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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…
Dialogue between women and men in projects
Today, International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world. It is all about women’s rights issues and it is an important day for Dorcas. In Egypt, Dorcas country director Mona Wisse fights for women’s…
New Sustainable Project in Albania
Dorcas and ‘Kom over en help’ will support a three-year project in Northern Albania that will enable 280 families to be able to start an agricultural company. Thereby these families are able to support themselves…
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 a huge shortage of water that is causing harvests to…
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 of the Adopt a Granny programme in the lives of…
Humanitarian aid for displaced in Ukraine
Press release Andijk, Netherlands, January 12,2016. In December 2015, the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), started providing humanitarian aid to displaced people in Ukraine. Over five million people have been directly affected by the conflict and…
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 and they have to choose between medication, firewood or food….
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 8.2 million Ethiopians. The alliance has started the Ethiopia Joint…
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 Trade and Development Cooperation in the Netherlands. The recommendations address…
Recommendations for WASH from Minister Ploumen
26 civil society organisations have joined hands and have sent 11 recommendations to Minister Ploumen of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The recommendations cover various topics such as access, sustainability, governance and finance for clean…
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, benefiting around 750 people a day. The flow of refugees…
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