Overview

• Plan International UK has coordinated an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer that over 50 celebrities and aid organisations will deliver on Monday, calling for rapid government action.
• The letter highlights that 24.6 million Sudanese are enduring high levels of acute food insecurity and cautions the crisis is spiraling toward one of the worst famines on record.
• It urges the UK to commit emergency funding beyond the £120 million pledged in April to ensure promised aid reaches those in desperate need within weeks.
• The campaign calls for increased diplomatic pressure and effective mediation to secure an immediate ceasefire between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan’s army.
• Signatories emphasize that 16 million children require urgent support and that women and girls face heightened risks of exploitation, starvation and gender-based violence.