War & Conflict

War in Gaza

The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the 2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war. At the start of the war, Israel implemented a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in significant shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and essential medical supplies. This siege has resulted in a 90% drop in electricity availability, impacting hospital power supplies, sewage plants, and shutting down the desalination plants that provide drinking water. Widespread disease outbreaks have spread across Gaza. To this day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts nearly impossible.

War in Ukraine

It is almost two years & six months since the conflict in Ukraine escalated and millions of people are still going without essentials like electricity, warmth and water. Countless homes, schools, hospitals and important infrastructure have been destroyed. Many people spent winter living in damaged, freezing cold homes.   More than 7 million people have fled Ukraine completely, leaving behind everything they have ever known, including their loved ones.

Syrian Crisis

The Syrian Civil War began in 2011. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that with over half the population forced out of their homes the Syrian conflict is the largest displacement crisis in the world. Currently, there are 13.1 million Syrians requiring humanitarian aid. Of those, 5.6 million are refugees in the region and 2.7 million are child refugees. The Syrians impacted by the ongoing, bloody civil war depend upon humanitarian aid for food, clothing and shelter.

We are one of the few organisations whose aim is to work even in besieged areas of Syria, as well as being present for refugee families in surrounding countries, including Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt. Our support will help provide life-saving supplies, including clothes, food, clean water, medical care, education and protection to children and families who desperately need it.

Yemen Crisis

Since 2016, Yemen has been in the midst of a civil war. Since then, it has regularly been called the ‘world’s worst humanitarian crisis’ by the United Nations and other organizations, including in 2021. About 13 million people are facing starvation and 80 percent of the country’s population (or around 23.2 million) require humanitarian aid.

Yemen is one of the most water-poor countries in the world. It has no rivers, and rainfall has been decreasing. It is in danger of running out of water. Much of the water that is available is consumed by agriculture, especially for fruit, vegetables and the narcotic khat. Only 55 percent of Yemeni households have access to safe drinking water, and this number shrinks to 35 percent in rural areas. The conflict is destroying the country’s infrastructure; schools, roads, bridges, hospitals and homes are hit regularly with bombs, particularly from air raids.

Dangerous combinations of factors, driven by conflict and economic decline and now exacerbated by COVID-19, have compounded the dire situation for Yemen. In Yemen, there remains a huge need for food, safe water and sanitation. The UN is warning that Yemen faces the worst famine the world has seen for decades. 24.1 million People rely on aid to survive.

War in Sudan

Since the conflict began on April 15, 2023, almost 15,000 people have been killed, and more than 8.2 million have been displaced, giving rise to the worst displacement crisis in the world. Nearly 2 million displaced Sudanese have fled to unstable areas in Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, overrunning refugee camps and prompting concerns that Sudanese refugees could soon attempt to enter Europe. The UN continues to plead for more support as more than 25 million need humanitarian assistance, and deteriorating food security risks are triggering the “world’s largest hunger crisis.”