On November 26, Israel and Hezbollah finally agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, bringing reprieve after more than a year of violence. At the end of September, Israel had launched a ground invasion and intensified its bombing. As a communications specialist with World Renew, I’ve been receiving updates from my colleagues living in the midst…
When I was pregnant with my first child, I developed pre-eclampsia and it became crucial that I deliver the baby. Born at 30 weeks at a hospital that specializes in high-risk pregnancies and neonatal care, my son spent his first month of life in an incubator. At a postnatal check-up, my doctor commented, “You and…
The United Nations estimates there are 110 million people who were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of conflict, persecution, human rights violations and violence. Many of them now live in poverty in crowded refugee camps, some longing to return to their homelands, others desperate to find a new country to call home. Canada has…
Syria is on many of our minds since the recent earthquake and World Renew is responding with aid for survivors. But this country has long been a place of insecurity and unrest, and an estimated one and a half million Syrians have fled to Lebanon. Wafaa* is one of these refugees. The mother of six…
In the last two years, regions of East Africa have endured four back-to-back failed rainy seasons. This long drought has pushed an estimated 20 million people into acute food insecurity. One person struggling with the impact of the drought is smallholder farmer Kadzo Kenga Safari, a single mother, who lives in Kilifi County, Kenya. For…
In 2020, the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic brought with it a dramatic increase in global hunger. Ongoing war and conflict continued to impact people’s food security. Changing weather patterns also resulted in an increase in floods, droughts and other natural disasters, leaving vulnerable families struggling to meet their food needs. Canadian Foodgrains Bank works…
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