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Water Mission Responds to Devastating Flash Floods in Nepal
. Charleston, S.C. — Aug. 28, 2026 – Water Mission, a Christian engineering nonprofit, is sending a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nepal in response to catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides in the Nepal-China border region. Initial reports indicate that more than 500 pe...
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PNG: Pacific Humanitarian Monitor - Edition No. 02, 01 July - 31 July 2026
Countries: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Myanmar, Palau, Republic of Naoero, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu . Overview July 2026 was defined by a rapidly strengthening El Nino and a consolidating s...
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Nepal Flood Emergency Situation Report | Reporting Period: 30-31 August 2026
. 1. SITUATION UPDATE Access constraints continue to affect response operations in Dhading District. Landslides along sections of the Prithvi Highway have restricted traffic to single-lane movement, delaying the transport of heavy equipment and bulk relief supplies. Coordination ...
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Ukraine - Conflict: LTC Situation Report (Telecoms Area) #62 - Reporting period: August 2026
. The WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) was activated as the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) on 03 March 2022 in response to the crisis in Ukraine. This Situation Report provides a monthly update on LTC telecoms activities. All references to the LT...
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DR Congo: Treatment and prevention research on Bundibugyo virus disease must deliver for children, not leave them behind
. The current Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has disproportionately affected children. As of 4 August 2026 and among confirmed cases for whom age is reported, the proportion of children under five years old who ...
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AMDA Emergency Relief #1: Earthquake in Colombia (1 September 2026)
. In response to a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on the morning of 10 August, AMDA has launched emergency relief efforts. According to UN OCHA, the quake hit Chocó located in the nation’s western region, leaving 331 dead and 4,449 injured. The affected population ...
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Dispatch of Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) in Response to Flood Damage in Nepal
. * Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT): a relief team composed of personnel from government ministries and relevant agencies, dispatched in the event of a large-scale overseas disaster to support the affected country through disaster relief, search and rescue, and medical relief a...
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Nigeria: Conflict - LTS Situation Report (Telecoms Area) #116 - Reporting period: August 2026
. Summary Points LTS Telecoms is assessing expanded connectivity support across north-east Nigeria as demand for services increases in Damasak, Monguno, Banki, Dikwa, Gubio, and Ngala. In Ngala, partners have identified connectivity requirements at a medical facility to support h...
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MSF Sudan: Responding to growing humanitarian and health needs in South Kordofan
. In South Kordofan, humanitarian and health needs continue to grow as the health system remains fragile and new displaced families keep arriving. With the rainy season starting, the risk of disease outbreaks is increasing, especially in displacement sites where access to safe wa...
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Colombia - Earthquake: LTC Telecoms Situation Report #02 (Reporting period: 25 - 31 August 2026)
. This Situation Report provides an overview of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on 10 August 2026 and its impact on telecommunications. It outlines the activities of the WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) 1 Telecoms Area in supporting emergen...
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DR Congo: DRC: Ebola BVD Outbreak: LTC Situation Report (Telecoms) #10 (Reporting period: 15 – 31 August 2026)
. This situation report provides updates on the Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It outlines planned and ongoing telecommunications activities of the Logistics & Telecommunications Cluster1 (LTC) Telecoms Area to sup...
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World: From Evidence to Action: Key Insights from IMPACT’s 2025 MEAL Review - January - December 2025 | Global
. For millions of crisis-affected people, 2025 brought deeper vulnerability and growing humanitarian needs, while funding cuts and political pressures placed unprecedented strain on the humanitarian system. IMPACT was not insulated from these challenges, yet remained committed to...
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World: Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 01 September 2026
Countries: World, Australia, New Caledonia (France), New Zealand, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, United States of America, Vanuatu . Highlights/updates since the last map was sent on PacNet on 25 August 2026: Acute watery diarrhoea • Vanuatu: The National Surveillance Unit declared a water...
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South Sudan Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) 1- 12 August 2026
. INTRODUCTION With the aim of informing cash-based interventions and to better understand market dynamics in South Sudan, the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was initiated by the South Sudan Cash Working Group (CWG) in August 2019. The initiative is guided by the JMMI ...
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Venezuela: Earthquakes - LTC Situation Report (Telecoms) #07 (Reporting period: 15 – 31 August 2026
. This Situation Report provides an overview of the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026 (magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5), and their impact on telecommunications. It outlines the activities of the WFP-led Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC)1 Telecoms Area in ...
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Ukraine: Legal Aid Bulletin for May 2026 [EN/UK]
. The Protection Cluster’s Legal Aid Working Group identified the following legal issues and updates in May 2026 based on an analysis of information provided by its members1 and gathered from open sources....
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Ukraine: Legal Aid Bulletin for January 2026 [EN/UK]
. *The Protection Cluster’s Legal Aid Working Group identified the following legal issues and updates in January 2026 based on an analysis of information provided by its members1 and gathered from open sources.*...
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Ukraine: Legal Aid Bulletin for February-March 2026 [EN/UK]
. The Protection Cluster’s Legal Aid Working Group identified the following legal issues and updates in February-March 2026 based on an analysis of information provided by its members and gathered from open sources...
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Vanuatu Dengue Outbreak Situation Report #11 (South-West Efate, Shefa Province)
. Key highlights: A cumulative total of 112 confirmed dengue cases have been reported since the start of the outbreak, including 19 new cases identified between 17 and 30 August 2026 (EW33-EW34). The outbreak remains active, with ongoing local transmission in affected communities...
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Ukraine: Legal Aid Bulletin for April 2026 [EN/UK]
. The Protection Cluster’s Legal Aid Working Group identified the following legal issues and updates in April 2026 based on an analysis of information provided by its members1 and gathered from open sources....
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Nepal Landslides & Flash Floods: Situation Report #2 (August 31, 2026)
. Project HOPE's Emergency Response Team is in Nepal, mobilizing mobile medical teams that will provide urgently needed care to communities devastated by the flash floods and landslides caused by last week’s massive glacier avalanche. Situational Context Entire villages, roads, b...
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WFP Iran Country Brief, August 2026 (Reporting period: July 2026)
. IN NUMBERS 35,611 people assisted in August (51% female) 487.2 mt food distributed in June USD 372,987 cash transferred in June USD 24 required in the next six months (August 2026 – January 2027) KEY HIGHLIGHTS Despite the escalation in the region, WFP remains steadfast in its ...
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Poland: Shelter, Housing and Accommodation Sector - Meeting minutes (21 August 2026)
Countries: Poland, Ukraine .
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South Africa: UNAIDS, SADC and China, partner to advance local pharmaceutical manufacturing and health security in Southern Africa
. The partnership, developed through sustained engagement led by UNAIDS, is being advanced this week through a SADC-China strategic exchange taking place from 31 August to 4 September 2026 in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. By applying lessons from the HIV response, it brings...
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WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief August 2026
. KEY HIGHLIGHTS WFP assisted 176,288 people across the Republic of Congo in June–July 2026, delivering 929.4 mt of food and USD 788,192 in cash assistance to vulnerable populations. Through food voucher distributions in Bouenza, 733 schoolchildren benefited from nutritious meals...
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MCC responds to deadly flooding in Nepal
. 31, 2026 Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is responding to deadly flash flooding in Nepal. The Aug. 26 flood devastated communities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts, washing away entire settlements and villages and leaving a trail of heavy destruction. "It was heartbre...
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Video: How to Retire Like a Christian
The post Video: How to Retire Like a Christian appeared first on Christianity Today.
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Would the World Be Any Different Without Shakespeare?
Scientist and historian Jared Diamond shares several nuggets of wisdom in his new book Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter? For instance, he writes at one point, “It’s important for leaders other than dictators to be skilled at leading group discussion...
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Darryl Strawberry: ‘I Was Already Free Because of God’s Love’
When Darryl Strawberry visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary hospital ward and death row in 2024, he sat on the edge of one frail prisoner’s bed and prayed. When he was finished, the former Major League Baseball player embraced the man and pulled his blankets up over his bony ...
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The ‘Spark of Life’ That Formed Your Inward Parts
Footage of the egg under a microscope is mesmerizing, depicting a perfect sphere. As the grainy video plays, a single sperm makes contact with the egg’s surface, and suddenly a flash of light spreads from the point of contact. The whole surface of the egg is enveloped in light fo...
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1 Corinthians 1:26–31, Part 1: Why Do Christians Come into Being from Nothing?
Did God choose us for our connections, influence, or intelligence? No, God saves in a way that abolishes all human boasting.Watch Now
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New IRC assessment finds critical resource gap in Venezuela as earthquake emergency medical teams wind down
. Active international medical teams fell from 12 in mid-July to five as of August 10, and are projected to end entirely by late September. The assessment also found deep and largely unaddressed protection needs among displaced families. Nearly 80% of people surveyed named emotio...
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oPt: Funding shortfall forces the World Food Programme to cut food assistance by half in the West Bank
. The reduction comes at a time when food needs have more than doubled since 2023. Today an estimated 900,000 people are food insecure in the West Bank – with increased settler violence and displacement disrupting livelihoods, deepening hunger and pushing families further into cr...
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Left behind: The rights of victims in the aftermath of decades of armed conflict in Afghanistan (September 2026)
. UNAMA releases new report on victims of decades-long armed conflict in Afghanistan Victims of Afghanistan’s decades-long armed conflict continue to suffer profound physical, psychological, social and economic consequences, often without access to justice, adequate assistance or...
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Syria: Health Sector Bulletin, August 2026
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Hospital reconstruction accelerating: Syria signed an agreement with InterHealth Canada to rehabilitate and modernize 14 major public hospitals nationwide. The program covers buildings, medical equipment and hospital operating systems and is planned over ap...
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Nepal floods: 43,000 women and girls need immediate humanitarian assistance
. One such organization told us: “In so many of the communities we have been to – pregnant women, lactating women, people with disabilities, the people we would normally support – are gone, washed away, because they could not run to higher ground.” This is what happens when a dis...
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Nepal: Flood Response Situation Report #2 | 31 August 2026
. Situation Overview On the morning of 26 August 2026, sudden and severe flash floods swept through the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river systems in central Nepal, affecting communities across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts, including the Rasuwagadhi border crossing area. The...
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The Ball Boy Who Evangelized LeBron
Saturday was approaching. The Los Angeles Lakers were coming to town. And Jordan Bach could see an opportunity. Basketball superstar LeBron James was due to warm up beside him on the Moda Center court. Bach, 21, was no stranger to larger-than-life athletes as a team attendant for...
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The Work of Their Hands
Greek philosophers conceived of the divine as philosophical abstraction: a cosmic principle that held together the fabric of the universe. In the poetic imagination of Hebrew writers, however, the divine was also irrepressibly, exuberantly tactile. This God got his hands dirty: H...
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His Patients Call Him ‘Mr. Fix-It-All’
“I am not your run-of-the-mill chiropractor,” says Michael Berglund, sipping black coffee from a mug almost the size of his head. The 63-year-old Wisconsin native sits relaxed in his spare office, feet up on an adjustment table, dressed head to toe in green scrubs. Cracking necks...
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May Your House Lack No Coffee Nor Peace
Can you change the world by drinking your coffee black? Maurice and Renata Henderson, self-proclaimed coffee nerds, think so. For this husband-and-wife duo, the sensory properties of the drink offer a complexity that’s worth your full attention. The fragrance of the toasted berri...
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The Architect Who Answers to a Higher Blueprint
She stands in a half-built apartment. Her head is protected with safety gear, her sleeves rolled up, her hands covered in fine white dust. Sunlight pours through a tiny window, forming geometric patterns on the unfinished walls. She examines the cracks. The paint. She considers t...
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How One State Is Making Churches Safer
A black Toyota 4Runner covered in scratchy white chalk paint was parked outside Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, last year. The paint spelled out apocalyptic predictions: “On the 23rd and 24th of September, I will come to take my church —Jesus”; “More lockd...
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Intrigue, Insinuate, Ignore
When historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez announced her next book in 2020, I was enthusiastic. It would follow her enormously successful Jesus and John Wayne, but this time, she said, Du Mez was writing “for the girls.” I hadn’t read John Wayne then, but its sales—and its subtitle’s pr...
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The Religious Freedom Showdown at a Nude Spa in Seattle
The water of the soaking pool I’d chosen at the Olympus Spa was pretty perfect: 104 degrees and gently bubbling with hot tub jets. It was delightful, but I was exhausted, jet-lagged from a redeye flight, and in the heat of battle between two powerful instincts. One was to people-...
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World: AidEx Geneva and Development2030 2026, 21-22 October at Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
Countries: World, Switzerland . Attendees include senior representatives from NGOs, UN agencies, governments, foundations, multilaterals, and the private sector. AidEx Geneva and Development2030 bring together thought leaders, practitioners, funders, and key stakeholders from acr...
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Mapping of Cash and Voucher Assistance in Türkiye, 2025
. 1. Executive Summary The 2025 Cash and Voucher Assistance Mapping exercise covers 40 projects implemented by 10 organisations in Türkiye. The reported projects reached 1,761,498 beneficiaries in 2025, with a combined reported budget of approximately USD 387.8 million. The publi...
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Afghanistan: EMR Polio Bulletin World Health Organization – Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean Issue No. 1456, Week 34 (ending on 30/08/2026)
Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen .
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Lebanon Health Sector Emergency Situation Report Issue #22 - August 31, 2026
. Situation Update Lebanon's health system continues to operate under significant pressure as insecurity, population movements, access restrictions, damaged infrastructure, and resource limitations disrupt the availability and continuity of essential services. No attacks on healt...
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How to Defend Evangelicalism Faithfully
There’s an ever-increasing catalog of books critiquing evangelical Christians, many written by people who once called themselves evangelical. The popular narrative, propagated by cultural elites and magnified in mainstream media, is that evangelicals are hypocritical, insincere, ...