Archive: News
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Beirut devastated by explosion
Dorcas employees in Lebanon unharmed A devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital city wreaked havoc on Tuesday night. At least 140 people were killed and…
A message from our CEO Leo Visser about COVID-19
Watch the video here. Dear colleagues, partners, donors and indeed everyone who is connected to Dorcas, Right now, the world has turned upside down. Lives…
Response to COVID-19
The current spread of the coronavirus effects the work of Dorcas, its partners, our beneficiaries and their communities. We are implementing the needed precautions to ensure…
UN Geneva Delegation visits Dorcas in northern Iraq
A special delegation from Geneva visited Dorcas’ work in Duhok in February. Together with the Dorcas team the delegation visited our work in Chamisko, a…
South Sudan Joint Response: reaching more people while saving time and money
The impact of multiple crises in South Sudan, including armed conflict, disease outbreak and economic hardship, continues in 2020. Since the start of the internal…
Syrian Dorcas volunteer in UN exhibition
Celebrated on 19 August each year, World Humanitarian Day is set to honour relief workers around the world. In Beirut, Lebanon, the United Nations Office…
Harnessing new technology
In Lebanon, recent developments in government policy – in response to the mass influx of displaced persons – have pushed over 750,000 Syrian refugees onto…
Cyclone relief aid in Mozambique
Two weeks ago, cyclone Idai raged across Mozambique. The chaos is indescribable and the situation it far from over. Many have been hungry for weeks….
Dorcas in Yemen
It’s a crisis of staggering proportions: A child dies every 10 minutes. 14 million people are at risk of starving to death. And 22 million…
Announcement about Nico Hoogenraad
Herewith we like to inform you that our CFO, Mr. Nico Hoogenraad, will leave Dorcas as per April 1st , 2019. As from that date…