Tag: humanitarian crises
Slum Housing in Ethiopia: How To Rebuild a Capital City
The current housing crisis in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is largely due to an escalation of the rural exodus (to urban places). The challenge now, is to create a symbiosis between new districts and poor areas – in particular developing new programmes to rehabilitate informal settlements in Ethiopia. With 80% of the population… Read more »
Read moreRohingya Crisis: The Mass Fleeing from Myanmar
What happened in Myanmar? In August 2017, violent outbreaks in the Rakhine State in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people out of their homes. The displaced men, women and children have risked their lives crossing land and sea to reach the Bangladesh border, only to be welcomed by more threats and insecurity. The… Read more »
Read moreUrban Poverty in Bangladesh: New Homes, Dignity & Education
The Debborma family and 20 others will now find new hope in a healthier, happier community thanks to new homes built by local workers and volunteers to help tackle extreme urban poverty in Bangladesh. Living hand to mouth with no income security, Panjoboti Debborma worked as a fruit vendor and the little money he made for his family, went on… Read more »
Read morePoverty and Education in East Africa: Breaking the Cycle
The impact of poverty on education in East Africa remains one of the biggest challenges, combined with huge structural issues such as the lack (if not absence) of employment opportunities for school and university graduates. That is one of the reasons why we focus on building affordable quality homes. This not only improves the health of entire… Read more »
Read moreTackling Humanitarian Crises in Cities: Intervention & Assistance
This article on ways to tackle humanitarian crises in cities and urban environments (generally due to armed conflicts and natural disasters) is based on a report published by ALNAP, for the RedR Shelter in Urban Emergencies Training Pilot. It looks at examples worldwide to determine the best approaches to build effective humanitarian interventions and assistance programmes. Context is… Read more »
Read moreVisiting Palestinian Families: Our Impact in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
Here are the stories of a few Palestinian families living in Lebanon’s refugee camps who have benefitted from the support of our local operation to renovate their homes. The camps we’ve worked on in this project were Shatila, Burj Hammoud and Beeka, most of the work involved extensive house repairs and renovations as well as… Read more »
Read moreHow We Help Refugees in Lebanon: Housing for the Crisis (Part 2)
We’ve been working in Lebanon since 2001 on a range of shelter issues from helping refugees deal with the housing crisis to providing vulnerable Lebanese families affected by disability or conflict with: Housing repairs Construction and upgrades Housing micro-finance Water and sanitation projects. This is an update on our current project to support the Syrian and… Read more »
Read moreImpact of the Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: Who Needs the Most Help? (Part 1)
Helping refugees in Lebanon is no small task. The refugee crisis has had a huge impact on the country and its population, which welcomes refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and more. Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has devastated communities across the country causing the displacement of 8 million Syrians. It has prompted the exodus of more than… Read more »
Read moreUpgrading Palestinian Refugees Camps in Lebanon (Slum Rehabilitation)
The main objective for this slum rehabilitation project has been to upgrade the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon to provide safe and healthy homes to poor and vulnerable families who have been living in camps for years, and often decades. An important focus of this project was put on families taking care of: Orphans Vulnerable children Women-headed households… Read more »
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