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3 Min Read Published on: 4 hours ago With a passion for improving the welfare of women and their families in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Leighton Kasimo has repaired and helped distribute more than 1,600 sewing machines since 2014 to upskill and empower women in need. “I noticed a great need for women and families, so I discussed with my wife and decided to assist with necessary skills. We have to address social issues affecting families,” he said. Being in pastoral ministry since 2008 and ordained in 2012, Kasimo currently serves the church as stewardship and family mini...

Housing tops the plight of refugees this rainy season April 7, 2021 Sifa Musanganya stands at the new house with her children In many areas of the country, the rainy season is welcomed with open hands but in refugee settlements, it is a menace that destroys settlers’ belongings on top of exposing them to disease. In the worst case scenario, some refugees have been swept away by floods. But as Derrick Kiyonga writes, various stakeholders in the sector are offering settlers in Kyaka II refugee camp in Kyegegwa a ray of hope through decent housing...

Siteri Sauvakacolo 17 March, 2021, 12:35 pm Farmers and cultivation recipients after being handed their first tranche of cash for cultivation in Nailaga, Ba, today. Picture: SUPPLIED More than 100 farmers in the Western Division received cash assistance in Ba today to help rebuild their farms damaged by Tropical Cyclone Yasa and TC Ana. The financial assistance was possible through an initiative by Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Fiji and the Agriculture Ministry as part of the Strengthening Early Recovery for Food Security and Livelihoods (SERFSAL). Filipe  Naulumatua, 34, of...

Ecuador: providing shelter to forcibly displaced Venezuelans Format The situation in Venezuela continues to worsen. Due to food shortages, unemployment, or lack of water and electricity supply, thousands of Venezuelans have fled their country in search of a better future. EU humanitarian aid supports them along the way, providing shelter and protection items. “There is no place like home, but we can’t go back without a job to die of hunger,” they told us. Story by Daniele Pagani, Regional Information Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid O...

International and national non-governmental organisations working in South Sudan call on the UK Government to reconsider urgently the reported 59% budget cuts to vital international aid. South Sudan is at a pivotal point, based on the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification of "Famine Likely" and "Catastrophic" food insecurity at a number of locations across the country, with over 60% of the population projected to face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity. Humanitarian assistance is one of the only factors keeping thousands of people from succumbing to the worst outcomes:...