to their local action plans & budgets.
5 Reporting shared publicly.