{"id":20115927,"date":"2025-04-15T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20115927"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:52:57","slug":"undp-photo-essay-highlights-sudans-resilience-on-war-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/undp-photo-essay-highlights-sudans-resilience-on-war-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"UNDP photo essay highlights Sudan\u2019s resilience on war anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Sudan marks two years of devastating conflict, photographer Giles Clarke\u2019s images offer a stark portrayal of life amid the war.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has published a series of photographs titled Two Years into War: A Glimpse into Sudan\u2019s Struggle for Survival<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February and March, photographer Giles Clarke<\/a> spent five weeks in Sudan capturing daily life, revealing a country where conditions vary greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collection captures the harsh reality of daily life in Sudan, from abandoned clinics and barren fields in displacement centres to the resilience of communities in more stable areas, where farmers and businesses fight to maintain some sense of normality amid the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Families spend the evening at one of many gathering sites for displaced people near El Gedaref (Photo: Giles Clarke \/ UNDP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Located in and around the site of a former bus station, thousands of families now live here in desperate conditions, many separated from their neighbours only by sheets and with little access to healthcare and no way to earn a living. When the first people arrived in the dark of night, there was nothing here and the site was full of snakes. Now people have made the best with what is available. With no schools, older children teach the younger ones. People build and repair what they can depending on the skills they came with and the materials they can find.” \u2013 UNDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Displaced families prepare for evening prayer at a gathering site near El Gedaref (Photo: Giles Clarke \/ UNDP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Located in and around the site of a former bus station, thousands of families now live here in desperate conditions, many separated from their neighbours only by sheets and with little access to healthcare and no way to earn a living.” \u2013 UNDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nimaa and her 55-day-old baby, who is suffering from severe malnutrition, like many other children at this site for displaced people near El Gedaref (Photo: Giles Clarke \/ UNDP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Nimaa worries her child won’t survive: ‘It was a tough journey fleeing from Sennar to El Gedaref. We left everything behind and arrived here at midnight. I lost my baby\u2019s dad. Now my baby is 55 days old with no food. ‘We see several babies die each week. They bury them here at the back. I buried my baby\u2019s dad. I don\u2019t want to bury my baby as well.’ More than half of all Sudanese children, some 14 million, need humanitarian assistance \u2013 the highest number ever recorded.” \u2013 UNDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trader offers bread for sale at the a gathering site for displaced people near El Gedaref (Photo: Giles Clarke \/ UNDP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Prices have skyrocketed due to dwindling supplies and rising costs of farming and transport, all of which are passed on to consumers. A 2024 study by UNDP and the International Food Policy Research Institute found that full-time employment had halved, over 70% of households had all or some school-aged children stop attending school, and only one in seven could access full health services.” \u2013 UNDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Displaced adults and children queue to collect water from a solar-powered pump installed by UNDP at the Abu Al-Naja gathering site for displaced people in El Gedaref, around 400 kilometres southeast of Khartoum (Photo: Giles Clarke \/ UNDP)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Water is severely limited at many sites like this, risking the spread of cholera, diarrhoea and other diseases.” \u2013 UNDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanitarian situation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for renewed international focus on ending the brutal war in Sudan, which he described as a “crisis of staggering proportions” with civilians suffering the most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his statement today<\/a>, marking the second anniversary of the conflict, he emphasised the devastating consequences, noting that “almost 12 million people have fled their homes, in what has become the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis,” and that “more than 30 million people require humanitarian support.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also warned that “famine has been identified in at least five locations and is projected to spread further.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The London conference<\/a> has pledged significant international support to Sudan, with the UK committing \u00a3120 million in new aid and the European Union and its member states pledging over \u20ac522 million. A high-level delegation from 20 countries and organisations, including the UN, IGAD, and the League of Arab States, gathered to address the escalating crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate, Sudanese at home and abroad are enduring the devastating consequences of this brutal war, now in its second year.<\/p>\n