World Vision Condemns Fatal Attacks on School Children in Sudan’s White Nile State

PORT SUDAN , March 14, 2026 — World Vision condemns the recent drone attacks targeting a school and a health center in Shukairi village, Um Rimta, White Nile State. These devastating attacks resulted in the deaths of at least eight students and one health worker, leaving many others injured.

​“Children are being targeted in their places of safety and protection. When schools and hospitals become battlegrounds, lives are lost, and the hopes of Sudan's children are continuously shattered. This violence must stop now; otherwise, there will be no future left to save.” Simon Mane, National Director, World Vision Sudan.”

​For nearly three years, children have been the primary victims of a conflict they did not start. Today, more than 10 million children are being deprived of their right to an education. The destruction of health infrastructure further cripples a system already struggling to provide quality health care.

​World Vision calls for the immediate protection of all civilians and the cessation of attacks on humanitarian infrastructure, in accordance with international humanitarian law.