— The Front Lines: East Africa
Sudan
The world moved on...
but the killing didn't stop.
When civil war erupted in Sudan in April 2023, the international community watched briefly — then looked away. VPP didn't. With partner Persecution Project Foundation, VPP evacuated over 800 people in the first weeks of the conflict, sheltered 2,300 families, and has never left. Today, 300 Christians remain surrounded in Khartoum. Over 300 children die of starvation every day in the Nuba Mountains. The rescue operation is still running.
800+
People evacuated from Khartoum
2,300+
Families sheltered with emergency tarps
$200
Evacuates one Christian from Khartoum
300
Children dying of starvation daily in the Nuba Mountains
Sudan's Christians have survived persecution for generations. This time is different.
Sudan is home to one of Africa's oldest and most enduring Christian communities. For centuries, Christians — particularly in the Nuba Mountains and South Kordofan — have maintained their faith under pressure, surviving forced Arabization campaigns, decades of civil war, and the brutal rule of Omar al-Bashir, whose government was indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide against non-Arab populations.
The Nuba Christians
The Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan have been home to Christian and animist communities for centuries. More than one million Nuba Christians have historically called this region home — farmers, teachers, pastors, and families who built their lives in one of the most isolated and overlooked corners of the African continent.
A fragile hope
The 2011 secession of South Sudan offered a brief moment of hope for Sudan's minorities. But the Nuba Mountains remained in the north, under a government that continued to bomb civilian populations. When al-Bashir fell in 2019 a transitional government offered cautious optimism. It did not last.
VPP's partner, Persecution Project Foundation, has worked in Sudan for over two decades — building relationships with local church leaders, documenting atrocities, and delivering aid to some of the most inaccessible communities on earth. When the crisis escalated in 2023, that network was already in place.
The Nuba Christians have been forgotten by the world so many times that they have stopped expecting to be remembered. VPP's commitment is to stay whether the world is watching or not.