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In a recent blog post, our Sudan Country Director, Birhanu Waka, reflects on the situation that he and his team are diligently and lovingly working to manage, but the need feels almost insurmountable.
⛺ 9 million people are internally displaced
🌾 25 million people face severe food insecurity
⛑️ 30 million people need humanitarian aid to survive
It's no wonder that the United Nations is calling it "the largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis in the world."
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Mebrat's world turned upside down when violence forced her to flee her home. The trauma she endured stole her vision, leaving her in a darkness she never imagined. With strength and courage, she sought the help she needed to heal. She slowly reclaimed her sight. #HealingWithHope
Today marks 2 years of war in #Sudan. The United Nations is calling the situation there the largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis in the world.
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Through compassionate mental health care, counseling, and the right medication, she began to heal. Light returned to her life—first to her mind, then to her eyes. Now, Mebrat can see again. She is living proof that healing is possible, even after the darkest of times. 💛
Mebrat is a fighter. For 2 years, Mebrat lived in darkness—not just the darkness of the trauma she escaped, but a literal blindness that stole her independence. When all hope seemed lost, she sought help from Medical Teams.
David needed follow-up care to ensure that he was recovering, so his grandmother Kedress took the long trip on foot, carrying David, to and from the clinic every single day. Now, David is healthy and has his whole future ahead of him. 🩷
Your generosity was the key to HEALING for 4-year-old David, who arrived at a Medical Teams clinic severely malnourished. Thanks to supporters like you, the medications and therapeutic foods that David needed were there on the shelves, ready to be used to save his life.
After learning about the services offered by Medical Teams from another mother in her neighborhood who was a Medical Teams volunteer, Yatzil sought out care. Thanks to your support, Yatzil received:
✔️ prenatal checkups
🩻 ultrasounds
🩺 exams for herself and her growing baby
Because you support our work, Abubaker now has a stable income and a deep sense of pride in giving back to the refugee community. Thanks to people like Abubaker and his ambulance, mortality rates have dropped in his community! #RefugeeCare#Ambulance
Uganda faces a 5x increase in DRC refugees compared to 2024, with transit centers stretched 6x beyond capacity.
@UNICEF provides emergency nutrition screenings, therapeutic food, & support for vulnerable children and mothers. #ForEveryChild#RefugeeResponse#InvestinUGchildren
Life Saving Medical Supplies are on their way!
IOM and @medicalteams dispatched vital medicines and medical supplies in Port Sudan, headed to Wad Madani, Al Jazirah— which will help more than 32,000 conflict-affected people receive healthcare.
Thanks to 🇦🇹 @AustrianDev.
Aberehete helped her son enroll him in a mental health program. Then, she witnessed a miracle – for the first time in 14 years, her son was able to function normally, and his mental health improved. 🗝️
Your generosity is the key to providing essential #MentalHealth care. 🗝 Thank you for caring for people like Berhe.❤️
When Berhe struggled with his mental health, his mother, Aberehete, pushed him to seek help. She sought out a Medical Teams community health volunteer.
Reuben's mom, Oleria shared, "We believe we can realize our dreams as long as we have access to healthcare. My dream is one day he becomes a doctor and helps others, just as Medical Teams helped him."
#HealthRestored 🗝️
🙏 HEALTH RESTORED🙏
Your giving means HEALING for patients like Reuben. When Reuben was just 4 years old he was diagnosed with severe malaria. Thanks to your generosity he received the medicine and care he needed to recover quickly.
THANK YOU! We are so grateful for the incredible generosity of our community at last Friday night's Unlock a World of Healing gala in Portland, Oregon! Donors came together to raise ❤️ $227,700 ❤️ to unlock healing in the communities we serve around the world.