Sudan

  • Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan
  • From: 01/01/2025 to: 31/12/2025
  • Published: 31/12/2024
  • Coordinated by: OCHA

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Population
Financials
  • People in need
    25.5 million
  • People targeted
    12.3 million
  • People reached
    13.9 million
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  • People reached %
    113%
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  • Requirements ($)
    $301 million
  • Funding ($)
    $70.9 million
  • % Funded
    23.6%

Cluster Objectives

CO1

Crisis-affected people are reached with critical hygiene messages and WASH supplies, including hand washing installations.

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Contributes to
  • Strategic Objective
    • 3
There is no caseload or indicator available

CO2

Crisis-affected people have access to appropriate gender-sensitive emergency latrines and bathing spaces, including environmental health interventions

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Contributes to
  • Strategic Objective
    • 3
There is no caseload or indicator available

CO3

Crisis-affected people have access to sufficient quantity and appropriate water quality for drinking, cooking, and maintaining hygiene.

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Contributes to
  • Strategic Objective
    • 1
There is no caseload or indicator available
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene | Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan 2025
https://humanitarianaction.info/plan/1220/ge/7787


Population data by location for the cluster

09-Feb-2026


Population data by location for the cluster

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Detailed Plan

Gedaref State, Sudan, El Salamabi gathering site, Gedaref State, Sudan.

3.8. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Before the conflict, around 11 million[1] Sudanese people lacked access to basic water services, with 26 per cent of the water supply systems non-functional. The situation has since deteriorated significantly, leading many people to rely on unsafe and unprotected surface water. The sharp rise in fuel costs and unavailability of fuel supplies have rendered fuel-reliant community water yards non-functional and difficult to maintain. Some urban water schemes have either been destroyed by war or poorly maintained[2], resulting in a lack of revenue generation. The responsibility of maintaining the remaining functional systems, including providing water treatment chemicals and implementing quick fixes to prevent public health catastrophes, has largely fallen mainly to humanitarian actors.
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