Lock-down measures are likely to continue until 16 May, although the government is looking to ease restrictions gradually. Nearly 1,000 ready made garments factories resumed on a small scale as of 26 April, and mosques reopened 7 May.

   

In parts of Myanmar where it floods every year; families have relied on nature’s warnings to indicate forthcoming danger, preparing them to react to raging weather.

This report presents the findings from a unique piece of research conducted by World Vision Syria Response in Northwest Syria (NWS) and Southern Türkiye. It is the first of its kind to specifically explore how the February 2023 earthquakes in the region have impacted unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) and who were separated from their families during the disasters. The study brings together the diverse perspectives and experiences of caregivers, community members and most importantly, Syrian UASC in some of the worst earthquakes-affected areas. The report underlines the critical role of community-based alternative care systems in caring for unaccompanied and separated children and emphasises the severe gaps in existing services for children without parental care. Finally, it calls for increased prioritisation of Syrian unaccompanied and separated children in both NWS and Southern Türkiye in the overall humanitarian response to the Syrian conflict.

This is the seventh situation report released by the Global Hunger Response (GHR) highlighting our key concerns and ongoing impact from GHR's 26 countries of highest alert.

While much of the world was shutting down, World Vision stayed open, alongside other frontline responders, to ensure the most vulnerable children, families, and communities were served.

Within the first three months of 2021, World Vision Syria Response has reached 845,607 people including 433,555 children in Jordan, Syria and Turkey.

This paper was jointly developed by DSW, Restless Development and World Vision. It builds upon the experience of these organisations and other agencies in implementing social accountability programmes with a focus on children and young people.

Safe drinking water is critical to human health and development. In rural sub-Saharan Africa, most improved water sources are boreholes with handpumps; studies suggest that up to one third of these handpumps are nonfunctional at any given time.