Always be prepared. It’s an infamous quote that can quite literally save lives, when a disaster like an emergency or cyclone strikes.
Preparation saves lives when disaster strikes
How Uganda sees refugees as a benefit, not a burden
Asina has lived in Bidibidi in Uganda for the past six years, long before it became the world’s largest refugee settlement. “I’m happy,” she says. Her youngest children are playing catch in the field around her small hut from which she harvests maize. She uses most of it to feed her six children, and sells […]
Live Well: Selling health and social impact in Zambia
Live Well is a new social enterprise in Zambia that trains entrepreneurs to travel to rural communities and provide healthcare advice as well as sell health products. The products, which range from medicines to solar lamps and phone chargers, are items which communities in rural Zambia would have difficulty getting a hold of otherwise. So […]
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From all corners of the globe, thank you once again for all you do to help those living in poverty overseas!
Rebuilding Mosul as families return to the devastated city
Hundreds of thousands of homeless Iraqis are in urgent need of emergency relief as temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius are expected throughout the current summer months. As summer commences in the northern hemisphere, families who lost their homes during the conflict in Mosul and other areas of northern Iraq are being exposed to extreme […]
“To Treat or to Feed?” The Difficult Question Facing Families in Yemen
In a crowded corridor turned cholera isolation unit, doctors move from one bed to the next, nurses hurdling frantically around them, hoping that no more cases come in this afternoon. It has been an overwhelming few weeks and the pressure does not seem to cease. But amidst the outdated monitors, rows of rehydration drips, moans […]
