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Investigating fatal childhood drowning incidents in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps
IntroductionDrowning is a serious and neglected public health threat that results in the deaths of 320,000 people a year worldwide. Drowning is the second leading cause of childhood injury-related deaths...
World Day of Social Justice 2021: 20th Feb 2021
Since 2007, February 20th has marked the World Day of Social Justice, a time for individuals, communities, and nations to celebrate and reflect on efforts to tackle a whole host...
Safe and Legal Routes: Community Sponsorship in the UK and Reset
Not only do Safe and Legal Routes change the lives of refugees, they can also be transformative and rewarding for the host communities that welcome them. This is particularly demonstrated through Community Sponsorship, a branch of refugee resettlement that is focused on the development of meaningful relationships between refugees and host communities. It enables local volunteer...
#MISSIONOFHOPE: UPDATE ABOUT DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN SOMALIA
Good news from Somalia. Our local partner International Medical Corps Somalia has started and is continuing the distribution of the life-saving nutritional aid that arrived to Mogadishu in September. 1,495...
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN?
A new year has started not long ago and yet what we continue witnessing in the Mediterranean Sea is not that different from what we saw in 2020.The current situation...
HUMANITARIAN TRENDS IN 2021
In a recent blog we highlighted the humanitarian challenges to keep an eye on during 2021. Such crises will need a comprehensive humanitarian response to be properly addressed and contained....
What have we got planned for 2021?
With 2020 in our wake, we are taking the lessons learned and challenges experienced during the last year with us as we look ahead to 2021. 2020 saw MOAS undertake...
Yemen update: new delivery successfully reaches Aden
We are delighted to announce another successful delivery of 26 tons of ready-to-use therapeutic food Plumpy’Nut®, in collaboration with supply partner Edesia, to the port of Aden to help combat...
PREDICTING HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN 2021
2020 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic was unexpected and hit every sector and community in the world. The pre-existing humanitarian challenges were only exacerbated by...
The Christmas message from our Director
In this difficult year where we’ve faced the trials of the pandemic, we are preparing to experience the Christmas season with a different spirit from that of previous years. The...