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Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency

19th July 201919th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 1949 Views 0 Comments Africa, deaths, Ebola, emergency, Global emergency, health, Teh Congo

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of

Methodist Church recognises a climate emergency

10th July 20199th July 2019 Josie McFarlane 834 Views 0 Comments change, Church news, Climate Change, crisis, Eco, emergency, Environment, Planet

Faced with a climate emergency the Methodist Conference has called on the UK to achieve net zero emissions well before

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Ebola crisis – Christian Aid and partners deliver emergency response

7th July 20192nd July 2019 Josie McFarlane 4855 Views 0 Comments charity, christian aid, deaths, Ebola crisis, emergency, health

Christian Aid is scaling up its emergency operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the Ebola outbreak

Emergency accommodation service issues call for volunteer’s to open their homes this winter

23rd December 201819th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 815 Views 0 Comments bed, charity, Christmas, community, emergency, help, home, homeless, house, volunteers, vulnerable, warm, young people

Nightstop is calling on volunteers across the country to take in a young person, so that they don’t sleep on

South East Asia Floods

22nd August 2017 Mariah 2139 Views 0 Comments affected, Asia, Bangladesh, blankets, camps, critical, destruction, emergency, flooding, hygiene kits, India, local, medical, millions, Nepal, people, severe, South East Asia, Support, Tearfund, underwater, urgent, Water, worsen

It is estimated that 16 million have been affected by severe flooding across South East Asia. Tearfund is working with

Sierra Leone: ‘60 people have died in one church community alone’ says Tearfund Country Director

16th August 2017 Mariah 1987 Views 0 Comments bridge, church, community, died, disappeared, emergency, flooding, Freetown, government, heavy, homes, houses, liaising, love, National, priority, rainfall, schools, Sierra Leone, Tearfund, Water

A national emergency has been called in Sierra Leone after heavy rainfall in the Regent area, a mountainous town 15

Faith Leaders Acting As Peace Negotiators Ahead Of Fractious Kenyan Elections

7th August 2017 Mariah 1815 Views 0 Comments christian aid, conflict, development, emergency, escape, Faith, humanitarian, leaders, opinion, project, safe, tribes, violence

With national elections taking place in Kenya tomorrow (Tuesday) faith leaders are hard at work to ensure that tribal violence

MOSUL: Military campaign may be over but thousands still in need

17th July 2017 Mariah 1713 Views 0 Comments campaign, camps, city, civilians, destroyed, emergency, fled, grants, humanitarian, Iraqis, Military, Mosul, organisations, pray, psycholosocial, reality, safe, salesmen, Support, Tearfund, violent

The violent recapturing of Mosul may have come to its gritty conclusion, but for hundreds of thousands of Iraqis the

Christian Aid highlights role of faith leaders in promoting family planning

13th July 2017 Mariah 1864 Views 0 Comments advisor, christian, christian aid, communities, Cultural, development, emergency, engage, Faith, family, government, health, Kenya, leaders, London, neglected. Challenge, occasion, overlooked, planning, UK

To mark the occasion of the Family Planning Summit 2017 hosted by the UK Government in London today, Christian Aid

The spectre of starvation haunts millions as East Africa’s food crisis rages on

19th June 2017 Mariah 1766 Views 0 Comments actions, catastrophic, christian aid, crisis, East Africa, emergency, Ethiopia, food, government, hunger, immediate, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, world

East Africa’s hunger crisis will reach catastrophic proportions without immediate action from the global community, Christian Aid has warned. The

Fatalities confirmed as fire destroys Grenfell Tower

14th June 2017 Mariah 1726 Views 0 Comments alarms, appeal, Blaze, Block, Breaking news, Capital, Death, destroyed, emergency, engines, fatalities, Fire, firefighters, Grenfell Tower, Hospital, Investigation, London, Mayor, Missing, Notting hill, Sadiq Khan, Tower, Trapped, vehicles, West London

A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a 24 storey Tower block in West London.