Thousands of children face severe illness and mortality due to a worsening crisis. Humanitarian partners are sounding the alarm over deteriorating conditions. Measles and diphtheria pose significant threats, with reported cases and deaths.
Disease outbreaks are a major concern, with certain areas being particularly affected. Poor sanitation and disrupted health services exacerbate the issue. Further information on the crisis and its impact is available from the Health Cluster Bulletin, which provides details on the situation and the response of humanitarian organizations.
Our world is profoundly distracted, disordered, and scattered. It would be tempting to attribute this to a non-Christian society—to multiplied desires and endless consumer options, to secularized pursuits of shallow pleasure. But Christians fare little better here, bombarded with...
I’ve written earlier in this series about the connection between homelessness and “adverse childhood experiences,” including unstable childhoods marked by movement around multiple foster homes. In centuries past, Americans hoped that orphanages would help to alleviate the damage ...
. In 2025, they killed more than 1,000 civilians, while global response falters. 8 September 2026: At least 1,063 people were killed or injured by cluster munitions in 2025, one of the highest annual totals ever recorded by the Cluster Munition Monitor report. Civilians accounted...
. Context and rationale Afghanistan continues to face one of the world's most severe nutrition crises. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) acute malnutrition analysis (June 2025–May 2026), an estimated 3.7 million children aged 6–59 months are fac...
. The Interagency We.Link/FRRM helpline received a total of 48,490 calls and 7,770 new queries during July 2026 representing a 102.6% increase compared to June 2026. 4,748 (61.1%) new queries came from females and 3,022 (38.9%) from males. At the helpline level, 6,566 (84.50%) qu...
. In August, below-average rainfall, prolonged dry spells and above-normal temperatures threatened crop production, livestock and water availability across South Sudan. These conditions coincided with the critical June-to-September planting season and affected parts of Eastern Eq...
. Against a backdrop of continued hostilities, repeated displacement, deteriorating living conditions and growing humanitarian needs across Lebanon, the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) allocated US$23.4 million through its 2026 Reserve Allocation, complemented by US$12 million fr...