Aid groups seek funds as Sudan crisis worsens
The number of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda has reached 1 million.
Christian agencies and churches are stepping up and coordinating efforts to respond to the South Sudanese refugee crisis as the number of people fleeing across the border into northern Uganda reaches 1 million.
Over the past year, militia groups and government forces have defied calls to end fighting, and refugees are also flooding into other neighboring countries.
“Death, displacement, hunger, and impoverishment have brought our people to their knees, and they are deeply tired of this unbearable situation,” the South Sudan Council of Churches said in a statement in August. “The parties to the conflicts appear not closer to a resolution, despite frameworks and signed agreements, risking total destruction of our beautiful land.”
