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MSF calls for support on refugee crisis

Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) held a briefing on Wednesday on their search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea for refugees and migrants fleeing violence. During the briefing, MSF Coordinator aboard the Bourbon Argos rescue ship, Lindis Hurum gave a hair-raising account of her experience aboard vessels, often[…]

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GOTG gets green light for Yemen aid

Despite little assurances of safety as a result of the on-going conflict in Yemen, the Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is to continue aid operations in the civil war-stricken country. With the Port of Aden opening for the first time in six months, GOTG are set to use the opportunity[…]

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GOTG sends aid to Yemen

Humanitarian relief agency Gift of the Givers have reported  a breakthrough in their bid to send humanitarian aid to Yemen. In August, the Port of Aden in southern Yemen re-opened after the Yemeni government announced the recapture of the city from Houthi fighters and forces loyal to former President Ali[…]

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Israel allows 650 truckloads of goods into Gaza

Israeli authorities opened the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza on Wednesday enabling 650 truckloads of goods to enter, a Palestinian crossings official said. Raed Fattouh, head of the Palestinian coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said that the Israeli authorities would allow the goods to[…]

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Pakistan orders Save the Children to leave

Pakistani authorities have given Save the Children 15 days to leave the country, officials said on Friday, accusing the aid agency of spying. Police locked the gate of the charity’s office in the capital Islamabad late on Thursday and put up a notice saying the building was sealed. “We strongly[…]

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Nepal relief effort a duty to humanity: SA surgeon

A Pietermaritzburg surgeon and veteran missionary sees his work in quake-struck Nepal as his obligation to the human race. Northdale orthopaedic surgeon Liven Meneses-Turino, part of a specialist medical team from Gift of the Givers, said it was a calling. “I have been a missionary from the time I was[…]

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Nepalese pick up the pieces after quake

Pawan Tandukar sat outdoors as a group of volunteers in a central Kathmandu neighbourhood prepared dinner at a makeshift cooking station. Men and women chopped vegetables and tofu at two table tennis tables and heated large cooking pots. After the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and killed[…]

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Aid groups struggle in Yemen

The humanitarian situation in Yemen is continuing to cause grave alarm, with aid groups warning about the threat of malnutrition and dire shortfalls in life-saving medicines. Days after the Saudi-led coalition said that it’s purely militaristic phase of operations had ended and a new phase, ‘Operation Restore Hope’, aimed at[…]

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UNRWA calls for $30m in aid for Yarmouk crisis

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has called for “an immediate injection” of $30 million to provide aid for residents of the beleaguered Yarmouk refugee camp, where fighting between Palestinian factions and the Islamic State group continues. In a statement released Friday, UNRWA claimed to have “significantly expanded” their aid[…]

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