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Syria’s children at risk from water scarcity and illness amid ongoing conflict UNICEF

13 July 2015 – Syrian children are becoming increasingly vulnerable to water borne illnesses amid peaking summer temperatures and dwindling supplies of safe water, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)…

Syrian refugee numbers pass four million as war rages on UN

9 July 2015 – The exodus spawned by the four-year long Syrian conflict has now become the United Nations refugee agency's largest crisis in almost a quarter of a century…

On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children

23 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the world on the fifth International Widows’ Day “to assert the rights of those whose bereavement is followed by…

May deadliest month of 2015 in Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the deaths of more than 6,600 people has made May the bloodiest month so far this year in Syria. The monitoring group says…

Nepal: UN underscores need to act now before monsoon rains risk further disaster

21 May 2015 – As Nepalese communities devastated by two major earthquakes struggle to restore and rebuild, United Nations humanitarian workers and their partners are in a fierce race against…

Nepal: New earthquake strikes double blow to communities struggling to recover

By Patrick Fuller, IFRC Red Cross teams in Nepal are on high alert following today’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Namche Bazaar, near the base of…

Why Should I go to Paraguay?

Summer is coming. Days of sunshine and BBQ’s and time to relax with family and friends. As you look ahead and eagerly anticipate this season, I'd like to invite you…

Village Champion

“We feel good,” Cyprienne said, “because the water is clean; we feel good when we drink it.” With great force and passion she told us about how the clean water…

Activists warn of end of Christian presence in Middle East as Isis seizes 90 Assyrians

Islamic State militants kidnapped 90 Christians in north-east Syria as the jihadis retreated in the face of a Kurdish counter-offensive, a monitoring group has said. The reported kidnappings are the…

UN food aid agency condemns ISILs manipulation of desperately needed food in Syria

4 February 2015 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing WFP food boxes bearing Islamic State of Iraq and…

Winter storm brings misery to Middle East refugees

A fierce winter storm has brought freezing temperatures to the Middle East, raising worries about the plight of the millions of refugees there. Snow has fallen in the mountains around…

The Unbelievable Plight of Syrian Refugees is Being Ignored

By Lynne Hybels - The current situation faced by Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war is perhaps the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 3 million Syrians have been…

Skills for a Lifetime

On May 21, Professor Sabina Cantero taught a course for the Development of Cleaning Products in Marquetalia, Paraguay. The teacher, who was very kind and hardworking, shared, “15 years ago, I learned to make cleaning…

Syria: humanitarian efforts falling short, UN relief chief warns, calling for end to violence

25 November 2014 – While humanitarians have made some progress in delivering much-needed supplies to the growing numbers of people in conflict-riven Syria, efforts by the United Nations and its…

Every dollar invested in water, sanitation brings four-fold return in costs

19 November 2014 – For every dollar invested in water and sanitation, there is a $4.3 return in the form of reduced health care costs for individuals and society around…