Special feature - how UNICEF has helped fill gaps in life-saving services after the expulsion of NGOs from Darfur
In March 2009, the Government of Sudan announced the expulsion of 13 international non-governmental organizations, and the suspension of activities by three national organizations. Many of these agencies were vital partners of UNICEF in Darfur. Between them, they accounted for up to 40 per cent of the humanitarian workforce in the three Darfur states, and were instrumental in providing key services including water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, health care, specialist nutrition programmes, child protection services and support for education in rural areas. While continuing to advocate for the return of these NGOs, UNICEF committed to trying to fill the gaps in life-saving services left by the agencies' expulsions, looking at a three-month period in the run up to the annual hunger gap in Darfur when families come under the most pressure. Below, we publish a number of articles that highlight UNICEF's key role in helping to ensure vital services continue for the most vulnerable population in Darfur, while efforts continue to find a long-term, sustainable solution to the expulsion of these invaluable humanitarian partners. Supporting self-management in the camps for internally displaced in West Darfur Tackling meningitis amidst the many challenges of Darfur An oasis for malnourished children in the Darfur desert Donkeys, soap and life-saving messages in a West Darfur camp for the displaced Maintaining a nutrition lifeline in West Darfur
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