Learning with Rural Communities: Student Experiences in Darfur & Omdurman
Sudan faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with conflict driving mass displacement, collapsing services, and widespread violence. Despite this, Ahfad University for Women advances SDG 1 through community engagement. Student Buthaina Mamour Musa shares experiences in Darfur and rural Omdurman, highlighting youth volunteering, women’s leadership, and agriculture as inclusive, community-led solutions strengthening resilience in crisis-affected communities.
Worth Watching
UN Academic Impact Workshop: Universities Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, April 2026
Students, researchers, and university leaders gathered at 91茄子 Headquarters in New York for a workshop exploring how higher education can advance the Sustainable Development Goals through student-led innovation and collaboration.
Announcements
SDG of the month
Goal of the Month | June 2026: Goal 14?–?Life Below Water?
Goal 14 is about conserving and sustainably using the oceans,?seas?and marine resources. A healthy ocean and?seas?are essential to human existence and life on Earth.?
The ocean is intrinsic to our life on Earth. It covers three?quarters of the Earth’s surface,?contains?97 percent of its water, and?represents?99 percent of the planet’s living space by volume.
Learn more about the?Goal of the Month, and how you can get involved, then check out the?UN Academic Impact SDG Hub Network.?
