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“Many children died on the way,” says *Hanan – an Ethiopian university student – of their nightmarish flight from violence.
Disease was not the only killer during the second wave of COVID-19 in India last spring. Lockdowns forced people, many already living on the edge, out of work and into poverty and hunger.
The explosion in the port of Beirut just made things worse for Malak’s family. To cope with their increased financial stress, they had to reduce their meat intake from once a week to only every few months.
Islamic Relief identified families who were struggling because of the impacts of COVID-19 (in India) and provided them with food supplies and hygiene kits.
Arun did not catch COVID-19 during the devastating second wave in India, but the pandemic hit him hard in other ways.
Larysa and her family spent four days and nights in the basement of their home in Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, to hide from the bombing. They escaped ...
During the earthquake, a part of Joel’s house collapsed. When another tremor struck, he took a bad fall and injured his leg.
“I got this opportunity to buy a machine and now I’ll stand on my own feet without depending on others,” says Santoshi.
In the midst of large and small disasters and a global pandemic, some good things did happen last year.
Within an hour, all of the houses in Maryam’s neighborhood were ruined, including her own.
The dry ration kits consist of food items that are energy dense, high protein, and that are also culturally acceptable. For Prafulla, Satyabhama and their families, the help couldn’t have come at a better time.