2016 in Review

Between the social, political, and economic upheavals affecting our lives, and the violence and forced displacement making headlines, you’d be forgiven for feeling gloomy about 2016. A look at...

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Solar Power Helps Raise Income Levels In Kenya

Solar powered lights are changing the way people do business in Kenya. In the town of Embu, which is located in central Kenya northeast of Nairobi, Violet Karimi is...

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First Clean Energy Refugee Camp

The Azraq camp for Syrian refugees will be the first refugee camp in the world to be powered by clean energy. Established in April 2014, the Azraq camp is...

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China donates aid materials to Tanzania for disaster relief

China on Tuesday 15th Nov handed over aid materials worth about 160,000 U.S. dollars to the Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) to strengthen its disaster preparedness. Chinese...

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Canada announces $54M for disaster relief and long-term aid in Haiti

Canada will give $54 million to Haiti over the next five years, including more than $2 million in immediate aid, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said last Nov 18th. The...

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Solar Energy for the Health Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Health facilities cannot function without sufficient and reliable power. Roughly one in four clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity. The remaining ones struggle...

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Renewable energy growth forecast

The International Energy Agency said today that it was significantly increasing its five-year growth forecast for renewables thanks to strong policy support in key countries and sharp cost reductions....

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Response to 750,000 people affected by Hurricane Matthew

As Hurricane Matthew strikes the southeast coast of the United States, the storm has left a path of death and destruction in Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Dominican...

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DPR Korea Humanitarian Team Launches Flood Emergency Response Plan for $28.2m

Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) urgently need US$28.2 million to assist people affected by flooding that hit the north-east...

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UNHCR planning as Mosul offensive approaches

Last week UNHCR reported from Debaga and Najaf on forcibly displaced families and unaccompanied children already fleeing areas surrounding Mosul. In addition to the camps, 38,000 tents have been...

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