U.S. foreign aid cuts have had a devastating effect on one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises: Sudan’s civil war. Since 2023, more than one million Sudanese people displaced by conflict have crossed into neighboring Chad, where most have settled in camps along the border. HIAS has operated in these camps for two decades, since an earlier conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, providing essential lifesaving services and offering psychological support for those suffering from trauma. But the cuts mandated by the Trump administration have sharply curtailed this work — and the humanitarian crises are dire.
This video, produced by the New York Times, documents HIAS’ efforts to persist in the face of tremendous challenges to provide services to the forcibly displaced in eastern Chad.
