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How NHS 111 can help you

5th January 201919th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 1172 Views 1 Comment 111, advice, community, DR, emergency, healthcare, help, illness, Medical care, NHS

Dr Seun Bakare, Northwest London Urgent Care GP said: “The winter months can be challenging for the NHS, especially for

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

23rd December 201819th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 366 Views 0 Comment 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

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Male suicide rates in Wales ‘a national emergency’

6th December 20186th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 292 Views 0 Comment 2 Wish Upon A Star, charity, community, emergency, Male suicicde, mental health, national emergency, suicide, Support

There should be as big a focus on mental health as physical health in order to reduce the number of

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Zimbabwe’s cholera emergency: ‘Stench of sewage’ in Harare

18th September 201818th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 455 Views 0 Comment #cholera, #Zimbabwe, community, emergency, health

Zimbabwe is struggling with its worst outbreak of cholera in a decade, which has killed at least 28 people. An

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South East Asia Floods

22nd August 2017 Mariah 1563 Views 0 Comment 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

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

16th August 2017 Mariah 1313 Views 0 Comment 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

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Faith Leaders Acting As Peace Negotiators Ahead Of Fractious Kenyan Elections

7th August 2017 Mariah 1208 Views 0 Comment 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

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

17th July 2017 Mariah 1187 Views 0 Comment 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

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Christian Aid highlights role of faith leaders in promoting family planning

13th July 2017 Mariah 1295 Views 0 Comment 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

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

19th June 2017 Mariah 1205 Views 0 Comment 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

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Fatalities confirmed as fire destroys Grenfell Tower

14th June 2017 Mariah 1180 Views 0 Comment 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.

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