Country: Iraq Source: UN Children’s Fund Health workers go door-to-door, meeting with families in displacement camps, making sure that children have access to the routine immunizations they need to be healthy and thrive.
Read MoreOrange trees growing with the help of a digital watering system attached to the water tank on the right side. Al Ittifaq farm, Ciwidey, West Java, Indonesia. Credit: Kompas By Kafil YaminCIWIDEY, West Java, Indonesia, Jun 24 2022 (IPS) It appears to be business as usual at the Al-Ittifaq pesantren, […]
Read MoreImpasse over Russian blockade of Ukraine’s grain fuels global food crisis (ABC Radio-Australia) Jun 24, 2022 Jun 23, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 06/24/2022 – 12:55 Impasse over Russian blockade of Ukraine’s grain fuels global food crisis (ABC Radio-Australia) Impasse over Russian blockade of Ukraine’s grain fuels global food crisis (ABC Radio-Australia) […]
Read MoreCountry: World Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN Development Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Comprising the Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement, five agencies will step up their own engagement and embody the collaborative spirit called for in the Action […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Nickbar The accelerating loss of other species around the globe is so extensive that many experts now refer to it as the sixth mass extinction. It’s driven in large part by an unprecedented loss of vital ecosystems such as forests and wetlands, the result of social and economic systems that […]
Read MoreAid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises.
Read MoreThe world has a new weapon: it’s called ‘fertilizer’ | Opinion (Newsweek) Jun 23, 2022 Jun 20, 2022 pfowlkes Thu, 06/23/2022 – 15:18 The world has a new weapon: it’s called ‘fertilizer’ | Opinion (Newsweek) The world has a new weapon: it’s called ‘fertilizer’ | Opinion (Newsweek) Global In the […]
Read MoreCountry: World Source: Roll Back Malaria The Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs featured pledges totalling more than $4 billion, with endemic countries committing more than $2.2 billion in domestic resources towards ending these diseases.
Read MoreA man sells poultry in Refugees Market, Peshawar, on 17 June. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS. By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Jun 23 2022 (IPS) “We came here in 1979 after Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. My children and grandchildren have grown up here and they don’t want to go back to that war-ravaged country. […]
Read MoreSri Lanka’s economy has “completely collapsed,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Wednesday, as the crisis-hit nation faces an increasingly dire situation that has left millions struggling with fuel, electricity and food shortages.
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