Humanity & Inclusion's director of demining says it will take at least two generations to rebuild Syria. More Information 

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 

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 

AVSI Foundation, in partnership with the Red Cross and the City of Milan, distributed 68 tons of food to 12,000 people (4,500 families) who are going through financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is part of the project “Building Hope: Emergency support for hospitals and vulnerable families in Italy affected by COVID-19,” implemented by AVSI with funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Food distribution is only one component of Building Hope. The project also provides educational support to families who face unemployment or loss of income and who struggle to give access to education for their children. AVSI is distributing tablets and internet bundles for access to virtual learning. The multi-sectoral project is also allowing for investments in telemedicine and at-home rehabilitation for patients with acute post-COVID conditions with the Sacco Hospital of Milan. In addition, the Civil Hospital in Brescia received improved diagnostic capacity for COVID testing, leading to a significant reduction in false-negative tests. More Information

As the geopolitical discussion on how to tackle climate change continues, the herders of northern Kenya have little choice but to deal with its effects. Here's how we're using the three Gs (and a W) to help them. More Information

For the subsistence farmers of southern Malawi, the causes of climate change are largely irrelevant. They are consumed with the business of coping. Almost everyone here relies on the land for survival, and traditionally almost everyone grows maize. But, as the weather has become more erratic over the years, that reliance has become a problem. More Information  

In Latin America and the Caribbean, GOAL is working to strengthen the resilience of the Blue Economy across Central America, Haiti, and in the Colombia/Venezuela border region. Marine-coastal areas, and in particular fisheries, are of increasing environmental, social, and economic importance in Latin America and the Caribbean and many other parts of the world. By 2025, an estimated 75% of the world's population will live in coastal zones, resulting in both significant development challenges and opportunities for coastal industries (such as fisheries) to drive economic growth, livelihood creation, and conservation.

Literacy nonprofit Child Aid launches in February 2021 its fourth round of life-saving food delivery in its White Flag Hunger Relief Campaign. Child Aid is able to make this emergency food delivery to thousands of hungry Guatemalan children and their families through a generous $75,000 emergency food grant from the Kraft-Heinz Foundation. More Information