earthquake

Women in Nepal’s Langbu village have gained both privacy and dignity with the public bathing cubicles built collaboratively by the Lutheran World Federation Nepal and Islamic Relief Worldwide, following the earthquake of 2015.

The Indonesian island of Lombok has been struck by two large earthquakes, including a magnitude 6.9 tremor in the island’s north east, hampering relief efforts and causing additional distress for those affected by the 5 August quake that killed more than 450 people.

One month after a series of earthquakes of magnitude 5-7.5 hit four Highlands provinces of Papua New Guinea (PNG), children are still in shock and suffering significant trauma and stress which could have negative consequences to their long-term well-being, UNICEF has said.

In the run-up to the first ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (23-24 May), Christian Aid has launched Nepal Aftershocks: the people’s truth about aid, a new multimedia project that asked nearly 200 people who survived the 2015 earthquakes what they really thought about the aid the world gave.