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Direct Relief Expands Medical Aid Across Hawai'i After Hurricane Lala

India, Aug. 20 -- Direct Relief is sending emergency medical supplies, solar equipment and personal-care resources to communities cut off by flooding and infrastructure damage after Hurricane Lala swe... Read More


Historic Flooding in Indiana Triggers Emergency Response

India, Aug. 19 -- Back-to-back storms have caused historic flooding across Indiana and parts of the Ohio Valley, damaging roads, homes and critical infrastructure while prompting evacuations and emerg... Read More


Trust-Based Care Helps Health Centers Reach Underserved Communities

India, Aug. 19 -- From rural Alabama to New York's Bronx, community health providers are finding that building trust with patients is essential to improving access to immunizations and infectious dise... Read More


Lebanon's Bekaa Valley Faces a Long Road Back After War

India, Aug. 19 -- People returning to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are finding that going home does not necessarily mean returning to normal life, as damaged homes, disrupted services and continuing insecur... Read More


Baby Denise's Recovery from Malnutrition

New York, Aug. 19 -- At just six months old, Denise's* life was threatened by severe acute malnutrition. She was born in Gonaives, Haiti, where conflict and natural disasters had been wreaking havoc ... Read More


Severe flooding in Indiana's Ohio Valley Prompts Emergency Response

Santa Barbara, California, Aug. 18 -- Back-to-back storms have brought historic flooding to Indiana and surrounding states, damaging roads, homes, and critical infrastructure. The National Weather Se... Read More


Indonesia Earthquake Disrupts Education for Over 25,000 Children

India, Aug. 18 -- The devastating earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores Island has disrupted education for at least 25,765 children, with hundreds of schools and classrooms damaged across East Nus... Read More


Ebola Outbreak in DRC Hits Healthcare Access and Livelihoods

India, Aug. 18 -- The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is disrupting healthcare access and worsening economic hardship, with Action Against Hunger warning that fear of infect... Read More


Russia Jails Anti-War Politician Lev Shlosberg For 11 Years

India, Aug. 18 -- Russia has sentenced opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in a penal colony, intensifying concerns over the shrinking space for anti-war political expression... Read More


Amnesty Urges Iraq To End Impunity And Protect Human Rights

India, Aug. 18 -- Iraq's government must take concrete steps to end entrenched impunity for human rights violations and strengthen protections for fundamental freedoms, Amnesty International said in a... Read More