MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES- HISG is supporting volunteers from Philippines, Indonesia and Brazil who are responding to the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong. The volunteers have formed response teams that are reaching communities in the Cagayan Del Oro area on the northern ...
Conflict in Nigeria between extremist groups and the Nigerian military has forced 90,000 people to evacuate their homes. Entire neighborhoods have been deserted as people try to get away from the violence. Many of these have taken refuge with relatives ...
Facts from the Horn of Africa food crisis:
•3 successive years of below average rainfall in Somalia
•Kenya and Ethiopia had the lowest rainfall in 16 years
•Lost crops and dead livestock causing food shortage
•Rural tribes hardest hit ...
HISG participated in the Global Door IV exercise along side some of our key partners within the International Disaster Response Network (IDRN). The Global Door Exercise (GDX) series was initiated in 2009 to help organizations prepare for disasters, and understand ...
SENDAI, JAPAN- HISG's partner in Japan delivered water, food, blankets, pillows, diapers, baby food, and sanitation products to the victims of the March 2011 tsunami. They also coordinated more than three hundred volunteers who have worked 14,000+ hours, bringing relief ...