A world without hunger is possible — all we need is the will

In Africa, one in five people go to bed hungry every night, twice the global average. This should never be our new normal

'Nine months of intense conflict have forced 7.4 million Sudanese people to leave their homes. It has paralysed the country, disrupted the movement of humanitarian aid, and increased rates of hunger to catastrophic levels.' Picture: Leo Roozendaal/Concern Worldwide.

I’ve been waking up every morning in Port Sudan to security alerts on my phone, telling me where the latest fighting is taking place across the country and whether it is safe or even possible for Concern to work. It’s a daily reminder of the risks faced by the Concern Sudan team in their relentless drive to support communities caught up in conflict.

My work for Concern takes me to places, often neglected internationally but where humanitarian needs are at alarming levels. There are few countries where this is more evident than in Sudan.