Mohanad el-Balal is one of the many Sudanese civilians doing his best to prevent extreme famine, and there is one person whose photo he will never forget.
Sadiq, a middle-aged father, clutches the arms of his wheelchair and holds himself upright, his painfully thin legs sticking out in front of him.
“He is in a wheelchair, but he is not disabled,” Mr Ballal said. “He was so malnourished that he just lost the ability to walk.”
Mr Balal, who lives in the UK, is one of the co-founders of Khartoum Aid Kitchen, which provides life-sustaining food to tens of thousands of people in the Sudanese capital.
When volunteers found Sadiq, he “had not had a proper meal for over a month,” Mr Ballal said. Because he was giving his children all the food he could get.
Unfortunately, there are many people like Sadig in Sudan today.
The country is being destroyed by the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which broke out in April last year.
More than 9 million people have fled their homes, and everyone in the country has been affected in some way.
The situation will only get worse.
“We expect about 70% of the population to be extremely hungry by September,” said Timo Gasvik, a food security expert who has worked in Sudan.
“This could kill 2.5 million people or more. It could kill up to 4 million people. There just won't be enough food.”
He said food distribution at soup kitchens is a big help, but it is not enough.
“People have no money because the war has paralyzed the country’s economy,” said Amgad al-Farid, a veteran human rights activist who runs Fikra for Studies and Development think tank.
“The RSF has also taken over Gezira State, which has the largest agricultural program in Sudan, producing many of the things we need for our daily lives.
“And food imports have declined due to massive inflation,” Dr. Farid explained.
Simply put, there is not enough food, and what food there is has become penally expensive.
