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Yett raised alarms saying Sudan is the largest educational emergency that he is aware of currently and he spoke about the long-term effects of the war on children. Many agencies have spoken against the ongoing war between the two groups and how it affected ordinary citizens.
UNICEF Representative in Sudan Sheldon Yett said that kids in the country are the victims of the ongoing war although they were not in any way the reason for the war.
While giving an interview to a media house, Yett spoke about the effects of armed violence on children as schools and health centers are being hit. He also discussed the efforts being made by UNICEF to stop the spread of infectious diseases, and the impediments humanitarians face in reaching those in need.
Yett also raised alarms saying Sudan is the largest educational emergency that he is aware of currently and he spoke about the long-term effects of the war on children. Many agencies have spoken against the ongoing war between the two groups and how it affected ordinary citizens.
Sudan’s unrelenting conflict has set off the world’s largest hunger crisis. More than half the population, millions of families, are now experiencing crisis levels of hunger. Multiple areas are at risk of famine, and on 1 August 2024 famine was confirmed in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.
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Famine is determined when, in a given area, at least 20 percent of households face extreme food shortages, at least 30 percent of children suffer from acute malnutrition, and the daily death rate exceeds 2 people per 10,000.
