00:01Batoy al-Sharaf fled Al-Fashir in October last year, when the city fell to Dafur's notorious rapid support forces.
00:08Since then, the 60-year-old has been living at this camp for displaced people in Tawila.
00:14Like many others, she hasn't been able to get food and supplies from international aid organizations.
00:23I ask my neighbors to give me food. The little food I have now, I got from my neighbor Munira.
00:31Sometimes when my neighbors have extra food, they invite me to go and eat with them.
00:39The makeshift settlements in Tawila are sprawling. More than 650,000 people currently live here.
00:45A local aid worker says the task of feeding everyone is immense.
00:52Aid organizations like Plan International are bringing in food.
00:58So too are other organizations such as the World Food Programme, the Red Crescent and the German Welt Hungerhilfe.
01:07Many organizations provide food supplies, but it's still not enough.
01:12There are simply too many people here.
01:19Filling the gap are community kitchens.
01:21This one is largely funded by donations from Sudanese individuals and organizations.
01:27It feeds about 5,000 people per day.
01:30Amira Saleh founded the organization as a women's shelter back in Al-Fashir until she herself had to flee.
01:38Her team dishes out 1,000 plates a day, but only one for each family.
01:43It's a first-come, first-served basis and sometimes there isn't enough to go around.
01:49We provide food such as rice and sometimes we make pasta.
01:53Additionally, there's meat and vegetables.
01:55We also provide lentils and food for children.
01:57We also have a project to distribute milk for the children who are sick.
02:03But it's extremely difficult to get those supplies in.
02:07Pulses and grains are transported from as far as 800 kilometers away through dangerous territory
02:12where drivers face extortion at both Sudanese army and RSF paramilitary checkpoints.
02:20This has sent food prices sky-high with a kilo of onions costing as much as 15 US dollars.
02:27And the people need more than just food, says Saleh.
02:30She wishes she could offer education and protection for girls too, like she did back in Al-Fashir.
02:39We would like to build schools because most of the children are currently not in school.
02:53We also would like to build safe spaces for women and girls who are exposed to violence.
03:08But for now, filling plates with food requires all the energy and funds she has.
03:13And while these families have had their day's meal, there are so many other people in need.
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