BOONE, N.C. — Samaritan's Purse has airlifted more than 1,200 rolls of emergency shelter material to Sudan using its DC-8 cargo plane on Monday.
The heavy-duty tarp will provide shelter to more than 42,000 people suffering in Sudan.
Conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and a rebel militia group over the past year has caused widespread destruction across the country and led to millions of civilians fleeing their homes.
International experts are calling this the worst mass displacement crisis in the world.
More than 600,000 individuals have fled to the Kordafan region seeking refuge, where they currently reside in improvised stick shelters within overcrowded displacement camps. These supplies will offer families a dry shelter amidst the approaching rainy season.
Things intensified as drought and locusts devastated harvests and food supplies.
"People in Sudan are starving and they need help now," President of Samaritan's Purse, Franklin Graham said. "We have to act quickly because the rainy season is coming. We are airlifting shelter material and will continue to send in convoys of food to the region for as long as the roads are passable. Please pray for these families."
Samaritan's Purse has been trucking convoys of food and nutrient-dense supplements into the area since April, delivering over 2,600 tons of food for starving people, including mothers and babies.
Over 6,000 tons of food is headed to the remote area in seven convoys and more trucks are being loaded, including baskets of corn, beans, salt, and oil to sustain a family for at least a month. Malnourished children can also get special nutrient-dense peanut paste.
The organization is also providing mobile medical care in internal displacement camps.
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