Essay: How clean water and faith go hand-in-hand
In an article first published on Religion News Service, SUSAN BARNETT, founder of Faiths for Safe Water, says clean water is a conduit of care and love…
“Situation worsening”: In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service reports that charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say…
“More difficult than ever”: US faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping
PETER SMITH and DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, report on the impact the deteriorating situation in Haiti is having on US-based Christian aid and relief groups operating there…
In America, Catholics, Hispanics, young people most likely to voice climate concerns – survey
United StatesRNS Catholics and Hispanics are among the most concerned in the US about the impact of climate change, with Gen Z and millennials more likely to take collective action on the matter, according to a new survey commissioned by the international humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Services. While a majority of Americans (81 per cent) […]
Catholic aid is helping returned African migrants counter hunger, COVID-19
Harare, ZimbabweReligion Unplugged Catholic organisations are stepping up efforts to assist migrants returning to Africa as southern African countries – including Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Malawi – relax COVID-19 restrictions and open up land borders. In some countries, strict lockdowns worsened hunger and joblessness, threatening asylum seekers and citizens returning from abroad with starvation. […]
Inequality seen as a root cause of West Africa’s Sahel crisis
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Unequal access to wealth is one of the main causes of worsening violence in West Africa’s Sahel, which has forced millions to flee their homes, conflict analysts said on Thursday. While Islamist groups are active in the troubled region, just south of the Sahara desert, the unrest is driven more by […]
On the frontlines: Africa’s unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19
NITA BHALLA and EMELINE WUILBERCQ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how women across Africa have taken up positions on the frontline of the battle to contain the coronavirus…
Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares remote villages for coronavirus
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation West African countries are using community health systems set up after the Ebola outbreak to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus in remote areas, health experts said on Wednesday. After Ebola swept through the region from 2014 to 2016, countries like Senegal trained community workers to proactively check for symptoms […]
Central America’s “poorest of the poor” hit hard by US aid cuts – charities
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation From drought-hit farmers and hungry children to battered women, tens of thousands of people in Central America have been hard hit by US Government aid cuts, according to major charities. Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – known as the Northern Triangle – was […]
POSTCARDS: WITH RESERVOIRS AT RISK, SIERRA LEONE’S CAPITAL CONFRONTS WATER CRISIS
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Freetown…