Country: Malawi Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Flash Appeal launched to assist four million people, including 56,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, who have been hardest-hit by, and are at highest-risk of, cholera in the southern African country.

Photo: Pixabay/Mysticsartdesign As climate change accelerates, so does our understanding of how to take care of the planet. Although concepts like recycling and renewable energy remain ever-important, planetary health encourages us to find deeper meaning in our relationship with the earth. After all, a healthy planet is necessary for sustaining […]

Countries: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, World, Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The newly announced record $250 million allocation from CERF will help people in 19 […]

From climate change to child marriage, education is seen as the solution. ECW Director Yasmine Sherif protests early marriage with young delegates at the Education Cannot Wait Conference held in Geneva. Credit: ECW By Joyce ChimbiGENEVA & NAIROBI, Feb 17 2023 (IPS) From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, […]

Photo: Pixabay/Budhadityam2321 Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by amateur entomologists, while […]