The Haitian team at the GivePower Solar Water Farm spearheads an emergency response to deliver 30K liters of clean water per day to earthquake survivors on the mainland. More Information 

CARE’s Shirleen Ali is helping tackle another hidden crisis which has increased dramatically in the past year — gender-based violence. More information

Amid threats of pandemic, severe hunger, fighting, and floods, Oxfam and partners continue to assist South Sudanese. Oxfam and FEMRITE supported South Sudanese women artists to publish a poetry compendium this year, called No Time to Mourn. A handful of authors read their work at the launch event in Juba, South Sudan, in early July, and voiced their concerns about the ways conflict has affected them and their country.

Oxfam is providing clean water and sanitation supplies and promoting public health in South Sudan, distributing food or providing cash to help families meet their food needs. As of mid-July 2021, Oxfam is reaching more than 398,000 people.

Oxfam is working closely with eight South Sudanese organizations that are helping families produce their own food, supporting education, and advocating for the rights of citizens with a focus on women and girls. More Information 

As COVID-19 cases spread in Tajikistan, people in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) grew increasingly worried about their health, their finances, and their future. People with COVID-19 symptoms living in this remote and mountainous area had limited accessibility to health centers because of difficult terrain and poor roads.

The Aga Khan Foundation and USAID's Thrive Tajikistan project stepped in to assist by supporting a virtual helpline. The helpline connected community members to healthcare and provided mental health support to both community members and healthcare professionals. Thrive Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Health Services also launched a mobile health initiative with Tcell, one of the biggest telecommunications companies in Tajikistan, to reach 1,672 community members with text messages on COVID-19, nutrition, and sanitation. More Information 

Schools in Uganda have finally begun to reopen after two years of closed doors. Girls are especially vulnerable to permanently losing their education due to COVID-19, but they’re not giving up. More information.

From September 2020 through March 2021, Keystone Moldova developed and implemented a communications campaign on COVID-19 safety measures for people with disabilities and staff in residential institutions. The project included developing policies for emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, procuring protective equipment, and educating people with disabilities and staff on protective measures against COVID-19. Information about preventing COVID-19 was translated into easy-to-read language and shared daily throughout six residential institutions. More Information 

On March 25, 2022, the Ibrahim Khalilullah Community Center, sponsored by LIFE, opened in Malicounda Bambara, in Mbour. The center's floor plan was expanded by 96 square meters with restrooms and wudu (prayer) areas built to accommodate more members of the community. The center will serve a community of more than 1,500 people.

Shanti's work to raise awareness of harmful practices like early marriage has kept more girls safe and in school. More information

Fonkoze empowers Haitians, primarily rural women, to lift their families out of poverty by providing access to the tools, resources, and support needed to overcome and thrive. The organization’s approach to empowerment is holistic - addressing the many systemic roots of poverty: lack of access to education, financial and health services, and more.

Fonkoze’s health program Boutik Sante, in particular, serves approximately 250,000 households each year, offering health resources to communities throughout Haiti that include vitamin distribution, screenings for child malnutrition and therapeutic feeding treatments, hypertension screenings for cardiovascular disease, and preventative healthcare trainings. This program alone, which won the 2021 European Microfinance Award, has increased access to health services and education for more than 3.3 million people since its inception in 2014. More information.