Robert Kalenga (far right) takes part in consultations with communities who had been affected by the 2024 floods to develop flood preparedness planning in the Kousse’ri sub-division, Far North region of Cameroon. @Alain Okomo, Croix Rouge Cameroon Cameroon continues to face complex and prolonged humanitarian crisis driven by conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and climate shocks. Ongoing violence has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, while instability in neighbouring countries...

In 2024, rains didn’t fall as usual in 84 of 116 districts in Zambia, and the drought was expected to last a year. A drought response appeal was launched by the President of the Republic of Zambia on 16 April 2024, which indicated that 6.6 million people were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.   The WASH sector was activated by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) in December 2024, led by the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation (MWDS) with UNICEF. UNICEF,...

Zena conducting trainings of trainers in the field, one targeting partners in French and one targeting Sudanese community mobilisers in Arabic. @Karl-Max Nodjiram/ NIRVANA Shelter, clean water, food – these are obvious life-saving responses to people who have fled their homes. Mental health is often pushed down the line to some later time, and thought of only as counselling and clinical treatment – but responding to people’s mental health and psychosocial needs has to be thought of as a first...