Water Scarcity

The deterioration in the humanitarian situation came earlier than expected. 2.2 million people will need urgent food assistance by July 2019 Below-average rains across most of Somalia during the 2018 Deyr (October-December), followed by harsh weather conditi…

By Kim HarrisbergJohannesburg — When a football field that stores and filters rainwater was installed at a school in South Africa, teachers noticed that the health and class attendance of pupils improved Sibusiso Mohlapi, a math and science teacher at Boshoe…

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has called on government and private sector employees through his social media platforms to participate in a new innovative humanitarian competiti…

By Kanchan Srivastava A network of women across Bundelkhand villages are reviving water harvesting techniques and traditional water bodies in the drought-ridden region.   The Jal Sahelis construct check dams and desilt old ponds to collect rainwater for us…

Sibusiso Mohlapi, a math and science teacher at Boshoek Primary School in South Africa's North West province, often had empty seats in his classroom when children stayed home sick with diarrhea, headaches and stomach cramps. But when a soccer field that stor…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The European Union has provided 125 000 in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected people suffering from food shortages requiring humanitarian assistance following sustained drought in Somalia. The drought resulted from insuffic…

By Thin Lei WinRome — Half a century ago farmers grew rice, sesame and pulses on the land around Myint Soe's village in Myanmar. Now only paddy fields remain. Technology has made farming easier but government policy and climate change have slashed the foods …

It is palpable now. Even the most ardent deniers of human-caused climate disruption can feel the convulsions wracking the planet. I truly believe this, given that, essentially, we are all of and from the Earth. Deep down inside all of us is the “fight or fli…

Posted April 29, 2019 05:04:59 100 marathons in 100 days. So physically extreme, most people would consider it impossible. For Mina Guli, it was a way to draw attention to the growing global water crisis. But when the 48-year-old reached breaking point, no…

Sierra Leone (/sɪˈɛərəlɪˈoʊni, -lɪˈoʊn/), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north-east, Liberia to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south-west. Sierra Leone has a tropical cli…