Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 – International Rescue Committee
Mexico City, CityReuters Climate change, worsening armed conflicts, growing debt-loads and shrinking international support will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2024, the International Rescue Committee said in a report on Thursday. In its 2024 Emergency Watchlist, the New York-based IRC pointed to 20 nations largely in Africa at the greatest risk of a worsening humanitarian […]
Migrants struggle to meet basic needs after arriving in Italy, survey shows
Rome, ItalyReuters Migrants arriving in Italy face extreme challenges to meet their basic needs after leaving reception centres, a survey showed on Thursday, with almost a third of them struggling to feed themselves. The survey, issued by aid group International Rescue Committee, is based on interviews with 598 people who landed on Italy’s shores in […]
Finding work: Migrant Venezuelan women in Colombia chase business dreams
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how migrant women from Venezuela struggling to escape poverty and discrimination in the jobs market in Colombia are turning to their own small businesses…
Fleeing drought, Somalis face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya
Dadaab, Kenya Reuters When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya. Ismael, 26, said she had hoped Dadaab would be free of the hunger and […]
Humanitarian crises could worsen in Haiti, Venezuela, says aid group
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The humanitarian crises in Haiti and Venezuela that have subjected millions to hunger, violence and disease could worsen this year without more aid, the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday. An estimated 4.7 million Haitians and 12.3 million Venezuelans face food insecurity. Karina Joseph, 19, comforts her two-year-old child Holanda Sineus […]
Crisis-hit Somalia, Ethiopia top aid group’s Watchlist for 2023
London, UKReuters Somalia and Ethiopia, both Horn of Africa nations ravaged by drought and conflict, will be the countries of highest concern in 2023, according to an annual Watchlist issued by the International Rescue Committee aid group on Wednesday. The report lists 20 countries, 11 of them in Africa, that it says are at greatest […]
Donors must act now to save East Africa from famine, IRC says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are suffering their worst drought in 40 […]
Refugee women in Africa say domestic violence rose during pandemic
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation More than 70 per cent of displaced and refugee women in Africa have seen a rise in domestic violence in their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey published on Thursday found. More than half the 850 women interviewed in 15 African nations also reported a rise in sexual violence and […]
Coronavirus measures will hit women harder than men, charities warn
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Data is urgently required to highlight the different impact of coronavirus on women and men, with early signs that women face higher levels of violence and more care work, researchers said on Wednesday. Although death rates appear to be slightly higher among men, a study by aid organisations CARE International and […]
Cheap and creative ideas to protect world’s most vulnerable from coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From handwashing stations to digital advice hubs, initiatives are underway to protect the world’s most vulnerable people from the global coronavirus epidemic. While richer nations rush to bolster their health systems to cope, poorer nations with fewer resources are likely to struggle and suffer worse impacts, said humanitarian organisations, with refugee […]