We need to talk about Sudan.

UN Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths just declared it “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.”

24.7 million people — about half the population of Sudan — need humanitarian aid and protection from the ongoing civil strife. Around 2.6 million people are displaced inside Sudan, including an estimated 53,000 pregnant women.

80% of Sudan’s hospitals are out of service. Assets and supplies have been looted or destroyed and fuel to operate generators is in short supply. In neighboring countries, infrastructure and basic services are poor and stretched thin.

The risk of sexual violence is especially high when women and girls are on the move seeking safer locations, both inside Sudan and across borders.

As fighting continues in Sudan, we cannot look away from the women and girls whose needs are going overlooked while fleeing violence.

Our Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan is only 34% funded, so every dollar makes a difference. Make an emergency gift to deliver lifesaving care to the women and girls who need it most. Millions are counting on your gifts.

Thanks to your gifts, UNFPA is deploying midwives, mobile teams, and supplies to meet the health and protection needs of displaced women and girls.

UNFPA has reached 141,00 people with life-saving services, distributed 19,369 Dignity Kits, and connected 16,122 survivors of violence with services such as clinical management of rape, psychosocial support, and violence case management.

Enough sexual and reproductive health supplies to cover the needs of 500,000 people were delivered to impacted regions in Sudan.

UNFPA has been supporting five facilities in Sudan’s capital to provide emergency obstetric and neonatal care services. Enough medicine has been delivered to provide a lifeline for over 168,000 women during pregnancy and childbirth.

Your gifts deliver lifesaving care and trained midwives to support new mothers in places where war has threatened their ability to access basic health services. But with the situation in Sudan escalating, millions more vulnerable pregnant women are counting on you to step up:

Please: Make an emergency gift to deliver lifesaving care to women and girls in Sudan and beyond. Millions remain at risk as violence escalates and health centers shut their doors.

Thank you for always being there for women and girls.

— USA for UNFPA