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April 29, 2019

IMF loan to Mozambique following Cyclone Idai 'shocking indictment' of international community

Emergency grants should be available to impoverished countries in response to disasters like Idai, especially those linked to the climate breakdown primarily caused by richer countries in the global North, says Jubilee Debt Campaign.
January 24, 2015

Christian Aid supports thousands hit by 'catastrophic' Malawi floods

Emergency assistance is going to deluged communities in Malawi, in the aftermath of the worst floods the country has seen in two decades.
January 3, 2014

Multiple emergencies 'great test' of global humanitarian system, says UN

An unprecedented number of people are beginning 2014 either internally displaced or as refugees, the United Nations humanitarian chief has warned.
December 3, 2012

Mindanao Island responds to major typhoon

A major typhoon hit Mindanao Island in the Philippines last night, and emergency teams went into action, reports Catholic aid agency CAFOD.
November 1, 2012

Hurricane Sandy causes devastation across the Caribbean and US

People and communities in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and the United States have been badly hit by Hurricane Sandy since 24 October.
July 11, 2012

Church charities rush aid to flood-damaged Indian state

Church charities have joined the massive relief effort in Assam state in the northeast region of India, which has experienced a devastating flood.
March 18, 2012

Haiti: debt is the disaster, too

In 2010 an earthquake ripped through Haiti killing more than 200,000, making millions homeless. Speaking to Haitians now, they date everything from that day – “après le douze”, “avant le douze” meaning after or before the twelfth of January when the 7.0 magnitude quake shook itself out from near the capital Port au Prince.
March 13, 2012

Grieving Japan marks triple disaster anniversary

A nation paused in grief on 11 March 2012 as Japan marked the one-year anniversary of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.
February 28, 2012

New Zealand churches mark anniversary of devastating earthquake

New Zealand church leaders gathered with Christchurch residents to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the city a year ago.
January 18, 2012

In south India, churches aid victims of devastating cyclone

Following the devastating cyclone that wrecked havoc in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, church charities are getting aid to affected families.