The Kutum Calling Initiative has commenced its mission to provide meals for those displaced by the war in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State.
Operating under the slogan, “Tomorrow the war will stop and we will return to our homes,” the initiative’s head, Kawthar Mohammed Abdullah, announced the launch of the meal provision project on Sunday at the shelter center for displaced individuals at the Ali Ibn Abi Talib School in the Abu Shouk neighbourhood.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj Monday, Abdullah stated that the Kutum Calling Initiative was founded in response to the escalating situation in Sudan last April, with contributions from the people of Kutum both domestically and internationally.
She mentioned that the initiative has undertaken various projects and activities, including providing meals to those displaced from Kutum and Tawila localities who sought refuge in El Fasher. Additionally, aid and contributions have been extended to individuals injured in the clashes in the city of Kutum.
Abdullah further stated that the Kutum Calling Initiative aims to broaden its activities in the upcoming days to encompass providing meals to all shelter centers in El Fasher city.
Anam Adam Abdullah, the Head of Women at the Ali Bin Abi Talib Center for Displaced Persons, expressed her joy regarding the food meal project offered to the displaced by the “Kutum Calling” initiative.
She described it as a purely national initiative and expressed her hope for new initiatives from both national and international organizations to aid those fleeing due to the war in North Darfur.
The conflict in Sudan has pitted current military chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy and leader of the paramilitary RSF, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, causing thousands of deaths and displacing millions.
According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), more than 7 million people have been displaced due to the conflict, and at least 13,000 have been killed.