Programs
What SDN runs, and how each programme is funded.
Sudan Benefit Fund
Launched in Ramadan 2024. Diaspora gifts go to Sudanese-led groups providing food, water, medical care and shelter in Sudan and to Sudanese refugees in Egypt and Chad. Every partner submits a request, receipts and an impact report.
Since 2019 SDN has sent to partners.
Give to the fundPhoto: a well SDN funded for a girls' school in West Darfur, 2021.
UK New Arrivals
Support for Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the UK, funded by grants from Islamic Relief UK and run with Sudanese community groups in London.
- Hardship fund1,902 people applied; every application was read and the 202 most in need received help with food, clothing and travel.
- Advice and advocacyHelp with Home Office questionnaires, GP registration, housing and benefits, and advice clinics online and in person.
- English and communityWeekly English classes, clothing drives and community events.
- VolunteersAbout 100 volunteers trained across the UK, more than 30 active.
A new Islamic Relief UK grant in 2026 is expanding the programme.
SREP: certifications with Coursera
Free, industry-recognised online certifications for displaced Sudanese young professionals.
- Learning licences
- 250
- Certificates earned so far
- 200
- Applicants in 2026
- 688
Most applicants live in Egypt, and almost two in three are unemployed and looking for work. The most requested areas are languages and communication, digital skills, leadership and entrepreneurship.
Layali Ramadan
SDN's yearly Ramadan series of iftars and talks, held every year since 2019, online during the pandemic and in person since 2022. Volunteers who pay costs out of pocket are repaid; everything else goes to the Sudan Benefit Fund.
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Earlier work
Bridging the Gap, Khartoum, 2019. SDN's first conference, sponsored by USAID, brought together 340 people over two days to connect the diaspora with youth-led initiatives in Sudan.
Sudan Recovery Program, 2019 to 2021. Small pilots in youth centres, health and tourism, paused by the pandemic and the 2021 coup.
Give monthly. See where it goes.
Monthly gifts let partners plan ahead. Every transfer shows up on the open ledger.