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Hundreds reported missing in Laos after dam collapse: State media

Hundreds of people are missing and several believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam under construction in southeast Laos, according to state media. The accident happened at a dam in Sanamxay district of southeastern Attapeu province late on Monday, releasing five billion cubic metres of water, Laos News Agency said on Tuesday. "Several human lives claimed, and several hundreds of people missing," the report said. Several houses in […]

24 July 2018

Events

Muslim Hands rolls up sleeves for Syria Food Aid

South African humanitarian agency Muslim Hands has been running a campaign for the past month, to support Syrians in desperate need of food aid. Food such as flour and rice was collected and donated and from May 24 – 2 June 2018 the collection period was over 10 days at 10 different mosques filing up 10 containers. On Saturday 2 June, all 10 containers were unpacked at Surrey Primary School […]

4 June 2018

News

#CTWomen4Syria sends off relief container to Syria

After three weeks of intense rallying of the Cape Town community, the Muslim Judicial Council’s Women’s Forum will do the final packing of the shipping container bound for the Syrian/Turkey border on Saturday. Thanks to the donations received from the community, the container, this group of passionate community workers from different backgrounds and organisations under the #CTWomen4Syria project managed to fill two containers with relief aid. The aim of the […]

2 March 2018

International News

Horrors left by Hurricane Matthew become clear in Haiti

The full scale of the devastation in rural parts of storm-hit Haiti became clear as the death toll soared to nearly 900 three days after Hurricane Matthew levelled huge swaths of the country's south. As Matthew threatened the US coast on Saturday, US President Barack Obama urged Americans to mobilise in support of Haiti, where a million people were in need of assistance after the latest disaster to strike the […]

8 October 2016

relief aid

Hundreds reported missing in Laos after dam collapse: State media

Muslim Hands rolls up sleeves for Syria Food Aid

#CTWomen4Syria sends off relief container to Syria

Horrors left by Hurricane Matthew become clear in Haiti

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