It is ten months since the earthquake devastated Haiti, killing over 230,000 people and affecting millions. Despite the huge amounts of money pledged by Governments and raised by agencies the pace of...
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Complan based supplementary feeding for 252 children in Haiti
In the slum area of Cité Soleil, Haiti many children are malnourished and underweight. Despite the massive aid operation not enough food is reaching those most in need. WER partner, the Good...
DR Congo + 1 more
Update from DR Congo 22 Mar 2010
On Friday World Emergency Relief (WER) received news that another village in Eastern Congo has been destroyed due to the ongoing conflict between the FDLR (Interhamwe rebels) and government forces...
Kenya: Healthier future for rural poor
Whilst health care in the UK is often taken for granted, there are other parts of the world where it is a luxury that many cannot afford. In Oyugis, Kenya, the poor rural community are one such...
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Update from DR Congo
Last December in Marungu a remote and impoverished region in east Congo, government forces moved to crack down on the Interhamwe rebels. With an influx of refugees and fleeing Interhamwe fighters the...
Despite the chaos WER aid is getting through to Haiti
For the injured and sick in capital city Port au Prince and the slums of Cite Soleil, medicine is needed now. WER is providing $2 million worth of pharmaceuticals through International Relief and...
Earthquake in Haiti - Emergency appeal
At 4.53pm local time yesterday Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake. The worst affected areas are the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the surrounding slums of Cite Soleil. Hundreds are feared dead...
Burundi: New health clinic in Gitega
A new Health Clinic is being opened in Gitega, Burundi thanks to funding from St. Mary's Church Reigate. Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Hunger and disease are common in a...
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Latest update from DR Congo
Pastor Ruben Kinyama, Director of local NGO ARM Congo, has been sending reports on the developing conflict in and around Marungu, DR Congo. World Emergency Relief UK have just received the following...
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DR Congo: Innocents trapped between Government and Interhamwe rebels
Marungu, in the east of DR Congo, is a remote and impoverished region subject to intermittent conflict. In recent years the situation has improved due to a period of relative calm and the work of...
WER responds with emergency aid to Philippines flood crisis
Tropical storm Ketsana has killed at least 246 people in Manila and forced 370,000 from their homes. World Emergency Relief UK is launching an emergency appeal to rush medical supplies to the...
Vital medicines arrive in Burundi
Burundi's public health statistics are among the world's most shocking. For every 100,000 people there are 3 doctors available and 1 in 5 children dies before the age of five. The UN estimates that...
DRC: Hope for Congolese widows
Last month, Atosha, a widow of 19 years old, was amongst those to graduate from a sewing programme for widows and single mothers in DR Congo. Atosha's husband was killed in the recent conflict and,...
WER rushes aid to earthquake victims in Honduras
World Emergency Relief ( WER ) and Rescue Task Force ( RTF ) are responding to the 7.1 earthquake that struck Honduras at 2:20 AM this morning. Team Leader Andrea Stone will depart from Los Angeles...
WER forms network to respond to Zimbabwe cholera crisis
WER has joined forces with a network of international relief organisations in order to rush emergency aid supplies to Zimbabwe as millions of people suffer in the midst of a desperate humanitarian...
WER steps up aid to Burundi as global economic crisis plunges the world's poorest deeper into poverty
As the current economic climate continues to have a grave impact on the poorest communities around the world, WER is sending emergency relief supplies, including pharmaceuticals and dried foods, to...
WER steps up aid to Burundi as global economic crisis plunges the world's poorest deeper into poverty
As the current economic climate continues to have a grave impact on the poorest communities around the world, WER is sending emergency relief supplies, including pharmaceuticals and dried foods, to...
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WER sends humanitarian aid to Jordan as Iraqi refugees prepare for winter
World Emergency Relief (WER) is sending food and humanitarian aid, including clothes and blankets for the approaching winter, to Iraqi refugees in Jordan. The goods were donated to WER and our...
WER Burma relief in full swing
MYANMAR (BURMA) - World Emergency Relief (WER) and Rescue Task Force's (RTF) joint relief team has returned to the United States after spending two weeks providing emergency aid to cyclone victims on...
WER rushes medicine and supplies to China
CHINA - World Emergency Relief (WER) is reaching out to survivors of China's tragic earthquake. WER's global offices rushed a shipment of antibiotics, hygiene packs, flashlights, clothing and other...