The malnutrition situation in Sudan
Globally, every fifteen minutes a child is thrown into severe malnutrition in 15 countries affected by the crisis, including Sudan. This country is home to the largest displacement of children in the world, with almost 4 million children suffering from acute malnutrition. Climate-induced disasters, such as drought, further increase children’s vulnerability and make it urgent to act to prevent severe food insecurity from settling in large areas of the country (https://correccioencatala.cat/com- structure-text-catala/).
World Vision’s Enough initiative
To combat this situation, World Vision has launched the Enough initiative in Sudan. Through this initiative, it seeks to fight hunger and child malnutrition. World Vision’s interim country director in Sudan, John P. Makoni, points out that conflict has been the main driver of hunger in most of the world’s food crises, including Sudan’s. This is why it is necessary to take immediate measures to prevent the escalation of the hunger crisis (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
The importance of children’s voices
Makoni raises the importance of listening to children’s voices and guaranteeing their rights to nutritious food and participation in decision-making processes. The voices of Sudanese children must compel all humanitarian actors to call for a peaceful resolution to the conflict so that the underlying causes of the conflict are addressed. World Vision is calling for everyone to come together in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, so that we can aspire to a world where every child has enough nutritious food to thrive (https:// correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
Food aid and school meal programs
In addition to calling for child hunger and malnutrition to be more visible and featured in relevant statistics and reports, the Enough Sudan campaign also aims to ensure that the most vulnerable children and their caregivers receive immediate food and cash assistance and appropriate for their nutrition. We also want to encourage the participation of children in school meal programs that provide nutritious food obtained ethically, sustainably and locally as far as possible (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/) .
Unite in the fight against child malnutrition
World Vision calls on everyone to join in the fight against child hunger and malnutrition. Urgent action is essential to ensure that all children have access to enough nutritious food and can thrive. Only in this way will it be possible to fight against child malnutrition and work towards a world in which no child should suffer from hunger (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
