Independent and official coverage of the Emergency Response Rooms' work from international bodies and media outlets — alongside our awards page.
"Grounded in the Sudanese tradition of nafeer (collective action), the Emergency Response Room volunteers have been vital in ensuring the provision of food, water, medicine and shelter to millions, as they are able to access dangerous, hard-to-reach areas."Cecilia Bailliet, UN Independent Expert on international solidarity — UN Human Rights (OHCHR), 26 February 2026
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A feature examining how the ERRs' decentralised model could reshape humanitarian practice in other conflict zones worldwide.
Read sourceAn episode of Chatham House's Africa Aware podcast series examining the ERRs' role as a humanitarian lifeline amid the war.
Read sourceAn official statement from Cecilia Bailliet, the UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, describing ERR volunteers as vital to delivering life-saving aid — grounded in the Sudanese tradition of "nafeer" (collective action) — and calling on the international community to do more to support them.
Read sourceAn in-depth interview with journalist Alsanosi Adam, a communicator for the ERR network, on how it operates and its financial accountability system — 700 Emergency Response Rooms, 26,000 volunteers, and 12 million people reached (per the network's own figures, February 2026).
Read sourceAn official laureate profile from the Right Livelihood Foundation documenting the network's work and the basis for the award.
Read sourceA feature framing the ERRs as a contemporary model of mutual aid and its potential to reshape the humanitarian sector.
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