May 8, 2020 | Crisis Response
Two days of nonstop rain and wind in Egypt brought flash floods that wreaked havoc to impoverished villages in the Nile River Valley. The storm received the name Dragon Storm because of its fierceness. An elderly contact from the country said, “Egypt experienced a...
Feb 20, 2020 | Crisis Response
Shireen* lives with her family in Gaza, a place where life is hard. Some people from Gaza say that living there is almost like a prison. That’s because they cannot travel outside of Gaza. They are stuck inside the area with almost no jobs to make money to buy...
Apr 4, 2019 | Crisis Response
Venezuela, once one of the richest countries in South America, has plummeted into a deep economic crisis. Due to a corrupt and socialistic government, the economy is in shambles. Food is scarce and the country is fast heading for collapse. Rampant inflation of over...
Oct 15, 2018 | Crisis Response
HAMEED STAGGERED, hardly able to walk.* He was gaunt and haggard. Hameed’s family of nine had fled to a makeshift camp for displaced Yemenis after their house was destroyed. The family struggled to survive with almost nothing to eat or drink. Like many Yemenis, they...
Oct 12, 2018 | Crisis Response
The death toll continues to rise as rescue workers recover bodies of those killed by an earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on September 28. Some perished when their homes collapsed. Others were carried out to sea when the twenty-foot tsunami wave...
