Vulnerable families fleeing conflict in north-west Syria are to receive essential items such as blankets and mattresses thanks to £100,000 in Scottish Government funding. Continue reading Scottish humanitarian aid for Syria: £100,000 for displaced families
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Edinburgh volunteer nominated for international award
Linda Richardson, a humanitarian worker from Edinburgh, has been shortlisted to win a coveted honor at this year’s Bond International Development Awards 2019. Continue reading Edinburgh volunteer nominated for international award
Mali crisis: Scotland responds
UK aid to help people in Cox’s Bazar ahead of monsoon season
The UK has today pledged fresh humanitarian support for the Rohingya people living in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The support comes ahead of the looming cyclone and monsoon season, and includes help to vaccinate almost one million people against deadly cholera. Continue reading UK aid to help people in Cox’s Bazar ahead of monsoon season
UK sends emergency aid to Yemen as eight million people face starvation
A new UK aid package will provide life-saving food, medicine, clean water and sanitation to millions of desperate Yemenis facing disease and hunger, Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has announced. Continue reading UK sends emergency aid to Yemen as eight million people face starvation
UK medics race to Bangladesh to tackle deadly diphtheria outbreak
More than 40 British doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT) are making their way to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to save thousands of lives at risk from a rapid and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Continue reading UK medics race to Bangladesh to tackle deadly diphtheria outbreak
Call for international action to end Raqqa “death sentence”
UK aid provides lifeline to defenceless and wounded Syrians to help them return to a liberated Raqqa
The International Development Secretary Priti Patel has called for urgent international action to end the “death sentence” that innocent people of Raqqa city still face from explosive booby-traps and wounds inflicted by war. Continue reading Call for international action to end Raqqa “death sentence”
Burma crisis appeal: UK Government pledges to double public donations
The UK Government has today pledged extra help for the victims of the Burmese military’s atrocities by doubling donations made by the British public to the cause. Continue reading Burma crisis appeal: UK Government pledges to double public donations
More UK aid to Caribbean
Patel calls for end to violence in Burma as more aid is sent to support stricken Rohingyas
International Development Secretary Priti Patel has repeated calls for an end to the violence in Burma (Myanmar) which has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes to seek safety in neighbouring Bangladesh. Recognising the ‘unprecedented scale’ of the crisis in Bangladesh and Burma, Britain is providing an additional £25 million to meet the urgent needs in both countries of those affected by the violence. Continue reading Patel calls for end to violence in Burma as more aid is sent to support stricken Rohingyas