It has been about two weeks since the record-breaking rainfall (August 2021) caused tremendous damage in Saga Prefecture and other areas in western Japan. Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) launched emergency relief activities, such as distributing emergency items supplies to the affected welfare facilities for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and...

The onset of clashes last November between the government forces and armed groups in the northern Ethiopian state of Tigray resulted in an enormous number of displaced people in the neighboring countries. Of these, more than 60,000 have fled to refugee camps in eastern Sudan where the water and sanitation conditions are critically insufficient. ...