NRC East & Southern Africa
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NRC East & Southern Africa
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NRC helps people forced to flee to find home and a better future.
- #Sudan vanished from the headlines, and with it, the suffering of 24 million people in need. It has been 6 months of weekly killings of civilians, and destruction of cities, homes, markets, and essential services. 6 months of spiralling needs and displacement.
- What do 100 days of war in #Sudan mean for hundreds of thousands of children? Watch as they describe what they've been through, and how we're supporting them. #TogetherForSudan
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00:00- They are mothers, fathers and children. Students, teachers, farmers and tailors. And they have one thing in common: fleeing to save their lives. #TigrayCrisis nrc.no/perspectives/2…
00:00- “I was here 20 yrs ago, during another period of appalling violence across Darfur, when Bush, Blair & other world leaders & celebrities were speaking out. Today, we have 3 times the number of refugees who fled to Chad in 2003 and 2004,” says @NRC_Egeland.
- In Darfur, #Sudan one of our bakery support projects is helping increase the production and affordability of bread, allowing thousands of families to survive and also spend their money on other staple food items. Thanks to @USAIDSavesLives
- We are making bread more affordable for communities in Darfur, #Sudan. Starting today, over 100 bakeries will be reducing the price of bread by 50 per cent with the help of our cash grants.
- #Sudan: “The declaration basically confirms that both sides will continue to fight, they just promise now that they will fight in line with the laws of war," a spokesman for @NRC_Norway said. "So, we are settling in for a long, protracted conflict."
- We are grateful for #Sudanese teachers, who despite fleeing the war in #Khartoum, rushed to support displaced children tirelessly. Thanks to @SIDA and @NorwayMFA, we trained them to give educational psychosocial support to kids and turn an unfamiliar environment into a safe space
00:00 - Satellite imagery we have received depict damage to our facilities in parts of #Tigray. “This rampage of burning and looting... deepens an already dire crisis for millions of people... hold perpetrators to account.. protect humanitarian facilities." nrc.no/news/2021/febr…
- *BREAKING* #Sudan catastrophe reaches "milestone of shame for the warring parties as much as for the international community that has allowed this catastrophe to worsen". Our full statement on 1 year of war by @WillCarter_NRC:
- #Sudan: @AhmedOmer, Communications Coordinator in Sudan describes the current situation in Sennar, where thousands of people fleeing Wad Madani have arrived.
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