Appeal Code: 7102 Situation Floods, flash floods and landslides have caused significant damage in Indonesia’s southern-most province of East Nusa Tenggara as well as neighboring Timor-Leste...
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Appeal Code: 7102 Situation Floods, flash floods and landslides have caused significant damage in Indonesia’s southern-most province of East Nusa Tenggara as well as neighboring Timor-Leste...
On September 28, 2018, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Minahasa Peninsula of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, at 18:02 local time. Its epicenter was only 70 km north of the provincial capital, Palu...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of South Central Timor, Indonesia, closed public markets. And with all local markets closed, Afes worried. He wouldn’t be able to sell his cassava...
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SITUATION The coronavirus pandemic has continued to ravage our world. As of July 1, more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed. More than half a million people have died. "Although...
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SITUATION As of April 22, the World Health Organization reports over 2.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 169,000 people have died. Countries worldwide are scrambling to protect their...
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Our team in Jakarta, Indonesia, is on a mission to protect urban refugees through empowerment (which is why our program is named PURE). Protection often starts with making sure that refugees and...
Taufiq and his family know all too well how devastating an earthquake can be. A series of earthquakes struck his village in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, last year. “I was inside the house with my...
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Ten years ago, 17-year-old Farah’s home in Mogadishu, Somalia, was burned down. Farah and her family were still inside. Farah was the only survivor. She was severely burned and spent a long time in...
Nearly 25 million people in Indonesia do not have toilets to use. Instead, forests, fields, rivers, streams, ditches, canals and even streets become makeshift bathrooms. Not only is this an affront...
Delti watched as her house crumbled to the ground on September 28th, 2018, as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Palu, Indonesia. While she was running to find safety, all Delti thought about was how her...
Surianti Makamban is an entrepreneur in a rural mountain village in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In the past, Surianti and her family relied on produce from small rice and cocoa fields to support...
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CWS hosts unaccompanied refugee boys in five group homes in Jakarta, Indonesia. This is part of program named PURE, which stands for Protecting Urban Refugees through Empowerment. Many of the boys...
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Roble* was born in a small town about 15 miles from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. His family was part of a minority clan in a country where clan is an important part of your identity. His clan...
In September 2018, the area around Palu, Indonesia was struck by an earthquake, which triggered tsunamis and land liquefaction. It was a massive chain of disasters that families are still struggling...
Landslides are a significant hazard in the Tana Toraja region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. They are a particularly dangerous threat in the village of Rano, which is in a valley. Rano has hotter...
Yuliana La’lai, like many of her neighbors in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, has always relied farming for her family’s income. Slowly but surely, though, climate change is making the region’s harvests...
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Azar* was born in the mountains of central Afghanistan. He always considered his village to be a safe place to live, but when he was nearing the end of primary school, that all changed. A group...
When a powerful disaster happens, many of it’s horrific effects are visible. When the 7.4-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Palu, Indonesia late last year, a lot of the damage was obvious...
A look into the lives of those affected by the 7.4 M earthquake in Palu, Indonesia shows glimpses of grief, to be sure; but there are also snapshots of resilience, too. Among the central Sulawesi...
“Before there were latrines in the camp, we defecated in the river, and often we [the women] had to wait because there were always men in the river and we felt insecure and uncomfortable.” This...