Sudan’s humanitarian catastrophe has left 1.2 million people with disabilities cut off from escape routes and emergency support. While 14 million people have fled their homes internally, adults with disabilities often cannot physically evacuate, remaining trapped in conflict zones without communication lifelines.
Physical Barriers Block Emergency Evacuation
The numbers tell a stark story. A $1.6 billion humanitarian appeal targets 5.9 million Sudanese refugees, yet people with disabilities face unique barriers that standard evacuation plans ignore. A wheelchair user cannot navigate bombed roads. Someone with a visual impairment cannot identify safe passage routes. These adults become stationary targets in a moving crisis, dependent on mobile connectivity as their primary link to safety information and family contact.
Phone Credit Becomes Emergency Infrastructure
When physical movement is impossible, communication becomes survival. Mobile phone credit allows isolated adults with disabilities to coordinate with relatives, access emergency broadcasts, and signal their locations to aid workers. CFH’s phone credit programme recognises that connectivity is not luxury—it is life-sustaining infrastructure for people who cannot simply walk away from danger.
Sudan’s crisis will not end tomorrow. But communication can bridge the isolation gap today. Adults with disabilities can apply for emergency phone credit through our secure application process.