Updated: 6 December 2025 17:56:46
Another International Award for Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms at the Close of the Year
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Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) have received another prestigious international honor: the 2025 Right Livelihood Award of Sweden.
At the award ceremony, held last Tuesday on the stage of Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm, journalist Nazanine Moshiri, Senior Advisor at the Berghof Foundation, presented a short film about the ERRs before handing the award to their representative, Al-Sanousi Adam.
Moshiri stated that the ERRs were selected for the award for “confronting a global crisis through collective action and adaptability—by building flexible mutual-aid networks that support millions of people amid war and state collapse, restoring dignity and providing essential assistance.”
During the ceremony, the organization declared:
“In a world shaken by violence and climate chaos, the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureates embody the meaning of collective courage. From Taiwan to Sudan, and from Myanmar to the Pacific Islands, they remind us that when people come together and organize, even the most entrenched forces can change.”
Four other laureates also received the award for their contributions to democracy, climate justice, and human security.
Founded in 1980, the Right Livelihood Foundation is an international Swedish organization that honors and supports courageous individuals and groups addressing global challenges related to peace, justice, and sustainability. It is commonly referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
This marks the fifth international award received by Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms in 2025. Earlier this year, they were honored with the 2025 Chatham House Prize, the 2025 Rafto Prize, the Richard C. Holbrooke Award for International Advocacy (2025), and the European Union Human Rights Award (2025).
They were also nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024–2025 by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). In addition, the AidEx platform nominated Al-Sanousi Adam, the ERRs’ External Relations Coordinator in Sudan, for the Humanitarian Hero of the Year Award 2025.
The Right Livelihood Award itself features a unique sculpture crafted by Swedish artist Eva Hild from Humanium Metal—a special alloy produced by melting down illegal firearms confiscated from conflict zones. The material symbolizes the transformation of weapons of violence into icons of peace and positive change, carrying a powerful message of turning destruction into hope.
