…The Devastation of War On the night of December 15, 2013, shots rang out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. What started as a political rivalry between President…

…District. Since its launch in 2014, the program has trained 200 former traditional birth attendants who cover 344 villages. “Before, the women didn’t really come very much to the clinic,”…

…all students in low-income countries had just basic reading skills (nothing else), an estimated 171 million people could escape extreme poverty. If all adults completed secondary education, we could cut…

…Conditions for women have improved somewhat in the Central African Republic , mainly thanks to a decrease in organized violence that improved a sense of community safety in the 2021…

…siblings, behind and unable to progress. With enrollment and completion of basic schooling on the rise, we need to address the quality of teaching and the languages used in the…

…and contaminated water. To this end, Concern is boosting water supply by restoring community water systems, an investment that will deliver at least 15 liters of water a day to…

…pastoralist communities of Turkana, a semi-arid county of northern Kenya, who are nomadic livestock herders, rely on rain not just for their water supply but also to ensure good pastures…

…of the pandemic only added further complications to humanitarian aid efforts. In West Africa, an estimated 25 million additional people were unable to meet their basic needs in 2021, a…

…the 21st century, the horrific events of 1994 were a constant — but mostly unseen — backdrop to the lives of Aline Joyce Berabose and her friends. “People of my…

…fighting across many parts of the country make the DRC a complex and challenging humanitarian situation. Over 5 million Congolese people are internally displaced within the country, representing the third…

…The economic impacts of conflict and crisis have left job opportunities low and debts high, leaving families in even more compromised situations following events like the June 2022 earthquake —…

…and continue to work to support aid efforts on the ground. At least 15 people died in the fire and as many as 400 are still unaccounted for. A young…

…to 49 having undergone the process Cutting is performed at different ages in Kenya, and UNICEF notes that some ethnic groups practice it after age 15; in other communities, however,…