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A personal experience in the Middle East
Dorcas staff members provide humanitarian aid every day, using tailored approaches that suit the situation in various countries. Christel Mulder, program coordinator Disaster Response is visiting projects in Lebanon and Iraq this month. She shares…
A safe place for Syrian children
Thirteen year old Zeinab from Syria is living in a safe house in Greece, together with her father and sister. After they fled Syria, they ended up in a refugee camp where the conditions were…
Ukraine Joint Response: relief aid continues
The Ukraine Joint Response, consisting of Dorcas, Cordaid, Save the Children and Terre des Hommes, will continue to provide relief in eastern Ukraine. To help at least 19,000 people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in…
Joint relief aid for El Niño victims
Several Dutch aid organisations have joined their efforts to help drought victims in Somalia, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. Millions of people are in acute need. The organisations, united as the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), offer relief…
Safe haven for vulnerable refugees
The situation in the refugee camps in Greece is dreadful and full of despair. Girls and single women are at risk to be abused and pregnant and sick people lack the aid they need. Refugees…
Dorcas joins Medair in Somalia
We are now part of the Joint Response in Somalia. In partnership with Medair, we provide aid to victims of the El Niño which has caused both extreme floods and drought. As a result many…
Face Down documentary shows situation in Ukraine
The number of people who are displaced, wounded and deceased in eastern Ukraine keeps growing. The need hasn’t been this great since the conflict started. Nearly 9,500 people died and over 21,000 were wounded. Cordaid,…
Dorcas joins 'Start Network'
Dorcas joined ‘Start Network’: an international network in that consists of 39 international aid organisations. Start Network exists so that organisations can respond better, more quickly and more effectively when a major disaster happens. We…
Dorcas organises water campaign
Andijk, June 28, 2016. We are organising a water campaign in the Netherlands and we are challenging people to only drink water, instead of other beverages. Not buying any beverages or drinks saves the averages…
Annual Report: relief aid tripled in 2015
In 2015, Dorcas helped 373,375 people in emergency situations; more than three times as many as last year. Many were displaced because of the earthquake in Nepal, others were refugees from Syria and Iraq and…
What we will do after the Humanitarian Summit
On May 23 and 24, the World Humanitarian Summit took place in Istanbul. The summit was initiated by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to improve relief aid for a rapidly increasing number of conflict and…
Responding to migrants and refugees
The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the largest movements of displaced people in Europe since World War II. Dorcas is currently helping out, focusing on those who are most vulnerable, such as children, elderly,…
Halima flourishes
Until three years ago, Halima often dreamt of having her own company but she needed some money to get things started. Without money, bringing her dream into realization was impossible. The life of this sixty…
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, a cooperation between Cordaid, Dorcas, Save the Children and Terres…
Twelve million for relief in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
The Syria Joint Response, which Dorcas is part of, along with eleven other organisations, receives twelve million euros from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The organisations offer relief to approximately 570,000 victims of the…
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