(RNS) Lutheran World Relief has accepted a $500,000 gift from the founders of eBay to help address the Sudanese humanitarian crisis.

The funding from the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund at Peninsula Community Foundation of Menlo Park, Calif., has already been put to use in Western Sudan, Lutheran World Relief President Kathryn Wolford said in an announcement.

The relief agency’s plans for assistance include providing shelter for hundreds of thousands of homeless people, helping with camp construction for refugees, providing additional food for displaced children, and offering counseling and protection for women who have been raped or suffered other violence.