THE CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
CWS EMERGENCY APPEAL: Sudan/Internally Displaced Persons
# 6459 for $45,000
December 2, 2002


SITUATION: The war in Sudan between government forces and the Sudan
People's Liberation Army has killed an estimated 2 million people since
1983, and displaced another 4 million.

A recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) says that not only
are civilians caught in the crossfire between the warring parties, but
that more recently, civilians have been placed directly in the line of
fire. The country has also suffered severe drought and a combination of
the drought and the war has created a state of chronic insecurity, poverty
and displacement, particularly among the rural communities in southern
Sudan over the years.


RESPONSE: CWS is responding to one part of the crisis by supporting the
Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), which is assisting the recently displaced
people Juba area who fled the fighting over the symbolically important
town of Torit.

The town was taken over by the guerrillas on Sept. 1, but the government
militia and army recaptured and regained control of the town a week later.
The fighting for the town caused a massive movement of people from Torit
to Juba. The SCC estimates approximately 11,570 people were displaced to
Juba and walked a distance of more than 80 miles.

The IDPs are reportedly traumatized, emaciated, weak and hungry, requiring
clothing and food and medical assistance. Currently they are in a transit
camp in the city of Gumbo.

The SCC is responding by supplying washing basins, mosquito netting,
cooking pots, plates, plastic sheets, emergency food, seeds and tools to
1,100 families - some 5,500 people in all. Most are children and women.

Total budget for the SCC response is $413,351; budget includes $103,398
for food, $32,315 for shelter, $16,289 for emergency drugs; $27,561 for
seeds and tools; $15,945 for utensils.

CWS-ERP is seeking $100,000 from its denominational members for this
appeal. For more specific information, including budget information,
contact CWS ERP. Or go to the ACT web site: www.act-intl.org


CHURCH WORLD SERVICE, Sudan Internally Displaced Persons, #6459 (Ref#:
ASSL 21), P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN, 46515. Phone pledges or credit card
donations: 1-800-297-1516.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service
is responding, contact CWS Emergency Response Telephone: (212)
870-3151.

Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
E-mail:   donnajderr@aol.com
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Web site: www.cwserp.org


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