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WHD: Celebrating women's contributions begins with ending sexual violence against female humanitarian worker
Many people may not know today is World Humanitarian Day, with its theme of #WomenHumanitarians.
Read moreIt’s a race to save lives
On World Humanitarian Day, David Bisimwa, humanitarian co-ordinator for CARE International in Democratic Republic of Congo, writes about the challenges of facing down the deadly Ebola virus.
Read moreOn the way to a stronger me
From asylum to the head of a Village Savings and Loans Association, meet Rolette Jean, a young woman who discovered her inner leadership skills among the impoverished community of Ste-Hélène
Read moreIraq: Who can we trust?
For many years, Hassan Abas and his family regularly socialised with their neighbours, enjoying meals in each other’s homes watching their children play together like friends do. But around midnight of August 3, 2014 these bonds of friendship were cruelly ruptured.
Read moreThe last breakfast
“It was 7am, the whole family was having breakfast and I was about to go out with my granddaughter,” says Nasrah, recounting what began as a seemingly ordinary day in Yemen. Only things are not ordinary in Yemen, and on that day, extraordinary events changed Nasrah’s life forever.
Read moreThe day that changed our life forever
Fatma is a mother of six children. Together with her husband they used to work very hard in one of the big farms in their village in Al Kushar district in Hajja. After years of hard work, they managed to build a small house with three bedrooms, one bathroom and ...
Read moreStop the War and Stop Separating Families: A Refugee Woman Pleads in Turkey
“Since the first day I arrived in Turkey, six years ago, I said to myself, ‘I will come back to Syria, I will come back’. I thought I would stay in Turkey only for a month, then one month became two, two became three and here I am, six years ...
Read moreDjordjie Kostik, Centre Co-ordinator, Miksaliste Transit Centre, Belgrade.
We meet Djordjie first thing in on a typically busy morning at the centre. He’s overseeing the arrivals of new refugees while dozens of men and boys who have spent the night in the centre, sheltering from the cold Belgrade winter, are starting to wake. The centre is warm, but ...
Read more“I have absolutely nothing left, except the life in me.”
I am the eighth of ten children, I have 8 sisters and one brother. My family didn’t agree for me to leave – it was my own idea, but they were angry and I fell out with my family. They didn’t want me to come to Europe, they wanted me ...
Read moreI Am Now More Optimistic About My Future.
18-year-old Loujayn was born in Homs, Syria. Two years into the war and after her father passed away, she fled to Lebanon with her mother and four siblings.
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