Aid groups resume some Afghan operations with female healthworkers
Reuters Several aid organisations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban-run authorities that women could work in areas such as health, in spite of restrictions last month barring female NGO workers. The International Rescue Committee, Save the Children and CARE said this week they were again operating some programs, mostly […]
Faith-based disaster relief teams fan out across six US states to help tornado recovery
RNS Faith-based disaster relief teams are already working in several of the areas hardest hit by devastating tornadoes that tore through six states on Friday. On Monday, 74 people were confirmed dead across eight counties in Kentucky, and another 13 died in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Dozens more are unaccounted for. President Biden […]
Essay: Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
US Catholic columnist CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article adapted from his new book, ‘Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality’, on why it’s time to sound the alarm on the care of those living with dementia…
Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific push millions to “breaking point”
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people already hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Cross said on Wednesday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it had responded to 24 climate-linked crises this […]
As millions face famine, women at risk as they eat last and least
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With millions on the brink of famine in four nations, women and girls will be hardest hit due to cultural beliefs and COVID-19’s economic impacts, the charity CARE said on Wednesday. The coronavirus pandemic could nearly double the number of acutely food insecure people to more than 270 million by the […]
US aid cuts to Central America may backfire, fueling migration north – charities
Thomson Reuters Foundation A decision by the US Government to cut aid to three Central American nations is “counterproductive”, likely to backfire and fuel rather than stem the flow of migrants north fleeing gang violence and dire poverty, charities said this week. The US State Department said on Saturday it would carry out President Donald […]
UK urged to back law to help trafficking survivors win justice
Thomson Reuters FoundationLondon Survivors of modern slavery in Britain should be allowed to remain in the country for a year to recover and help bring traffickers to justice, campaigners said on Thursday as they urged the government to back a proposed law supporting victims. The bill would ensure slavery survivors receive help from housing to […]
LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS: WE TOO WERE STRANGERS ONCE – WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD CARE FOR REFUGEES
In an article first published in Lausanne Global Analysis, author CINDY M WU looks at what the Bible says about helping refugees…