Thank you very much.
I want to emphasize that for local organizations, women's groups and youth groups working on the ground, we don't have an issue of access; we have an issue of funding. Many women and youth groups on the ground have been holding their ground and feeding millions of people in Khartoum, an area that no INGO or international aid organization has been able to set foot in since the war started. All of the people in Khartoum are completely dependent on humanitarian aid and local initiatives. I know that MSF has some presence in Khartoum, but other organizations, especially those providing food and other forms of livelihood assistance, are not there.
What we need is more recognition of the efforts of the localized response, which has been filling the gaps of the international absence in providing aid in Sudan. We need you to work to fill the gaps in funding to feed the people on the ground, because the main issue right now is hunger, and we need to act now. I think the international community needs to understand that Sudan is a collapsed state—there is no state right now in Sudan—so all of the local groups are working right now as a semi-government. Right before talking to you, I was discussing how to provide a solar-based system to a hospital providing services for over one million residents in Khartoum. This is how we need to support them to make sure things are working.