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United Nations Conference on funding for Yemen humanitarian response
As the Yemen crisis nears the four-year mark, the United Nations and the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland will convene the third High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen on February 26.
Read MoreEmergency alert: Ebola in DRC
As health authorities respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), agencies are working to stop the spread to neighbouring countries.
Read MoreEmergency alert: Venezuela
As political tensions swirl inside Venezuela, the humanitarian impact continues to be felt both in Venezuela and across the surrounding region.
Read MoreAlmost four years of conflict has led to declaration of catastrophic food security conditions in Yemen
Pockets of famine-like conditions have been announced in parts of Yemen and the majority of the population are shown to be suffering from emergency or crisis levels of food insecurity, according to a new report released today. International humanitarian organization CARE urgently calls for more funding to prevent further catastrophe in Yemen. After almost four…
Read More42 NGOs warn that return of refugees to Myanmar now would be dangerous and premature
Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in mid-November, according to an announcement of the Joint Working Group of the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar on 30th October. The Governments of Myanmar and…
Read MoreYemen: Joint INGO statement on the escalation of fighting in Hodeidah
International non-government organisations (INGOs) in Yemen are appalled by the renewed increase in intensity of hostilities in and around Hodeidah city. After calls for a ceasefire by the international community only a matter of days ago this is a deeply disturbing development. All parties to the conflict must immediately stop the violence considering the catastrophic…
Read More35 Yemeni and international organizations call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen
As humanitarian, human rights and peacebuilding organizations working on Yemen, we welcome tomorrow’s unprecedented coming together of legislators from across nations and parties for the first International Parliamentary Conference for Peace in Yemen to demand their governments work together to end the crisis. With 14 million men, women and children on the brink of famine…
Read MoreFleeing Venezuela: Outside the law and at serious risk
Milagros Rincon, une mère de trois enfants qui est âgée de 31 ans, a voyagé avec sa famille pendant plusieurs jours du Venezuela à la Colombie puis en Équateur. Le voyage s’est fait en autobus et à pied. Le parcours a été long, dit-elle. Comme elle, de nombreuses personnes n’ont eu d’autre choix que de…
Read MoreNepal Earthquake: View from the ground
The following is a transcript from Santosh Sharma, CARE’s Emergency response coordinator in Nepal the morning of April 26: Right now, almost all the people in the Kathmandu Valley are outside their house because we’re still experiencing aftershocks – two of them were more than magnitude 5. People are afraid to go inside their homes.…
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