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Multiple Needs Met in Namauni

The village of Namauni, located in Tanzania, was able to build a teachers house at the school with the coming of the deep-capped water well. The school and teacher’s buildings…

Making a Difference - One Bag at a Time

Many Syrian IDPs (Internally Displaced People) first come to our partner's building because someone tells them they can get a Bag of Blessing there. Each Bag of Blessing consists of…

Clinic Loses Patients

Today, the Togolese village called Kpategan is fortunate enough to have a medical clinic in their village as well as a deep-capped water well drilled directly in front of the clinic.…

From Turmoil to Peace

Stuti comes from a volatile background. Although her parents are Christians, their family life was not filled with love. Her father is a day labourer who seeks to provide for…

No Escape

“I want her safe”, said Pari’s mother when she came to Mukti to leave her daughter. “I can not escape my lifestyle and work but I want Pari to have…

Syria: UN human rights advisers alarmed at rise of incitement to religious violence

13 October 2015 – Senior United Nations human rights officials today expressed their alarm at the rise in violent rhetoric by influential religious leaders – including calls for “holy war”…

For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life Is a Nightmare

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Every morning, at the dawn call to prayer, women and children move silently from the Damascus suburb of Douma to the surrounding farm fields, seeking safety from…

UN official appeals to Security Council to find political solution to end nightmare for Syrians

16 September 2015 – The United Nations humanitarian chief today urged the Security Council to find a political solution to end the conflict in Syria, warning its members that the…

Millions of children in Syria deprived of education, says UNICEF

15 September 2015 – As children around the world return to school, there are more than two million in Syria who will not be able to join them, the United…

Simple act of playing represents grave danger for children in Syria UNICEF

16 September 2015 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned in the strongest terms mortar attacks on civilian areas of Aleppo, Syria, which reportedly killed at least 19…

UNICEF demands that water not be used to achieve military and political gains in Syria

26 August 2015 – Amid the unremitting brutality of the war in Syria and a scorching summer heat wave, there is increasing evidence that parties to the conflict are using…

3 Reasons to Help Provide Clean Water

Hawa Guyo of Melbena, Ethiopia is a mother who always carried two children (one in the front and one on her back) as she walked walk eight hours a day…

Middle Easts largest camp turns three as Syrian refugees in region top four million UN agency

28 July 2015 – Living conditions for more than half a million refugees living in Jordan is becoming increasingly tough, the United Nations refugee agency warned today on the eve…

In quake-stricken Nepal, emergency is not over yet, warns senior UN relief official

24 July 2015 – Three months after the first of the devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal, hundreds of thousands of survivors continue to require and rely on urgent humanitarian assistance,…

Syria: bread prices up nearly 90 per cent, pushing more people into hunger, UN report warns

23 July 2015 – Syria’s food production in 2015 remains at 40 per cent below its pre-crisis levels, impacting the price of bread, which has spiralled by 87 per cent,…