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Norwegian Church Aid has supported Haydom Lutheran Hospital for many years. “Norwegian Church Aid is very important to us and is part of this success,” says the hospital’s managing director, Paschal Mdoe.

Paskalina’s delivery could have gone terribly wrong. She survived thanks to the care she received at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania.

In the village of Beit Yahoun, in southern Lebanon, people live in constant fear. The attacks have been ongoing for a long time, and daily life is marked by uncertainty, stress, and anxiety. For the residents, this is not a distant war, it is a reality...

While Khadija Shah was mopping floors at her children’s school, she dreamed of a better life for herself and her family. She never imagined that just a year later, she would be running her own beauty salon with clients across Pakistan.

Bhoora Lal’s life has been a steep uphill battle, but he never let adversity break him. Today, he runs his own aid organization with 1,480 members. Together, they build toilets, install water pumps, and teach widows how to sew. They also help slow down...

At a refugee camp in Sudan, a group of young men turned scarcity into sustainability by launching a tree nursery and waste water-fed gardens that are transforming their community and redefining what refugee-led resilience can look like.

In El Fasher, North Darfur, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding. For over 18 months, the city has been under siege-like conditions, and the situation is rapidly deteriorating. More than 260,000 civilians are trapped, cut off from food, medicine, an...

In the colorful village of Thyolo, 64-year-old Triza Selemani Mwinyima, a former nankungwi (elder woman responsible for guiding girls through initiation), sits beside a green fence, surrounded by a group eager to learn.

In Rufunsa District, farmers recently gathered for a traditional seed and food fair that celebrated Zambia’s agricultural heritage and the power of local knowledge. The event, organised by the Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) under the NCA...

"The ceasefire agreement for Gaza is the greatest hope we've had in a long time for a breathing space for the traumatized population of Gaza," says Secretary General Anne Cecilie Kaltenborn.

Nearly 2,000 people lost their lives in the devastating floods that hit Pakistan in 2022, submerging one-third of the country. One of the victims was the mother of Jamna Keval.

In Dawachefa District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, where conflict once divided neighbors, a quiet effort is underway to mend broken trust and restore peace. Merema Seid, a mother, shopkeeper, and peace committee member, lives in Dawachefa in the Oromia Sp...