India, Feb. 17 -- In Khartoum, the capital city of conflict-ridden Sudan, approximately 800 soup kitchens operate in different neighborhoods, each catering to an average of 300 families.

These soup kitchens serve at least one meal each day to individuals displaced by war and climate change-induced floods that frequently affect the country. Due to these disasters, one in three Sudanese have been forced to leave their homes, resulting in over half of the country's population - around 26 million people - facing critical levels of hunger. A majority of these individuals depend on these soup kitchens to avoid starvation.

Suddenly one morning in late January, most of these soup kitchens were shut down.

Largely funded by the United States Age...