When Bryan Stern launched a humanitarian effort to rescue Americans and other vulnerable people during the 2021 turmoil in Afghanistan, he didn't expect he'd still be extracting people during a conflict two years later, only this time in Sudan.
Now Stern's organization is helping people in Sudan where ahas recently erupted between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group called Rapid Support Forces. The military factions, which are loyal to rival generals, are battling in the capital city Khartoum and across the country. The death toll has exceeded more than 520,“Our vehicles are on the street pulling Americans as we speak, as I'm talking to you right now,” Stern told Yahoo News in an interview via Zoom on April 26.
The White House said on April 24 the U.S. was still going to try to help thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan who are seeking to escape the fighting. The convoys transported more than more than 700 people to Port Sudan, a Sudanese city on the Red Sea, where they could be removed from the conflict. Tens of thousands of people in Sudan haveinto Chad and Egypt and the U.N. projects the number will eventually reach 800,000.
Responding to a question from Yahoo News about thoughts on Project DYNAMO's efforts, a Department spokesperson reiterated Patel’s comments, adding, Project DYNAMO now has thousands of donors and an average donation size of $217, he said. They are now looking for corporate sponsors and major companies to donate to them. Right now, they have about 17 volunteers, a number that ebbs and flows based on their availability.
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