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Reaching out with love after Cyclone Idai
16 September 2019
Miraculously, when the cyclone hit one woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy. She called him Idai, the name given to the cyclone which also means ‘to love’.
Keeping children safe when a volcano erupts
6 September 2019
Following a devastating volcanic eruption in Goma in 2002, our local disaster experts are helping schools to prepare for future eruptions through evacuation drills.
"I will never abandon my mission": Meet an Ebola doctor
30 August 2019
Dr Guy Byavulwa speaks to us about his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo tackling the latest Ebola crisis that has claimed more than 2,000 lives.
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- Keeping children safe when a volcano erupts
- "I will never abandon my mission": 3 minutes with an Ebola doctor
- Your donations in Zimbabwe: Helping schoolchildren to access clean water
- Life in limbo: Aya's story
- World Youth Day: Fighting period stigma in Uganda
- Celebrating World Indigenous Day in Brazil
- Protecting Peru’s green spaces
- Coping with a changing climate: Your Lent 2019 donations in Bangladesh
- The women saving money for when there are no rainy days
- Reaching families after a cyclone hits