Humanitaire

The Central African Republic has suffered multiple political and security crises since 2013. These crises adversely affected the population's access to basic services, particularly health services, which were already fragile and dysfunctional before the crisis. In 2021, more than half of the country's population, or 2,571,343 people, were in need of humanitarian health assistance, 17% more than in 2020.

The Global Handwashing Day (October 15) was celebrated in the village of Adoumindou, located 7km from Ndélé in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture. It is one of the villages that benefited from the family latrines of the Iboungbi project (multisectoral development in the North-East of CAR): 60 latrines were built there.This year's global theme was "the power is in our hands".

The Kidal region, once the epicenter of the political and security crisis in Mali, has experienced a relative lull since 2019. However, for the past few months, Kidal has been facing the arrival of more and more displaced populations from the north and center of the country, due to the deterioration of the context in these areas. Indeed, some communities are forced to leave their villages and abandon their resources for security reasons, and take refuge in calmer regions such as Kidal.

In the western part of Iraq, Ramadi and Fallujah are two iconic cities of Anbar governorate that were captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) between 2014 and 2015. In 2016, the Iraqi armed forces and their allies launched a military campaign that aimed to recapture ISIL-held areas. The targeted areas included these two cities, which are in a state of widespread destruction. In a region already largely ruined by the Iraq War years earlier, everything has to be rebuilt and the population is challenged to meet its most basic needs.

Overflowing rivers, ravaged land, loss of livestock... The heavy rains of recent weeks in Chad are still causing a catastrophic situation for 166,965 families, or more than one million people, in a large part of the country.

Gaëlle arrived at Première Urgence Internationale with the desire to reconnect with her values and to find true meaning in her work. From "log admin" to head of the audit department, she looks back on her journey within the organization.

Kares Mwahulwa is an engineer of Congolese origin. He holds the position of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR). He discusses this essential area and his background.

Jehad Abu Hassan has been working with Première Urgence Internationale on its Palestine mission since 2011. Now Field Coordinator for the Gaza Strip, he looks back on his career and shares with us the highlights of his experience during this decade. A period punctuated by several wars.

A group of eleven french NGOs - including Première Urgence Internationale - contributed to the Evaluation of the Directive on Combating Terrorism [Directive (EU) 2017/541].

Charlotte Gout has been working at Première Urgence Internationale for six years. It was the desire to go out to the field that attracted her and motivated her to join our teams. She started as an intern in 2015 at the NGO's headquarters and then left for Chad as a Field Coordination Assistant. One thing leading to another, her journey took her to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and finally Afghanistan. She shares her story.