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For refugees and internally displaced people (IDP) across the world, gardening isn’t just a way to pass the time - it is a means of survival.

Many global events do not make the front page of the media. This does not mean they are not happening; or that we are not there responding. Here are three global emergencies happening right now that you should know about.

We are in the middle of our UK aid match programme in the Central African Republic. Here is what we have achieved so far.

May 28 marks World Hunger Day; a day that aims to raise awareness of the dramatic rise in hunger in recent years. A number of factors are causing this increase in global hunger. But the effect? The lives of millions of women and girls are seriously jeopardized.  

For years, people in the Horn of Africa have struggled to survive conflict and the devastating impacts of climate change. Now, Covid-19 has caused huge food shortages and brought people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Republic of Sudan, Somalia and South Sudan to the brink of a hunger crisis.

Because of the generosity from our supporters, life for families like Caustasie’s in the Democratic Republic of Congo is just that bit easier.

In Sindh province, Pakistan, the changing climate is not a distant threat – it is a deadly reality. A long-lasting drought has ruined harvests year after year, leading to a hunger crisis. But how has it got to this point? And what can we do about it?

On the 31 March the UK will co-host a United Nations virtual pledging summit to help address the growing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger levels have spiralled.