In humanitarian crises and after disasters, we enable affected people to survive with dignity. We help them to cope better with the effects of crises, violent conflicts, natural disasters or climate change by strengthening their resilience.
Afghanistan: Help for people in need must remain possible
Johanniter, CARE, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Help - Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, Islamic Relief, Welthungerhilfe and World Vision promise to stay in Afghanistan as long as their work is needed.
Logistics has become a highly sensitive and perfectly timed undertaking. That's why planning skills and leadership are most important. Also in humanitarian aid.
A few days ago, the World Health Organisation issued an international appeal for medical assistance to Papua New Guinea. The country currently sees a significant increase in SARS-CoV-2 cases.
Mental health is an important part of every individual's life. But it is particularly at risk among people experiencing refugee situations and gender-based violence.
10 years EU MODEX: For Worldwide Missions as Team Players
25.03.2021
For several years, Johanniter and its partners have been leading the EU MODEX for medical + USAR modules. During the civil protection exercises, European rescue forces train together to help quickly and effectively in the event of a disaster.
Ecuador: Integration as foundation for a better life
10.03.2021
Together with the Red Cross Ecuador, we launched a project at the end of last year to help Venezuelan migrants and host communities with integration in four cities across the country.
Kenya is facing an increasing number of natural disasters. Then, first responders play an important role. To enable them to respond better to disasters in the future, we have started a new project together with three regional partners.
Since mid January, a hard lockdown has been in place in Lebanon. Throughout the country, people are no longer allowed to go out on the streets. Our staff member Roy Joude spoke to several families to find out how they are currently coping.
GROWTH - Grassroots Organizational Development – Working Towards Humanity
18.01.2021
The cross-border GROWTH project supports ten grassroots civil society organisations from Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines in their organisational development.
Uganda: “The force used by a man to control his wife is considered legitimate”
07.12.2020
Atwiine Muhindi Catherine, Programme Coordinator of our partner organisation ACORD tells us about the especially hard situation for refugees, as well as about the impacts of the Corona Pandemic on women in Uganda.
Cambodia: "Violence against women is not a women's issue alone"
01.12.2020
In Cambodia, we work together with Women Peace Makers (WPM) organisation, whose director Suyheang Kry describes in an interview why gender-specific violence is so widespread in this Asian country and what her organisation does to combat it.
We support basic medical care with a special focus on mother-child health and on particularly vulnerable groups. Preventive measures reduce diseases and mortality rates in the medium and long term.
Everyone should have access at all times to safe and adequate food that meets their needs and enables them to live a healthy life. This is the basis for earning an income of their own.
We integrate preventive hygiene measures into our health projects. We also support the construction, maintenance and access to adequate drinking water and sanitation facilities.
Johanniter International Assistance aims to involve local actors more closely in the humanitarian system and give them a more prominent role in it. This is why the partner approach plays an important role in our projects.
