Has the Deng Ater Foundation received an OFAC license or permission to conduct activities in southern Sudan?
Yes. However our immediate intention is to provide public healthcare prevention and education campaigns to relieve human suffering. The rules make clear that Americans doing religious or humanitarian work in Sudan may pay for the ordinary costs of traveling and living there, including lodging, food, transportation, and similar items. 31 C.F.R. § 538.211(d) (travel expenses) Americans may donate tangible articles of food, clothing and medicine intended to relieve human suffering in the Sudan, and arrange for their shipment to Sudan. 31 C.F.R. § 538.211(b). Hand-carried cash transfers to Sudanese ministries or individuals are subject to U.S. currency reporting requirements only if they are $10,000 or more. Bank Secrecy Act, BSA, 31 U.S.C. § 5316 (2002) • OFAC License For Sudan Activities is available upon request.
