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.
Oxfam is providing clean drinking water and tarpaulin shelter sheets to 5,000 survivors following a devastating earthquake, the second within a week, hit Lombok Island in Indonesia.
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 a letter issued on 25 August 2016, addressed to the Rev Luca Negro, president of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy, the General Secretary of the WCC offered “heartfelt condolences to the people who lost family members and friends.” The letter follows the massive earthquake, which hit central Italy in the morning hours of 24 August.
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.
A year on from the devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 9,000 Nepalese people, acclaimed photographer Gideon Mendel and development charity Christian Aid have released a series of stunning portraits and personal stories demonstrating how ‘acts of kindness’ helped stranded families to survive in the aftermath of the disaster.