Christgiving
All News
disaster
Colombia: Flash Update 010 - Update on the Impact of the Earthquake in Colombia - August 27, 2026
. The emergency continues to have a large-scale, multisectoral humanitarian impact. More than 406,000 people (193,011 families) have been affected by the earthquake, with the highest concentrations in Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Chocó, Quindío and Caldas. In addition to the loss ...
disaster
Panama: Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 28 August 2026
Countries: Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . KEY FIGURES 3 Central American countries declared El Niño-linked drought emergencies 4 named storms so far in the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season 364K people assisted by UN and partners foll...
disaster
Nepal: Rasuwa Flood Flash Update #3
. HIGHLIGHTS Flash floods swept down the Trishuli River corridor into Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Gorkha districts on 26 August, damaging homes, roads, schools, health posts and farmland. Families are sheltering at five known displacement sites in Nuwakot district. The whereabou...
disaster
Ukraine: 2025 Cash & Voucher Assistance Analysis
. The 2025 Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) Analysis by the Ukraine Cash Working Group provides an overview of key trends in humanitarian cash assistance in Ukraine during 2025, examining changes in the use of CVA, Multipurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), market conditions, locali...
disaster
Nepal: IRDR Rapid Analysis Report - Scientific Anatomy of the 26 August 2026 Bhotekoshi Flash Flood
. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 26 August 2026 Bhotekoshi flash flood appears to have been triggered by an ice, rock and soil mass failure around the Deding/Langtang region rather than intense localized rainfall. The failure likely blocked the river and formed a temporary natural dam for...
disaster
Nigeria: Beyond Emergency Response: Strengthening WASH Systems for Cholera Prevention
. As communities across Borno State continue to respond to a cholera outbreak that began in May 2026, strengthening prevention and response efforts remains critical to saving lives and limiting further transmission. For internally displaced people (IDPs) living in overcrowded set...
disaster
World: Start Fund Monthly Risk Bulletin (Issued: September 2026)
Countries: World, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Fiji, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia . The Start Fund monthly Risk Bulletin reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations. It is collated by the Start Network Anticip...
disaster
DR Congo: MSF opens new Ebola Treatment Centre in Beni, DRC
. In cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the organisation has opened a new Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Beni. This new facility enables the rapid treatment of patients, strengthens contact tracing and supports the health authorities in their efforts to contain the spread ...
disaster
Data for Afghanistan: Latest Poverty Lines by Afghanistan Provinces, June 2026
. Summary: Data for Afghanistan estimates that as of June 2026, the average monthly poverty line per person is 2,727 Afghanis. This comprises 1,618 Afghanis for food items and 1,109 Afghanis for non-food items. See the attached full report for provincial poverty lines. Poverty li...
disaster
Data for Afghanistan: Afghanistan Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report — June 2026
. Summary: - Overall prices fell by -1.6% month-on-month and rose by +7.6% year-on-year in June 2026. Food prices accounted for 112.5% of the overall MoM price change (-1.6%); whereas non-food prices accounted for -12.5%. - Health saw the steepest year-on-year price increase (+19...
disaster
Data for Afghanistan: Needs & Monitoring — Provincial Urgency Index, July 2026
. Summary: Per the latest Provincial Urgency Index for July 2026, the top 5 provinces in terms of urgency of needs and monitoring include Hilmand, Kandahar, Kabul, Nangarhar, and Herat. Most helpline callers in Afghanistan sought information about Cash & Voucher Assistance, f...
disaster
Data for Afghanistan: Afghanistan Food Prices & Food Insecurity Report — July 2026
. Summary: - The median Flour Purchasing Power (FPP) is 10.0 kg of low-quality wheat flour for a day's unskilled wage. In total, 16 provinces fall below this median (midpoint), meaning workers there can afford fewer kg of flour per day than the national median. - In total, 9 prov...
disaster
Nepal Floods: School children reunited with families after being stranded – Save the Children
. The children arrived at an aid distribution point where Save the Children is working after walking from their school. Many children in the area travel long distances to their schools and were cut off in the aftermath of the massive surge of floodwater. With support from Save th...
disaster
WVI Nepal Declares Category I National Response to Flash Floods in Rasuwa and Nuwakot
. The worst-affected areas include Timure, Rasuwagadhi, and Syabrubesi, where homes, markets, roads, and hydropower infrastructure were destroyed. Rescue and relief operations are underway, and authorities have issued alerts for communities along the Trishuli River. World Vision ...
disaster
EU further extends support to Serbia as wildfires intensify
. The severe wildfires affecting the Deliblato Sands Special Nature Reserve and other areas have burned around 13,920 hectares, according to Copernicus data as of 26 August. The scale and persistence of the emergency continue to put pressure on local response capacities and threa...
disaster
The EU allocates €2 million in humanitarian aid to support victims of flash flood in Nepal
. This emergency funding will help address immediate needs including as food, healthcare, clean water and sanitation. EU-funded partners are already providing help on the ground. This assistance comes in addition to the almost €3 million in humanitarian aid allocated at the start...
disaster
Ukraine: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2025 [EN/UK]
. Attacks on Health Care Increased in Ukraine in 2025 Amid Intensifying Russian Drone Strikes Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 613 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Ukraine in ...
disaster
Nigeria: Strengthening Resilience: Impact report (EC567)
. Executive Summary The Education in Emergencies (EiE) project is a core component of the wider multi-sectoral Action: “Strengthening Resilience through Multi-Sectoral Response in Borno, Zamfara, and Sokoto States.” This 22month intervention (July 2024 – May 2026) was designed to...
disaster
IOM South Sudan: Critical funding gap for life-saving WASH in Bentiu and Malakal
. Situation Overview Life-saving services for nearly 187,000 people in Bentiu and Malakal are at immediate risk of stopping in November 2026 due to severe funding shortfalls. Without urgent support, essential services - including clean water, sanitation, desludging, drainage pump...
disaster
El Salvador: Oxfam Centroamérica · Evaluación Rápida El Niño 2026
Countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras . Resumen ejecutivo Entre julio y agosto de 2026, equipos de Oxfam, en colaboración con sus organizaciones socias ASEDECHI, ASEDE y Corazón del Maíz en Guatemala; PRO-VIDA, CORDES y Fundación Campo en El Salvador; CAFEG, ASONOG, CARITAS...
disaster
UNHCR Myanmar Situation Regional Update #9 (June-July 2026)
Countries: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand . OPERATIONAL CONTEXT The humanitarian situation in Myanmar remained critical, as conflict and monsoon flooding continued to drive displacement and humanitarian needs. By end-July, an estimated 4 million people ...
disaster
IRDR Data Brief - Satellite Data for Flash Flood/Debris Flow in China and Nepal on 26 August 2026
Countries: Nepal, China . Overview On 26 August 2026, a catastrophic flash flood and debris flow event struck the Nepal-China border region, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche that temporarily dammed the Lhende/Bhotekoshi River system before breaching and unleashing a massive sur...
missions
Confess and Forsake
Our first parents lost their game of hide-and-go-seek with the Lord after they sinned. They ate, hid from God, and covered themselves with fig leaves. It took one stroll through the garden for the Lord to discover, question, clothe, and expel them. They didn’t get away with it. I...
missions
God Meant It for Good
What if betrayal becomes rescue? John Piper opens Genesis 37 to show how God turned Joseph’s suffering into salvation.Watch Now
poverty
Meet the Trailblazers of America’s Early Years
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Craig Fehrman, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark (Avid Reader Press, 2026) The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) is one of the most compelling stories in American history. Searching for a w...
missions
Christians and World Leaders Gather in Kyiv to Pray
Oksana Kravchuk emerged from her sleeping compartment on the train from Przemysl, Poland, to Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 22 and gazed out the window at the green pastures of her native homeland. She hadn’t slept much during the 10-hour overnight train ride, even though she was tired...
missions
Settler Violence Threatens West Bank's Last Christian Village
In early August, Joseph Hazboun visited a newly built home among the fields near Taybeh, considered the last Christian village in the West Bank. Its owner, a Palestinian Christian, claimed he could not access his property safely due to intimidation by Israeli settlers. As Hazboun...
disaster
Nepal Landslides & Flash Floods: Situation Report #1 (August 27, 2026)
. Project HOPE's Emergency Response Team is in Nepal, mobilizing a response to devastating landslides and flash floods caused by a massive glacier avalanche. Situational Context On the morning of August 26, 2026, a glacier avalanche near the border between Nepal and China sent to...
disaster
oPt: Four children killed as separate attacks destroy humanitarian supplies and damage critical water infrastructure in Gaza
. The children reported killed include two boys, aged two and four years, in separate strikes, a 10-year-old girl hit by ground fire while inside her tent, and a 16-year-old boy who died from serious injuries sustained in a previous strike. On 25 August, three children aged eight...
disaster
Nepal Catastrophic Flash Flood Rasuwa-Trishuli, Nepal (26 August 2026)
. Snapshot of Key Concerns Severity: A glacial collapse on the Tibet side of the border of Nepal sent a catastrophic surge down the Lhende Khola into the Bhote Koshi River. The collapse was large enough to register seismically with USGS and trigger a massive flood downstream in R...
disaster
WFP Ethiopia Country Brief August 2026
. WFP assisted 1.9 million people in July, distributing 13,820 mt of food and transferring USD 2.9 million in cash assistance across all activities. In the Somali Region, WFP reached 464,000 crisis-affected people with relief assistance, distributing 60 percent rations due to fun...
disaster
WFP Malawi Country Brief August 2026
. The Government of Malawi, through the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC)-led Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), projects that 2.6 million people will face acute hunger during the 2026/27 lean season (October 2026 to March 2027). Food insecurity c...
disaster
Ukraine: Restoring Safety and Warmth: Rebuilding Access to Education in Konotop
. To safeguard children’s fundamental right to education, Acted through the RestoreUA project funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs through the Crisis and Support Centre, rehabilitated a local school by improving safety, energy efficiency, and overall learn...
disaster
WFP Zambia Country Brief August 2026
. WFP supported a South-South School Meals Learning Mission between Zambia and Namibia, facilitating the exchange of experiences on decentralized procurement and Home-Grown School Meals approaches to inform Namibia's national school feeding strategy and strengthen regional collab...
disaster
Sudan Emergency: Population movements from Sudan - 24 August 2026
Countries: Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Uganda .
disaster
South Sudan Nexus Digest Issue #2 | June - July 2026
. In this issue: Feature on pooled funds: From raids to reconciliation: how pooled funds work in complementarity in South Sudan Story on durable solutions: Nearly 1,000 families moved out of a camp in Wau. But that’s only the beginning. Feature on essential services: Doing more w...
disaster
Nepal Flood Response Situation Report #1 | 27 August 2026
. Situation Overview On the morning of 26 August 2026, a sudden and powerful flash flood swept through the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river systems in central Nepal, affecting settlements across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts, including the Rasuwagadhi border crossing area. ...
disaster
Bangladesh: Health Cluster Meeting Minutes on Measles Outbreak 10 August 2026
. On 10 August 2026, the Bangladesh Health Cluster convened government authorities, UN agencies, Red Cross/Red Crescent partners, and NGOs to review the measles outbreak and coordinate further support. As of 6 August, 75,818 suspected cases had been reported, of which 53,279 were...
disaster
Bangladesh: Health Cluster Meeting Minutes 11 July 2026
. On 11 July 2026, an ad-hoc Health Cluster meeting convened 75 representatives from government health authorities and partner organizations to review the health response to severe floods and landslides affecting Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, and Khagrachhari. Th...
disaster
RBESA Somalia Situation: Population of Concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Yemen .
disaster
RBESA Ethiopia Situation: Population of Concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan .
disaster
DR Congo: RBESA: SADC region - Population of Concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe ....
disaster
Sudan: RBESA: IGAD region - Population of Concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: Sudan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Yemen .
disaster
Chad, Lac province: Handover of the Dar Es Salam health centre in Baga Sola marks a new step towards the integration of refugees into the national health system
. Baga Sola, 4 August 2026 – After ten years of support from UNHCR, the Dar Es Salam Health Centre in Lac province has been officially handed over to the Chadian health authorities. Built in 2016 to meet the healthcare needs of Nigerian refugees who had arrived in Lac province fo...
disaster
Kenya: Regional Dashboard RBESA: EAC Region | Population of concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: Kenya, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen ....
disaster
Burundi Situation: Population Dashboard - 31 July 2026
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania .
disaster
South Sudan Situation: Population of Concern to UNHCR - 31 July 2026
Countries: South Sudan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda ....
disaster
UNHCR-IOM Pakistan Flash Update # 108 on Arrest and Detention/Flow Monitoring, 15 Sep 2023 to 22 Aug 2026
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan . INTRODUCTION In response to the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) decision of 26 September 2023 to enact an “Illegal Foreigners' Repatriation Plan”, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, have collated their data on the arrest...
disaster
Sudan: Regional Dashboard RBESA: IDPs Dashboard - 31 July 2026
Countries: Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe .