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Save the Children has been asked by the Sudanese authorities to suspend its operations in Sudan. This has very worrying implications for the 50,000 children the charity is supporting in Khartoum and the north-east of the country. These are some of Sudan's most vulnerable children - many are living in camps having been forced to flee their homes by the ongoing conflict.
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Theresa is one of many children living
in IDP (Internally Displaced Persons)
camps just outside Khartoum, Sudan.
These camps are home to over two million
people, the largest concentration of
displaced people in the world who have
been forced from their homes because of
the decades of conflict between North
and South Sudan. 57% are less than 20
years old.
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A pupil playing in the school playground
at an IDP camp. Without these safe
places to play children are less likely
to be protected from abuse.
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Nyaniayel at home at an IDP Camp. The 21
years of conflict between North and
South Sudan and the continuing fight in
Darfur has resulted in this mass
displacement. The majority of displaced
people in Khartoum are very vulnerable,
living in temporary structures in shanty
villages. If aid agencies such as Save
the Children are forced to stop work in
Sudan thousands of children could be at
risk.
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Hijazi, 12, at home at an IDP camp. His
message to other children is: 'please
don't leave school because in the future
you have to rely on other people.' If
aid agencies such as Save the Children
who are helping to get children back in
school are forced to pull out of Sudan
children like Hijazi may not be able to
fulfil his dreams.
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Pupils in a lesson with their teacher at
school in an IDP camp just outside
Khartoum, Sudan.
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Adut, 13 at home with her family in an
IDP camp.
Adut was born in Gogrial in Southern
Sudan, but fled to the north when she
was very young to escape the fighting.
Her father died after getting ill
because the conflict prevented him from
reaching a hospital. Since Adut and her
family have been living in IDP camps the
police have twice chased them away and
forced them to relocate.
These camps are home to 2.2 million
people, the largest concentration of
displaced people in the world who have
been forced from their homes because of
the decades of conflict between North
and South Sudan. 57% are less than 20
years old. If aid agencies are forced to
stop work vital support to many of these
children and young people with cease.
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Angelina, 13, at home in an IDP camp on
the outskirts of Khartoum. She was born
in the north but her parents came from
the south. Her brother was taken by the
Sudan People's Liberation Army to fight
when he was 12. Angelina loves school
and wants to be a doctor or an engineer.
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Meysun (in pink scarf) in class at an
IDP camp. If aid agencies such as Save
the Children who're helping to get
children back in school are forced to
pull out of Sudan children like Meysun
may not be able to fulfil her dreams.
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[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
