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The DRC’s Mpox Outbreak: A Global Health Threat We Can’t Ignore
The mpox outbreak is a global health threat that demands immediate attention and resources. Learn more about the outbreak.
Read MoreDisplaced in Ukraine: Fleeing with 5 children and 1 suitcase
A family fled their native city, taking just one bag of belongings. Displaced in Ukraine, they spent their last funds on rent in another city. Learn how they coped.
Read MoreWorld Relief Calls Upon International Community to Address Global Health Threat of Mpox
On August 14, the Africa CDC declared mpox (previously known as monkeypox) as a global health threat. The disease has now spread to 14 African countries, resulting in over 17,000 cases and 500 deaths, as well as heightening the threat of mpox becoming a larger, more devastating global pandemic.
Read MoreReflections on World Humanitarian Day
On World Humanitarian Day, Amanda Patterson asks: What if I do everything I can to help, but still don’t see the change I long for?
Read MoreNew Report Highlights Drivers of Neglected Crises
Why are some of the world’s most urgent crises not receiving the support they need? A new report explains.
Read MoreIntegral Alliance calls for more attention and collective action for Neglected Crises
The Integral Alliance today released a report and held a press call imploring for collective action to address the needs of people in neglected crises
Read MoreEmpowering Change: How Biblical Advocacy Shapes Our Response to Global Crises
For eighty years, our staff and our vast, global network of church-based volunteers have come alongside those facing crises of disease, hunger, poverty and displacement, directly meeting physical and spiritual needs.
Read MoreResponding “Here and There” to Global Humanitarian Crises
We are a world connected. Learn how a distinct “here and there” approach can address global humanitarian crises.
Read More12 Independence Day Celebrations Around the World
Have you ever wondered if or how other countries celebrate Independence Day around the world? Read more about 12 independence day celebrations around the world.
Read MoreWorld Relief Applauds New Pro-Marriage Immigration Policy Change, Urges Congressional Action
Today, President Biden announced a new administrative policy designed to benefit married couples in situations where an undocumented immigrant is married to a U.S. citizen and has been present in the United States for at least a decade.
The executive action restricts entrance into the U.S. between ports of entry to asylum-seekers, once a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of 2,500 encounters or more has been reached. This effectively means that asylum-seekers would be currently unable to enter because daily crossings are currently higher than the listed figure in the executive order.