Here’s what we mean when we say we’re saving lives in South Sudan.
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One year ago, a little girl named Elizabeth was dying. She was so malnourished she couldn’t keep her eyes open. The child’s skin was peeling off.

But her mother picked her up and carried her, walking six hours to an IRC stabilization center, which treats children who are both acutely malnourished and dealing with other illnesses like malaria. Elizabeth was put in the severe ward until she was stable and able to drink milk. When that happened, she was moved to a larger facility. The recovery process usually requires a month of supervision in the center.

“I was so worried,” Elizabeth’s mother told us. “I had never seen someone dying before. But here my child was, dying in front of me. I was just hoping that the treatment here would work. If it didn’t, I don’t know what I would have done.”

A total of 860,000 children in South Sudan are likely to suffer from acute malnutrition this year. Food insecurity is driven by little or no harvests, seasonally low or no consumption of livestock products, and limited access to assistance, markets, and wild foods. This summer alone, an estimated 7 million people will be in need of food assistance.
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The IRC has more than 480 staff in South Sudan responding to the increasingly dire food crisis.

From providing therapeutic food and medicine to malnourished children on the brink of starvation, to restoring wells and providing parents with livelihood training, we are committed to helping vulnerable families who need it most.

When we say we are saying lives every single day, we mean we are saving real children like Elizabeth. Thanks to the IRC, Elizabeth’s health was restored and she now has a chance at a future. Her mother is beyond relieved by the generosity of strangers – people like you – who saved her daughter’s life.

To learn more about our lifesaving malnutrition work around the world, click here.
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Thank you for all that you do to support this lifesaving work.


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