Cyclone Winston: ensuring safe shelter for children
With more than 120,000 people in urgent need of shelter assistance after the worst cyclone in Fiji’s history, ensuring children and families have safe and adequate shelter is the top priority of…
Our children are suffering because of the drought
A severe shortfall in aid funding is putting thousands of children at risk as Ethiopia deals with its worst drought emergency in decades. Halko, a mother of four children, is from Fentale, one of the…
I am afraid of tomorrow because I have nothing
Kefyalech, a 30-year-old mother who lives in Ethiopia, stays home to care for her six children while her husband, Derara, seeks work. But Derara often comes home without having found a job, because…
Once-fertile land turns dry in Ethiopia
A few years ago I travelled to Boset in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, a place where it was very green and fertile. As we visited homes throughout the community, I took great pleasure in seeing the…