On August 27, 2025, UNICEF described El Fasher in North Darfur as an “epicentre of child suffering”. The city had been cut off from humanitarian assistance for more than 16 months, while conflict, hunger, disease, and displacement continued to affect families across Sudan.
The scale of the wider crisis was immense. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification estimated that 24.6 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity between December 2024 and May 2025. By April 2025, UNHCR reported that more than 12.6 million people had been displaced within Sudan or across its borders since the conflict began.
This Sudan relief update covers HDF’s food and water activities in July 2025. It also provides a separate update on health-facility rehabilitation that HDF reported was underway when the article was published in August.
Hot meals at shelter centers
HDF’s July 2025 records show that teams served 500 hot meals each day for six days at shelter centers. In total, families received 3,000 meals containing bread, rice, and meat.
For people living away from home, a prepared meal meets an immediate need without requiring access to cooking equipment, fuel, or a permanent kitchen.
Food parcels for families
HDF also distributed family food parcels containing rice, lentils, flour, sugar, oil, dates, and tahini. The mix combined staple ingredients with foods that could help households prepare meals over several days.
The number of parcels, the distribution locations, and the number of people reached should be added once confirmed in HDF’s program records.
Clean water for communities
HDF reported delivering more than 39,000 liters of clean water to communities without reliable access to safe sources during July 2025. The distributions gave families water for drinking and essential household use at a time when damaged systems and displacement had increased the risk of waterborne disease.
The need was especially urgent during Sudan’s cholera outbreak. Médecins Sans Frontières reported that, as of August 11, 2025, Sudan had recorded 99,700 suspected cases and more than 2,470 associated deaths since the outbreak was declared in August 2024.
Supporting health-facility rehabilitation
Separately from the July food and water totals, HDF reported that rehabilitation work had begun at the nutrition ward of Mohammed Alamin Hamid Children’s Hospital and at Haj Alsafi Hospital.
The work was intended to help restore safe spaces for care and strengthen services for children and families. The completion status, specific improvements, partner responsibilities, and communities served should be confirmed before the facilities are described as fully restored or operational.
Continue the response in Sudan
Sudan’s humanitarian crisis remained severe when this update was published. HDF’s July response provided prepared meals and clean water, while food parcels and health-facility work addressed needs beyond a single day.
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