If you search online for “Famine Sudan,” chances are you will run across a recent Reuters’ story which highlights the extreme need in several communities within the war-torn Nuba mountains— where Persecution Project has been active in serving the persecuted church for more than two decades.

More than 24 million Sudanese currently live in famine conditions. More than 12 million have been displaced by fighting. The war in Sudan is, by far, the largest humanitarian crisis in the world today.

It’s hard not to weep when you see some of the photos we received over the last few weeks from our team, documenting the plight of just a few of the estimated 1 million people who have fled to the Nuba for safety since April 2023.

Dr. Alamin, chief physician serving the Persecution Project-supported Tujor Hospital in the Nuba, reports a spike in child mortality caused by malnutrition and “severe wasting.”

Dr. Alamin estimates that as many as 100 children are dying every day right now… a truly appalling figure. There is simply not enough food, and even the UN seems to have no idea what to do.

People are eating roots and leaves to survive. Mothers cannot produce milk to feed their infants. Instead, they must watch as their babies slowly waste away.

In coordination with Dr. Alamin, Persecution Project has launched an emergency campaign to provide life-saving therapeutic food and other medical care to assist in the treatment of starving children.

But the challenge is that 1,000 children saved is just scratching the surface. Tens of thousands of children are in a desperate condition right now.

Please continue to pray for the Nuba church, as it reaches out to share the Gospel in word and deed to the marginalized and persecuted within their communities. And pray that Persecution Project can continue to stand with our brothers and sisters in their time of need.