Archive: News
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Ukraine faces major humanitarian crisis
Currently, 1.6 million people are displaced and 3.1 million people are in acute need because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The Ukraine Joint Response,…
Christian Relief Alliance helps El Niño victims
Large parts in Africa are on the verge of a humanitarian disaster because of a severe drought. Millions of people are hungry and there is…
Visiting the Adopt a Granny project in Egypt
Dorcas employee Anneke Schaap recently met granny Hanijah in Egypt. It turned out to be an important meeting and it became clearly demonstrated the impact…
A worthy existence for everyone
A few days ago, Dorcas launched a campaign to acquire new sponsors for grannies in Eastern Europe and Africa. Many elderly live in a miserable situation…
Relief aid for drought in Ethiopia
The Dutch Relief Alliance, of which Dorcas is part, is immediately responding on behalf of victims of the drought in Ethiopia, which is already affecting…
New sanitation and water commitment
Dorcas is one of 26 Civil Society Organisations that have joined forces in writing a position paper with eleven recommendations for Minister Ploumen of Foreign…
Start distributions parcels for refugees
Last Saturday the distributions of food/hygiene parcels have started at the Gevgelija transit centre. At the moment Dorcas is distributing 150 family parcels a day,…
Eye to eye
The past week and a half I’ve been working in Iraq with the team here on the financial side of things. During one of the…
Another Hospitainer to Syria
In July, a new hospitainer left from Antwerp to Idlib, Syria. In 2013, Dorcas sent its first mobile hospital, the hosptainer to Homs (Syria). Many…
Annual Report 2014
With gratitude, Dorcas looks back on the past year in the Annual Report 2014. The report is available online. Annual report 2014 The annual report…