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Church partnerships help Jamaicans rebuild after Hurricane Melissa
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Fear-Driven Churches Create Three Kinds of Christians
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Last week, I taught a university class on respect for the conscience. One smart young student talked to me afterward and said she sometimes had difficulty telling the difference between her conscience and the...
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CAR: Le Fonds humanitaire pour la RCA en bref
. En 2026, 2,3 millions de personnes – soit 1 Centrafricain sur 3 – ont besoin d'une assistance humanitaire. Ce chiffre marque une légère baisse par rapport à 2025 (2,4 millions), mais les besoins restent élevés : l'insécurité localisée, les catastrophes naturelles et les urgence...
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CAR Humanitarian Fund In Brief
. In 2026, 2.3 million people – 1 in 3 Central Africans –need life-saving humanitarian assistance. While this marks a slight decline when compared to 2025 (2.4 million), needs remain high, with localized insecurity, natural disasters and health emergencies preventing populations ...
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Press Statement| Hunger and malnutrition crises persist in Somalia as projected floods and funding shortfalls threaten vulnerable populations
. MOGADISHU, 23 September 2026 – Millions of people across Somalia continue to face high levels of hunger while acute malnutrition among children is set to worsen over the coming months when heavy flooding associated with the anticipated El Niño is expected to worsen the situatio...
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WFP Guatemala Country Brief, September 2026
. 204,841 people assisted in August (74% women and girls) 668,435 food rations (January-August 2026) prepared and prepositioned USD 7M cash transferred in August USD 27M required in the next twelve months (September 2026 – August 2026) KEY HIGHLIGHTS • In August, WFP supported 20...
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Caring for children with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
. While adults account for most cases, children under five years have the highest cases fatality ratio of over 60% compared with around 40% among adults. They also account for most of the deaths outside Ebola treatment centres—be it at home or in health centres where they are not...
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World: Quick Guide: How to kick-start implementation of the International Classification of Violence against Children at the country level
. Purpose of this guide This quick guide offers a practical entry point for countries beginning to implement the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC). It outlines the early actions required to launch the implementation process and integrate the classi...
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World: International Classification of Violence against Children Factsheet
. The International Classification of Violence Against Children (ICVAC) was developed by UNICEF to address the pressing need for internationally aligned definitions, principles, and standards in measuring and monitoring violence against children (VAC). • Global Standard to Measur...
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SOMALIA: IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Snapshot | July - December 2026
. Overview Somalia continues to face a volatile and complex food and nutrition crisis, with the risk of Famine identified for the second consecutive IPC analysis. Previous droughts, erratic rainfall, insecurity, and above-average food prices are driving high levels of need, while...
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Somalia: IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Analysis July–December 2026 - A new risk of Famine arises as flooding from El Niño exacerbates already high levels of acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition (Published on 23 September 2026)
. Overview Somalia continues to face a volatile and complex food and nutrition crisis, with the risk of Famine (RoF) identified for the second consecutive IPC analysis. Acute food insecurity remains high due to a combination of factors, including the lingering effects of previous...
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Remarks by Ajith Sunghay, Head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
. Donor Forum on the Mine Action Response in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Thank you for convening this important discussion on Humanitarian Mine Action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Our colleagues from national and international partners of the Protection Cluster’s...
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Japan contributes USD 1 million to support WFP’s emergency flood response in Nepal | World Food Programme
Countries: Nepal, Japan . The timely allocation of this funding enables WFP to deliver immediate critical assistance to affected populations in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, and to continue to provide logistics support to the government-led humanitarian response. “Japan has long b...
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Madagascar: Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 35: 24 to 30 August 2026
Countries: Madagascar, Chad, Mali, World . This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. This week’s articles cover: Mpox, Madagascar Cholera, Chad Humanitarian situation in Mali For each of these events, a brief description, follo...
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Nigeria: Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 34: 17 to 23 August 2026
Countries: Nigeria, Cameroon, Malawi, World . This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. This week’s articles cover: Diphtheria, Nigeria Measles,Cameroon End of outbreak declaration, cholera in Malawi For each of these events, a...
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Somalia 2026 Post Gu IPC Analysis - A Briefing Presentation for All Stakeholders | 23 September 2026, Mogadishu
. 2026 Post Gu IPC Analysis Overview ❑ IPC Analysis process: The 2026 Post Gu IPC AFI/AMN analysis was organized by the IPC TWG. The IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) provided technical support throughout the analysis. FAO and WFP provided financial support to the analyses. ❑ Partici...
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Situation Update No. 3: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen | Update No. 3 | as of 21 September 2026 | Reporting period: 1 August –20 September 2026 | Countrywide
. KEY HIGHLIGHTS A total of 128,382 people (21,397 households) were displaced between 1 August and 20 September 2026. The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) figures, which also serve as the alert baseline for the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), show that 98 per cent of this displ...
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Serbia: Clearing the Way for Kosovo’s Future: 27 Years After War, HALO Leaves Kosovo Safe to Rebuild
. In 1999, when Kosovo’s refugees returned home, they found a country devastated by war — and a landscape scarred by landmines and unexploded cluster munitions. The conflict had ended, but danger remained just below the surface. More than 800,000 people were displaced during the ...
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The WorldRiskReport 2026 - Why storms turn into disasters
. The new WorldRiskReport focuses on storms and presents the first-ever global storm risk ranking for 193 countries. The Philippines, Mexico, and Madagascar hold the top three spots, while Germany ranks 167th with a very low storm risk. Tropical cyclones are becoming more intense...
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DR Congo: PAM RDC - APERCU DU PAYS - AOUT 2026
. Assistance d’urgence : En juillet, le PAM a aidé environ 1,38 million de personnes, dont près de 689 000 grâce à des distributions alimentaires en nature et 402 000 au moyen de transferts monétaires et de bons électroniques. Nutrition : Les activités de prévention et de traitem...
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DR Congo: WFP DRC Country Brief August 2026
. Emergency assistance: WFP reached about 1.38 million people in July, including nearly 689,000 with in-kind food and 402,000 with cash and e-vouchers. Nutrition: Malnutrition treatment and prevention activities supported 271,200 children under 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding wo...
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Ethiopia: Briefing Note: NRC’s Youth Skills and Jobs for Self-Reliance Approach in Fragility, Conflict and Violence Settings | September 2026
Countries: Ethiopia, Colombia, Ukraine . Drawing on its operational presence in Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) contexts, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has 25 years of experience in youth education programming, combining education and legal expertise to support youth...
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Christians Came Together to Help Defeat UK’s Assisted Dying Bill
When Alicia Edmund heard the Parliament vote count for the UK’s assisted dying bill last week—286 noes to 270 ayes—her immediate reaction was shock. The bill had been defeated. As head of policy for the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, Edmund had spent countless hours in the past ...
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The Wishful Thinking that Put Thousands on the Streets
Let’s look at the reasoning, and numbers, of deinstitutionalization—America’s mid-century policy of moving the mentally ill population out of large hospitals of widely varying quality and into home-based care and community integration. In 1955, state mental hospitals housed 559,0...
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A Kurdish Pastor’s Arrest Stirs Fears in Post-Assad Syria
Earlier this summer, Nehad Hasan decided to travel from his home in Lebanon to Syria for a family vacation. He wanted his children to meet extended family and to see their ancestral homeland of Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in northwest Syria. As the pastor of a Kurdish church...
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Swallowed Up by Life
What happens when life swallows mortality? John Piper shows from 2 Corinthians 5:4 that God remakes our bodies to see and savor his glory.Watch Now
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Christ Sweetens Every Friendship
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. (Proverbs 27:9) The sweetness of friendship has often been sweetest for me in the worst times. I say “often” because I have enjoyed so many mountaintop moments with friends: taking ...
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WFP Yemen Country Brief #8, September 2026
. HIGHLIGHTS The food security situation continues to deteriorate in GoY controlled areas, with 37 percent of the population facing severe food deprivation in August. Escalating hostilities are likely to deepen food insecurity in affected areas, eroding household access to food. ...
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Ukraine Situation - Moldova: Funding Opportunities for Local CSOs in Moldova (September 2026)
Countries: Moldova, Ukraine .
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Cameroon: UNHCR RBWCA - Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons Presence - August 2026
Countries: Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo...
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Caritas Indonesia Hands Over Housing to Flood-Affected Residents in Central Tapanuli
. The symbolic handover was conducted by the Chairman of the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference (KWI), Msgr. Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, in Lubuk Ampolu Village, Badiri District, Central Tapanuli Regency, on September 16, 2026. Caritas Indonesia handed over 100 completed houses. Addi...
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UNHCR RBWCA - Democratic Republic of the Congo refugees situation - August 2026
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, World .
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UNHCR Ukraine Operational Update - 14 September 2026
. OPERATIONAL CONTEXT & HIGHLIGHTS: • Since late August, the Russian Federation (RF) has significantly intensified frequency of attacks, damaging infrastructure and civilian sites, disrupting daily life and causing growing casualties. One of the deadliest attacks occurred on ...
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UNHCR Ethiopia | Public Health Factsheet January- June | 2026
. UNHCR, in collaboration with government counterparts and implementing partners, provides primary healthcare services to refugees and neighboring host communities across Ethiopia, while facilitating access to secondary and tertiary referral services for refugees and asylum seeke...
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UNHCR Ethiopia | WASH Factsheet I January - June 2026
Countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan . ▪ With reference to Makatet’s pillar-4- Access to basic and social services, the pillar pre-requisites the preparation of a baseline assessment tool/template, and as such, in association with the IM unit, the assessment tool has been prepared to...
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UNHCR Ethiopia | Housing and Settlement Factsheet I January - June 2026
. UNHCR, in collaboration with FDRE Refugee Returnee Service (RRS) and partners, is supporting refugees, asylum seekers, and host communities to access safe, dignified, habitable shelter—addressing urgent humanitarian needs while advancing integrated, climate-resilient settlement...
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UNHCR Ethiopia | GBV Refugee Response Factsheet I April - June 2026
. GBV interventions in Q1 2026 focused on prevention, risk mitigation, and response, with emphasis on survivor-centered services andcommunity-based prevention approaches, guided by the UNHCR GBV Strategy 2023–2026: ▪ Empowerment of women, girls and adolescents ▪ Strengthening sur...
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UNHCR Ethiopia | GBV Refugee Response Factsheet I January - March 2026
. GBV interventions in Q1 2026 focused on prevention, risk mitigation, and response, with emphasis on survivor-centered services andcommunity-based prevention approaches, guided by the UNHCR GBV Strategy 2023–2026: ▪ Empowerment of women, girls and adolescents ▪ Strengthening sur...
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oPt: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan opens High Level Dialogue on Palestinian Children in Military detention with the Taoiseach, Palestinian and other World Representatives at the UN
Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, Ireland, Jordan, South Africa, Spain . The High-Level Dialogue on Palestinian Children in Military Detention, convened by Save the Children and co-sponsored by the governments of Jordan, Ireland, the State of Palestine, Spain, and South ...
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Qatar Charity Provides Food Aid to 12,500 Displaced and Vulnerable People in Nigeria
. Doha, September 22, 2026 As part of its humanitarian response to food insecurity in Nigeria, Qatar Charity (QC) distributed 2,298 food baskets to highly vulnerable households across Borno, Yobe, Kogi, and Niger States, benefiting approximately 12,575 displaced and vulnerable pe...