Section 5: Sudanese need for a stable government and nutrition

Section 5 of paper: Sudanese need for stable government and nutrition

Providing the Sudanese citizens with a reliable government would amend them a multitude of life-changing improvements. The Sudanese government is unorganized, unreliable, and doing the bare minimum to improve the overall status of Sudan. Engaged in so many corrupt practices, it is impossible for the country to take any steps toward resolving its many issues. If the government were able to train its administrative staff, leading to a more efficient gov. bureaucracy, it is highly likely that the lack of transparency will diminish and provided opportunities for incentives, corruption, and rent-seeking behavior will decline. A decline in bribes being paid to authorities would result in a much more trustworthy core of law enforcers. This would dramatically improve relationships among the citizens and government appointed officials who are entitled to take care of the law. Providing information to the people about what is being done with public money would hold the government accountable for all of its funds, contributing to no more disappearing funds. If the government were to halt their crimes against humanity, this would be another major and obvious improvement to the lives of the Sudanese people. If all of these things were accomplished, imagine the advancements that could be made within the lives of these suffering men women and children. 

The present status of food security in Sudan is hardly better than the status of their government. The population of Sudan as of 2013 is thirty eight million people. In some areas, the rate of malnutrition is over thirty precent, equaling out to almost twelve million undernourished starving Sudanese citizens (UNICEFSOURCE). The number of people needing food aid in southern Sudan quadrupled this year from 1.1 million to 4.3 million. Nine in ten people in the area live on less than one dollar a day. (WFPSOURCE). 32 percent of Sudanese children are chronically malnourished, and nearly 600,000 mothers and babies are in need of nutritious supplementary food. (WFPSOURCE). People are so weak and frail they can hardly move. Men, women, and children are pencil thin and pass away every day because of starvation. Emaciated babies are a common sight with exposed ribs and distended stomachs. The need for food in Sudan is worse than ever, and it is only increasing.