Finn Church Aid (FCA) Updates

Executive Summary Pauliina Parhiala, Felm Executive Director Rudelmar Bueno de Faria. ACT Alliance General Secretary The Beijing Platform for Action, adopted at the 1995 United Nations World...

The termination of US-funded programmes has caused growing desperation among refugee populations. Fears of increasing unrest, suicide rates, school dropouts and teenage pregnancies are among the...

The US government has terminated all funds provided by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to FCA, representing nearly 10 per cent of FCA’s global budget. “We...

Three years of war in Ukraine have left lasting emotional scars, particularly on children and youth. According to FCA’s new assessment, psychosocial support is an efficient first response, but the...

A freeze on US foreign aid will directly affect FCA work amongst many other lifesaving humanitarian projects around the world. Students in a lesson at Bukere Secondary School in Kyaka II refugee...

Friday 24 January is the International Day of Education. CHILDREN IN GAZA have not been able to go to school for more than 15 months. In total, there are around 658,000 school-age children in Gaza...

WASHINGTON D.C./Séoul, le 21 janvier 2025 – À l’approche de la Journée internationale de l’éducation, le groupe de rock coréen W24 se joint à la campagne « Répondez à l’appel » du Partenariat mondial...

WASHINGTON D.C./Seoul, January 21, 2025 – Ahead of the International Day of Education, Korean rock band W24 joins the Global Partnership for Education “Answer the Call” campaign to sound the alarm on...

With 16.7 million people in Syria in dire need of humanitarian assistance, it is crucial that FCA and all humanitarian organisations are able to resume their work as soon as possible. Photo:...

Statement by Mazen Khzouz, Finn Church Aid (FCA) Syria and Jordan Director on the escalation of violence in Syria. DAMASCUS, SYRIA, DECEMBER 4TH, 2024. Aleppo, which hosts one of Finn Church Aid’s...

This statement is delivered on behalf of 109 NGOs, including humanitarian organizations with operations in countries covered by the GHO. We are witnessing unspeakable human suffering due to the...

In November 2024, Finn Church Aid Ukraine concluded a series of two-day training sessions for vocational education teachers from the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. These sessions...

Education access, menstrual hygiene management, and psychosocial support are critical factors shaping the lives of young girls and boys in refugee settlements. Funded by European Union Humanitarian...

In Somalia, millions of children lack access to formal education. FCA’s EU-funded, i-LEARN project is bringing quality education to displaced families. “WHEN WE CAME to the camp, I wanted to go to...

Displaced people in Lebanon need food, hygiene supplies and psychosocial support. FCA is working with its partner organisation to help the refugees. FINN CHURCH AID (FCA) has begun relief work in...

On 5 October, World Teachers’ Day, our thoughts turn to Gaza, where children and young people living in the midst of war have been deprived of formal education for almost a year. FCA’s new work in...

Civilians in Gaza have been living in the midst of war for a year. As part of its new regional emergency relief operation, Finn Church Aid is launching a programme in Gaza that will reach out...

In July the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic advisory opinion concluding that Israel’s decades long occupation and annexation of Palestinian territory is unlawful because it...

Typhoon Yagi, one of the most powerful storms to hit the South China Sea in nearly 30 years, has caused widespread devastation across Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. Myanmar has been hit...