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Our Global Emergency Response Team is deploying to Myanmar
Our Global Emergency Response Team is deploying to Myanmar to assist communities affected by the devastating earthquake. Working alongside partners on the ground, we are committed to providing urgent relief to those in need.
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Rusamambu, on the road to recovery
Nestled in the mountains of North Kivu province, D.R. Congo, a village of 15,350 inhabitants called Rusamambu is coming back to life. With Medair's help, the village's health centre now offers free healthcare to local communities, enabling them to rebuild their lives after struggling with conflict and poverty.
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Saving lives through community liaison officers
Kilonge village, in North-Kivu, has almost doubled in size with the arrival of people fleeing conflict. Medair is responding to the crisis by treating malnourished children.
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Deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Humanitarian needs have reached a new high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mid-June, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee – The UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum – activated the “scale up” of humanitarian operations in the country. But international NGOs are already concerned that it will be insufficient to address the multiplicity of crises facing the country.
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Starving for Survival
Households in Baalbek/Hermel are facing the risk of eviction following the inability to pay an increase in rental fees.

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Madagascar Crisis Report 2023
Review the latest 2023 report about our the current crisis and Medair's actions in Madagascar.
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Interview with Marian in D.R. Congo
Congo is experiencing one of the most neglected crises of our time. The situation is Congo has been one of conflict for decades now, so people think things are at a status-quo, but since November ’22 and then again since February ’23, there has been fighting on such a significant scale that we’re now close to 1 million newly displaced people (IDPs) in the province of North Kivu, where Medair works from the bases in Goma and in Butembo.
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Creating Home in Impermanence: A Visit to an Informal Settlement in the Bekaa Valley
The importance of tent weatherproofing kits to shield refugee households from harsh weather conditions.
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Meet Anne Reitsema: our new CEO
Anne is a leading voice and practitioner in the global humanitarian sector. Over the past twenty years, she has led humanitarian responses in Darfur, Somalia, Angola, Northern Uganda, and South Sudan. Most recently, as International Director, she oversaw all Medair’s country programs in the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, and Africa. Anne also serves on the Global Emergency Directors Group.
We are excited to announce that Anne Reitsema has been appointed Medair’s new CEO, the fifth person to hold this responsibility since our beginning in 1989. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to catch up with her as she embarks on this new chapter in her humanitarian journey.
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The world's largest displacement crisis
On 15th April 2023, civil war broke out in Sudan between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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In southern Madagascar, a mother recalls going to bed hungry and thirsty
In southern Madagascar, families go to bed and wake up hungry and thirsty, missing meals and drinking water because they don’t have anything to eat and drink.
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