“The military burnt down all the houses in my village. The people moved back into the village and built the houses again, and again the military came and burnt it all down. This happened three times.”
The Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, delivered in partnership with the Myanmar Jesuit Region, is providing relief for over 530 people this year in three crucial ways: building shelter for vulnerable families, offering microcredit loans to help individuals start businesses, and empowering them to become self-sufficient.
Widescale bombings in Lebanon since 23 September 2024 have caused devastation and rapidly escalated the humanitarian crisis evolving since October 2023, in addition to the dire economic situation crippling the country.
One of the strongest storms to hit South East Asia in recent decades, Typhoon Yagi, has brought widespread devastation from severe flooding and landslides, especially to Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos.