Islamic Relief is providing 200 female-headed households with water filtration systems in Gaza.

The reverse osmosis filtration units will provide 200 vulnerable families with access to safe drinking water. For the last few years, Gaza’s only aquifer has been over-pumped which has led to seawater intruding into the water system. Wastewater is improperly treated and fed back into Gaza’s sea. Tap water in coastal homes has an overbearing taste of sea salt.

During the month of May, IMPACT will be highlighting USAID’s work in Global Health. From May 18-27 we will be focusing on an AIDS-Free Generation.

Bondo, Kenya — Babies Gabriel and Mary are among Kenya’s AIDS-free generation.

This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 2,789,432 in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist 9,000 families (45,000 beneficiaries) for nine months, and will be completed by the end of February 2014. A Final Report will be made available by the end of May 2014 (three months after the end of the operation).

• Following a decade of decreasing child mortality, recent surveys report worsening of the situation, particularly in border states

• Immunisation coverage (MCV) has improved but is still below the recommended level in most states and should remain a priority for aid programming

• Certain South Sudanese states perform better than others in the provision of health services

HIGHLIGHTS

● In the West Bank, Palestinian injuries from Israeli security forces in 2013 twice as high as in 2012.
● Children as young as seven detained by Israeli forces in Hebron, according to international monitors.
● Restrictions on entry of materials delay WASH projects in Gaza.
● Thirty per cent increase in displacement from demolitions in 2013 in the West Bank.

Preliminary Appeal Target: US$675,445

Balance Requested: US$675,445

Geneva, May 24, 2013

Dear Colleagues,

The conflict in Rakhine State started in June 2012 and resurged in October 2012 resulting in significant displacement. As of the beginning of April 2013, the number of people displaced in Rakhine State is at least 139,107. Approximately 111,000 IDPs are residing in Government designated camps while the rest are living in tents or with host families.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Humanitarian organizations are continuing to provide assistance to over 47,000 people displaced by the fighting in the Abu Kershola and Um Ruwaba areas of South Kordofan and North Kordofan.

• New IDPs continue to arrive in camps in South Darfur.

• UNHCR reports that almost 30,000 Sudanese refugees from Darfur have sought shelter in Chad since January 2013.

Islamic Relief is offering regular health screening to all children who are supported through our orphan sponsorship scheme, as well as their siblings and mothers.

The project, which is funded by Comic Relief, aims to root out treatable illnesses as early as possible, to enable children to continue their education uninterrupted. When largely treatable illnesses are left untreated and escalate, children in Afghanistan are often forced to skip or even abandon education entirely.

(Lomé, Togo -­‐May 2013 )

Representatives from African states have been outspoken in calling for a ‘concerted and accelerated effort’ towards an Africa-‐wide ban on cluster bombs at a meeting in Lomé this week. Cluster Munition Coalition campaigners attending the meeting from African states, including survivors, called on states to act now to protect civilians from harm.