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Environmental Impunity: The impact of Settlements Waste Water Discharge in the West Bank
Published on 28 January 2021 | NewsLiving through the pandemic has highlighted to all of us how important a healthy and safe environment is. Many Palestinians in rural areas, already living under military occupation, are facing an additional environmental and health crisis as their land is being deliberately and steadily polluted.Read more -
CHAD : TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE FROM COVID-19’S IMPACT IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF ABÉCHÉ
Published on 27 January 2021 | NewsChad, as every other country worldwide, has been facing COVID-19’s pandemia for several months now. Mid-January 2021, there was about 2895 cases of contamination and 111 deaths recorded*.Read more -
RETROSPECTIVE: OUR YEAR 2020 IN 7 STRIKING EVENTS
Published on 27 January 2021 | NewsCOVID-19 prevention, the Beirut blast, Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, vaccinations in the DRC, healthcare in Ukraine and Yemen but also 40 years’ presence in Afghanistan… So many striking events that shaped this peculiar year which, however, did not succeed in weakening the engagement of Première Urgence Internationale’s teams.Read more -
Israel Must Provide Necessary Vaccines to Palestinian Health Care Systems
Published on 15 January 2021 | Press23 Israeli, Palestinian and international health and human rights organizations: Israel must provide necessary vaccines to Palestinian health care systems.Read more -
Nigeria : Kuluma sells charcoal to Bolori 6
Published on 23 December 2020 | NewsKuluma Kaleh Grema Kaleh also known as Mama Aisha is a mother of 11 kids. She is an Internally Displaced Person form Guzamala and arrived in Bolori 6 two years ago. She recalled when she integrated the assistance component of the program of Première Urgence Internationale: “Few days after we arrived in Bolori 6, my family was selected by Première Urgence Internationale as beneficiaries along with other displaced families from Guzamala. We were then provided monthly cash to buy food and pay for other family expenses.”Read more -
La Chronique N°137 – December 2020
Published on 23 December 2020 | PublicationsLearn more about the Venezuelan crisis and the actions of Première Urgence Internationale!
With 15% of the population having left the country, the Venezuelan crisis is, in terms of numbers, the second biggest migrant crisis after Syria, but the biggest if we discount countries at war.
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Kasai : Strengthening food security in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Published on 22 December 2020 | NewsIn Kasai, a province in south-central DRC, bordering Angola, structural food security problems persist despite the end of the conflict in the province in 2016. Première Urgence Internationale carried out an agricultural revival and food assistance project there for twenty-four months. Nearly 166,000 people benefited from the project's activities in the locality of Lunyeka (Kamuesha health zone).Read more -
Meeting with Alba Pereira, Colombo-Venezuelan, Director of the “Entre 2 Tierras” Foundation, Bucaramanga, Santander
Published on 30 November 2020 | NewsI arrived on February 14th 2004 (Valentine’s Day), fleeing persecution for openly expressing my opposition...Read more -
Activity Report of 2019
Published on 18 November 2020 | PublicationsPremière Urgence Internationale publishes its activity report of 2019. Discover 144 projects led in 23 countries and the NGO's financial report for the year.
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In Palestine, the olive harvest season is wasted by attacks, this year again
Published on 17 November 2020 | News[Infography] Between 1st October and 9th November 2020, at least 120 Palestinian farmers have been directly attacked while picking their olives. On the same period, more than 1,475 trees have been vandalized. Oxfam and the West Bank Protection Consortium publish a clear infography on the topic to raise alert on this annual phenomenon, endangering the Palestinian economy and the civilians' livelihood.Read more