Combating hunger, sack by sack
Securing the food supply, saving lives: Germany is one of the biggest donors of humanitarian aid and supports numerous organisations in South Sudan.
Clara Krug,
04.11.2025 
Rain in South Sudan rarely brings hope. Whole swathes of the countryside are immersed in water, dams break and crops in the fields rot. Families in the flooded villages do their best to rescue their belongings using boats. Others flee from armed groups, hunger or the crisis in neighbouring Sudan. More than nine million people – three quarters of the population – need humanitarian aid in 2025, according to the United Nations. South Sudan is suffering from one of Africa’s worst displacement crises: two million people are fleeing within the country, while 2.3 million are seeking protection in neighbouring states.
How much is Germany spending on humanitarian assistance in South Sudan?
Germany is one of the leading donors in this crisis. In 2025, the Federal Government has so far made 35 million euros available for humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. The focus is on the following areas:
- food security (14.2 million euros),
- protecting people, education and steps to combat gender-based violence (9.1 million euros),
- supplying water and sanitary facilities (6.6 million euros),
- healthcare (5 million euros).
What form of assistance is being provided with this funding?
The organisations supported by Germany repair wells and ensure that children have daily school meals, for example. They help in flooded regions and areas that are difficult to access, distribute food, seeds and fishing equipment, run “cash-for-work” projects - programmes in which people do temporary paid work - to fund the building of dams and provide medical and psychological support for the survivors of sexualised violence.
Which aid organisations does Germany support?
Alongside Caritas and the Malteser Hilfsdienst – the largest German non-governmental organisations in South Sudan – Germany is funding numerous aid projects in 2025 run by organisations such as:
- Help
- World Vision
- Plan International
- Action Against Hunger
- German Red Cross
- Care Deutschland
- Humedica
- Oxfam Deutschland
- Welthungerhilfe
Other organisations also receive funding from the Federal Foreign Office, such as the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, UN Women and the UN’s country-based pooled funds.
