Category: Aid Zone

As South Sudan has just formed a long delayed unity government, the country still has a long way to recover from more than five years of civil war. Some 4 million people are still refugees in neighbouring countries or internally displaced. The trauma is deep, especially among the most vulnerable.

In 2019, Mozambique was hit by two devastating cyclones – Idai on 14th March followed by Kenneth on 25th April. It was the first time in recorded history the country had suffered two major cyclones in the same season. The two cyclones left 2.2 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists have started withdrawing from the line of contact in eastern Ukraine. But the five-year conflict has left a heavy toll, including almost 13,000 people killed.

In May 2017 the Government of the Philippines launched an offensive against ISIS-affiliated groups that had taken over the city of Marawi.

Chiya Habou is a small village in Zinder- the region with the highest rate of Global Acute Malnutrition in the whole of Niger. In this area, over 19% of children aged between six months and five years old suffer either from severe acute malnutrition or from moderate malnutrition (the World Health Organization crisis threshold is 15%).

Hundreds of former child soldiers in South Sudan are benefiting from an international program that helps them rebuild their lives.

In 2019, Mozambique was hit by two devastating cyclones – Idai on 14th March followed by Kenneth on 25th April. It was the first time in recorded history the country had suffered two major cyclones in the same season. The two cyclones left 2.2 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine has had a major impact on the provision of healthcare, leaving an estimated 1.3 million people needing help.

Anidah lives in a shelter in Boganga temporary site for people internally displaced following the Marawi siege.

The children’s ward in the National Hospital of Zinder is quiet. The young patients move slowly with no energy. The majority of them are malnourished.