Archive · 17 Sep 2025
Sudanese Aid Network Wins Norwegian Human Rights Prize
A group of volunteers in Sudan called the Emergency Response Rooms has won an award for their work.
This group formed during the civil war in Sudan and helps people by providing things like water, food, and medical supplies.
The award is given by a Norwegian human rights foundation and comes with money.
The group's efforts are helping people survive and build a better future.
The civil war has caused a major humanitarian crisis, with millions of people forced to leave their homes.
Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network, won the Rafto Prize.
The prize recognizes their work during the civil war in Sudan.
They provide aid like food, water, and medical supplies.
The Rafto Foundation awards the prize.
The conflict in Sudan has caused a major humanitarian crisis.
- Who
- Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups.
- What
- Awarded the Rafto Prize for their humanitarian efforts.
- When
- Awarded on Wednesday.
- Where
- Oslo, Norway and Sudan.
- Why
- For their work to preserve the right to life during the Sudanese civil war.
- Awarded By
- Rafto Foundation
- Recipient
- Emergency Response Rooms
- Prize
- Annual Rafto Prize
- Prize Money
- $20,000
- Purpose
- For preserving the right to life
- Conflict
- Sudanese civil war