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Why these 10 humanitarian crises demand your attention now

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The New Humanitarian
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As the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue to dominate headlines going into 2024, it’s important to remember the many other crises that are too easily forgotten by the media and neglected by aid donors – often just because of their complexity or their relative lack of geopolitical importance. Needs in the “uninhabitable” Gaza Strip are indescribably high, as Israel’s operations to destroy Hama

Sudanese Volunteers Offer Free Education to War-Displaced Children

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Africa News
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In Sudan, volunteers have established educational tents to provide free schooling for children displaced by the armed conflict which has been raging in this East African country. Students from Red Sea University launched an initiative to offer lessons, persisting despite a fundamental lack of resources. "From the beginning, we teach kids drawing, and then they learn reading, Arabic and basic kno

“The River Is Gone” Communities in the Amazon struggle through worst drought in recent history

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Rainforest Foundation US
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In Brazil, the state government of Amazonas has declared an emergency as authorities brace for what is already the worst drought in the state’s history, and is expected to affect the distribution of water and food to 500,000 people by the end of October. Some 20,000 children may lose access to schools. The Amazon faces one of its most relentless droughts in recorded history.

Sister Zeph from Pakistan wins the 2023 Global Teacher Prize

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Teacher Magazine
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Sister Zeph has been named winner of the 2023 Global Teacher Prize at an awards ceremony at UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The teacher from Pakistan is the eighth educator to take home the US $1 million prize, joining previous winners: Keisha Thorpe from the United States, Ranjitsinh Disale from India, Peter Tabichi from Kenya, Andria Zafirakou from the United Kingdom, Maggie MacDonnell fr

Education Cannot Wait Announces New US$1 Million Investment to the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies

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Education Cannot Wait
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Around the world today, 224 million crisis-affected girls and boys impacted by armed conflicts, climate-induced disasters and forced displacement urgently need quality education. To accelerate the impact of Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) investments in over 40 crisis-affected countries, ECW announced today a US$1 million grant to the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE).

Mexico: Families without food and children out of school two weeks after Hurricane Otis

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Save the Children
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Thousands of families in southwest Mexico are without food and water two weeks after a massive hurricane took the country by surprise and about 185,000 children are out of school, with rebuilding expected to take at least 10 years, Save the Children said. The resort towns of Acapulco and the village of Coyuca de Benitez have been declared natural disaster areas after being battered by Hurricane O

Sudan: Humanitarian Key Messages (November 2023)

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OCHA
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“About 19 million children are awaiting schools to re-open. For children, education is about more than the right to learn. Schools can protect children from the physical dangers around them – including abuse, exploitation, and recruitment into armed groups. Schools serve as centres for multiple services.

Lebanon: Calls for armed groups to vacate schools in Ein El Helwe Camp

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Save the Children
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BEIRUT, 18 August 2023 – Armed groups must immediately cease their occupation of schools in Ein El Helwe Palestine refugee camp in the south of Lebanon, said Save the Children, after the facilities were damaged during recent fighting in the camp.