{"id":56391,"date":"2025-10-28T00:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=56391"},"modified":"2025-10-28T00:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:59:59","slug":"sudans-children-bear-the-brunt-of-the-worlds-worst-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/sudans-children-bear-the-brunt-of-the-worlds-worst-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s Children Bear the Brunt of the World\u2019s Worst Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ted Chaiban, UNICEF\u2019s Deputy Executive Director, has voiced deep concern over what he witnessed during his recent visit to Khartoum and Darfur. Chaiban said Sudan is facing the world\u2019s largest humanitarian crisis, where conflict continues to escalate and children are paying the highest price.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference in New York today, Chaiban said that violence is tearing communities apart across Sudan on a daily basis. He recounted meeting women and children in Jebel Marra who had fled the siege of El Fasher, passing through multiple armed checkpoints, stripped of their possessions and money, harassed and attacked, left shattered with nothing remaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard horrific stories of families who had gone hungry for days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In Darfur and Kordofan, severe acute malnutrition is worsening. Around 1.4 million children live in areas experiencing famine or at risk of it. Thousands will die if they do not receive urgent treatment. In North Darfur alone, an estimated 150,000 children are likely to suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year \u2014 the deadliest form. In Tawila, the number of cases has surged from hundreds to more than 2,000 per month since April. Tawila has become a major gathering point for those fleeing El Fasher.<\/p>\n

Chaiban added that 14 million children are out of school \u2014 equivalent to four out of every five children in Sudan \u2014 meaning an entire generation is being lost without education.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents told me their children haven\u2019t seen a classroom in years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also warned that escalating violence is robbing children of their safety, with UNICEF verifying at least 350 grave violations, including killings and maimings, in North Darfur alone over the past six months. Diseases, he noted, are spreading everywhere.
\n\u201cWe must remember that El Fasher has been under siege for more than sixteen months,\u201d Chaiban emphasized. \u201cOne hundred and thirty thousand children are trapped \u2014 deprived of food, water, and healthcare. There is no safe passage in or out.\u201d
\nYet, amid the devastation, Chaiban also witnessed resilience: \u201cCommunities are repairing schools so children can resume their education. In child-friendly spaces, I saw children laughing and playing \u2014 drawing the homes they lost and their dreams for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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