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La Chronique N°139 – December 2021
Published on 23 December 2021 | PublicationsCheck out our final issue of the year about our mental health and psychosocial support actions with the most vulnerable populations. Our work aims to strengthen individuals’ and groups’ resilience and build on positive coping mechanisms by giving people the means to become agents of change, at a community level but also individually. -
How settler violence and access restrictions jeopardized the Palestinian olive harvest in 2021
Published on 21 December 2021 | NewsPremière Urgence Internationale, the West Bank Protection Consortium and OXFAM have produced the infographic below on How settler violence and access restrictions jeopardized the Palestinian olive harvest in 2021.Read more -
Supporting the resilience of vulnerable agricultural producers and households in northern Lebanon
Published on 10 December 2021 | NewsLebanon is facing a multidimensional crisis directly impacting farmers and local producers. Farmers became heavily indebted as they were usually able to repay their debts during the harvest period (May-October) to secure credit for the following planting/production season. In 2020 their ability to repay these debts has been reduced to the minimum, making it impossible to start the new cropping cycle due to the lack of available capital. With the absence/lack of national agricultural support programs, the agricultural sector has moved to a low input system, which is likely to result in lower yields and lower marketable production.Read more -
Fighting malnutrition in Ibanda, Democratic Republic of Congo
Published on 29 November 2021 | NewsBorn in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the village of Ibanda in Mai-Ndombe, Ekangala M. is the youngest of a family of three children. He was four years old and weighed 7 kg when his mother, Mrs. M., brought him to the health center in Ntanda. Ekangala suffers from severe malnutrition: in a normal nutritional situation, a four-year-old child weighs an average of 16 kg. Ekangala is immediately taken care of by the members of Première Urgence Internationale, and then sent to the hospital where he will be treatedRead more -
Area coordinator in Mali: “In everything I do, I try to pass on my skills
Published on 21 October 2021 | HR newsPatrick Valère Kouam is Nigerien and worked as a clinical doctor for four years before moving into project management. He then climbed the ladder to become Area Coordinator in Mali, a position of responsibility that allows him to redistribute the knowledge he has acquired.Read more -
France: Mental health at the heart of the mission’s interventions
Published on 8 October 2021 | NewsThe France mission of première Urgence Internationale integrates mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in all its actions through individual or group accompaniment, in the integration center or in the beneficiaries' living areas.Read more -
CHRONIQUES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #2
Published on 6 October 2021 | PublicationsFocus on health in this second issue of Chronicles from the Field, with our emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mali, the management of malnutrition in Libya and the continuity of our activities in Afghanistan.
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : Saving the lives of pregnant women and young children
Published on 29 September 2021 | NewsOur health support project in Kasai has made it possible to monitor pregnant women and young children free of charge. Anastasie BIAKALUA, a doctor in the Kamalenga health center, testifies to the many benefits of this project.Read more -
Activity Report of 2020
Published on 24 September 2021 | PublicationsPremière Urgence Internationale publishes its activity report of 2020. Discover 149 projects led in 22 countries and the NGO's financial report for the year.
Première Urgence Internationale has supported 6 million people around the world. -
Culture as a driver of sustainable development of the Gaza Strip
Published on 7 September 2021 | NewsThe siege and the successive Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip over the past fourteen years, constitute a major risk of destruction of the Palestinian historical heritage, as well as the loss of its cultural identity.Read more