Ethiopia: Armed Conflict in the Tigray Region

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Long-simmering tensions between a powerful faction in northern Ethiopia and the federal government have ignited into armed conflict. Families have left their homes for safety in surrounding countries; those remaining are food insecure. La Salle International Is Teaming up With Partners to provide humanitarian and emergency relief. In November 2020, an armed conflict erupted in…

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The Gift of Clean Drinking Water…

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Next time you sip some water, consider that students and families have no clean water to drink, wash, or cook at one of our other Lasallian schools in Peru. No water bottles, bottled water, tap with clean running water, or healthy water from a well. Instead, given no option, they drink contaminated, unhealthy water that…

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Ukraine: Refugees Continue to Flood Into Europe Seeking Safety

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Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy systems bring new dimensions to the current humanitarian crisis as winter arrives. As winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere and temperatures drop below -20C, the demand for electricity increases, as does the need for heating and protection. These past weeks, Russian forces strategically took advantage of Ukraine’s necessities by…

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