Culture Resource and Action for Hope have launched an emergency initiative to support Sudanese artists and protect cultural resources in Sudan. This initiative started two months after the war in Sudan broke out, causing the death, and displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, including a large number of artists and writers who lost their homes, properties, and livelihoods, besides those who got injured or killed. This war also led to the destruction of several cultural resources, including collections of artworks, libraries and archives featuring important materials; noting that a considerable number of these resources are still at risk of destruction and theft.

This initiative includes different components, such as providing support to artists and writers who have been directly affected by the war, identifying and documenting the cultural and artistic resources at risk in Sudan and exploring ways to protect them, providing workplaces and meeting spaces for Sudanese artists who had to leave Sudan recently, and training a group of cultural actors from Sudan and South Sudan on protecting cultural rights in times of war and crisis. 

The initiative will announce the opening of its different components successively. We announce here the opening of the call for application for the support for Sudanese artists and cultural actors to settle in a host city/country. The amount of the grant is fixed to €2,000 per grant.

Who is this component for?

This component is for Sudanese artists and cultural actors who have been the most harmed by the war in Sudan and its consequences, and who have families to support and have been forcibly displaced from their homes after 15 April, 2023.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be from Sudan, regardless of ethnic origin and citizenship status;
• The applicant must be an artist or cultural actor;
• The applicant must be residing and working in Sudan and had to leave their city or the country after 15 April, 2023;
• The circumstances the applicant describes must be verifiable.

How to Apply

In order to apply, you must first register and create an account on our online application site.

To register and create an account, please follow the following steps:

1- Enter the online application site and fill in the required registration information.

2- After pressing “Register,” you will receive a link by email. Press the link to activate your account.

3- Once you have activated your account, you can return to the online application site and sign in using your email address and the password you have created. You will find the application form for “Stand for Sudanese Artists” which you can complete online.

The application deadline is 14 July, 2023 at 16:00 Beirut time.

Applicants will be notified of the results in mid August 2023.

How are grantees selected?

After the program team ascertains the eligibility of the applicant, the application is forwarded to an independent jury formed especially for this component. The jury consists of 3 Sudanese artists and cultural actors with expertise in their disciplines and knowledge of the situation in Sudan ; they will assess the degree to which the consequences of the war have affected the basic elements of a dignified life for a dignified life for the applicant. Priority will be given to the most harmed applicants.