humanitarian aid

Al Quds container off to Durban port

By Shireen Fisher A 40 foot container filled with vital humanitarian goods for battered Syria is set to head to the Durban port later today. Goods from around the country, donated to the displaced people of Syria, were sealed in the container late last night at the Al Quds Foundation’s[…]

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Emergency aid for Aleppo

Humanitarian agency Gift of the Givers has made an emergency appeal for aid for war stricken Aleppo as the living conditions deteriorates for Syrian residents. Syrian government forces and their allies bombarded insurgents in south western Aleppo on Tuesday, close to where rebels recently opened a corridor into the city’s[…]

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KZN ulema return from Syria aid trip

Spending the last ten days of Ramadan aiding refugees between the Turkey and Syria border, ulema from the Jamiatul Ulama in Kwa-Zulu Natal say conditions for Syrians are still catastrophic. The organisation has been involved in a humanitarian relief effort for the last four years, based on the Turkey-Syria border,[…]

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Report accuses UN of loss of impartiality in Syria

A report released by rights group The Syria Campaign accuses the United Nations of delivering 99 percent of its aid to government-controlled territories, and calls on the UN to “restore its impartiality”. The report, based on interviews with aid workers, including current and former UN staff, finds the UN in[…]

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WHO delivers medical aid to Yemen’s Taiz

The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday it has managed to deliver desperately needed medical supplies to Yemen’s Taiz city which has been besieged for months by Shia Houthi fighters. The WHO has “successfully delivered more than 20 tonnes of life-saving medicines and medical supplies,” it said in a statement.[…]

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Al Imdaad delivers historic convoy to Gaza

The Al Imdaad Foundation dispatched 300 tons of food aid to Gaza last week, assisting almost half the Gaza population with some much needed aid relief. The international humanitarian NGO said after almost seven months of diplomatic and bureaucratic wrangling, the foundation’s Jordanian office successfully launched the first of its[…]

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Half of Syrian population in danger: UN

The United Nations has warned that about 50% of the Syrian population is in urgent need for humanitarian aid, calling on the Security Council to push for ending the conflict in the Middle Eastern country. “This is a conflict that is affecting every Syrian,” Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Coordination of[…]

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