From Türkiye and Syria to Sudan: Online Volunteers are a resource for UN crisis response
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has driven 936,000 people out of their homes since 15 April, including 200,000 who have crossed into neighbouring countries. Although the United Nations had to relocate hundreds of its personnel and their families from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, UN Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed the commitment of the UN system "to stand with, and work for, the Sudanese people." Online Volunteers are an additional resource to aid UN humanitarian efforts for Sudan within the country and from abroad.
Christina Sfeir (Lebanon) is currently completing her second assignment as an Online Volunteer with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). She is offering her expertise in clinical psychology as an online counsellor for family members of OCHA staff in Sudan. Earlier this year, Christina provided similar services through OCHA to children of survivors of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria.