With your support, AFSC has distributed food and water to dozens of cancer and kidney patients and their families in Rafah. Last month, I visited a wedding hall in Rafah that was serving as a shelter...
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DHS should end solitary confinement, say nearly 200 organizations
The U.S. government should immediately and publicly commit to ending the use of solitary confinement in U.S. immigration detention, demanded a coalition of 194 medical, academic, faith, human rights,...
President Biden: Restore UNRWA Funding
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Mr. President: We are non-governmental organizations supporting the...
An update from AFSC staff in Rafah
As Israeli forces prepare to invade Rafah, AFSC’s Serena Awad describes the situation facing displaced Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli troops are bombing Rafah and are now preparing for a ground...
Los recortes en la financiación de UNRWA amenazan la vida de la población palestina en Gaza
Como organización humanitaria, nos preocupa e indigna profundamente que algunos de los mayores donantes hayan suspendido la financiación de la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para la población refugiada...
La suspension des aides à l'UNRWA met en danger la vie des Palestiniens
En tant qu’organisations humanitaires, nous sommes profondément préoccupées et révoltées par le fait que certains des principaux donateurs aient convenu de suspendre leurs financements à l’agence des...
UNRWA funding cuts threaten Palestinian lives in Gaza and region, say NGOs
As aid organisations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main aid provider...
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. We, the undersigned organisations, call on all States to...
16 organisations humanitaires et de défense des droits humains appellent à suspendre les transferts d’armes à Israël et aux groupes armés palestiniens
Une lettre ouverte appelle tous les États membres de l'ONU à cesser d'alimenter la crise à Gaza et à éviter d’exacerber la catastrophe humanitaire et les pertes de vies civiles. Nous, les...
16 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups [EN/AR]
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. We, the undersigned organisations, call on all States to...
Ethiopia + 1 more
Humanitarian relief for Sudanese refugees, 6 December 2023
With your support, AFSC is helping refugee families get the resources they need to live with dignity. After the start of the war in Sudan in April, millions of people fled to neighboring countries...
Providing relief to earthquake survivors in Morocco
After a devastating quake in September, AFSC helped hundreds of families in some of the country’s most remote areas. By Bilal Olimat On Sept. 8, a powerful earthquake struck the Marrakesh-Safi region...
AFSC's Gaza Emergency Relief, 6 December 2023
How AFSC is responding to the crisis in Gaza and how you can help This October and November, violence in Gaza has internally displaced over 1.9 million people and damaged and destroyed more than half...
Aid agencies join church leaders in letter to UK Prime Minister calling for an end to fighting in Gaza
Christian Aid and other humanitarian agencies have put their names to a joint letter by Christian church leaders from around the world to the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP. It’s been signed by 69...
Civil Society Sounds Alarm: Take Immediate Action on Sudan or Be Complicit in Future Atrocities
We, the undersigned Sudanese and international civil society groups have come together to sound the alarm on future atrocities being committed in Sudan, based on the patterns of atrocities that have...
Joint open letter on transfer of 155mm artillery shells to Israel
Dear Secretary Austin, We, the undersigned humanitarian, national security, human rights, faith-based, civilian protection, and grassroots organizations, write to express our alarm regarding the...
AFSC's Gaza Emergency Relief
How AFSC is responding to the crisis in Gaza and how you can help. This October, violence in Gaza has internally displaced over 1.2 million people and damaged and destroyed nearly half of the homes...
oPt + 1 more
Call for Ceasefire in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our urgent concern regarding dire and escalating violence in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory, which continues to result in significant...
Syria + 9 more
Relief for refugees around the world
Throughout AFSC’s history, we have assisted people forced to leave their homes because of conflict, natural disasters, and other crises. Here are some ways we’re making a difference today. TURKEY AND...
Haiti + 1 more
Letter from over 70 organizations calling for suspension of deportation flights to Haiti
The Honorable Alejandro N. Mayorkas Secretary US Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C., 20528 Dear Secretary Mayorkas, Since November 2022, when the United Nations High Commissioner for...