"FAMILY"

As an intercultural mediator, Sediqa, a refugee from Afghanistan, helps acclimate her compatriots to life in a small Portuguese city that is committed to welcoming refugees and migrants. UNHCR

Children and their families who are currently sheltering in schools and hospitals in the Gaza Strip are suffering from the lack of warm clothes and blankets to survive the winter that has arrived. UNICEF

Devastating floods threaten to worsen food insecurity across eastern Africa as heavy rains lash a region that less than a year ago was in the grips of drought, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). WFP

A network of pro-bono lawyers in Poland have been helping newly arrived refugees from Ukraine navigate their rights and access social services. UNHCR

“The Gaza Strip is once again the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. After seven days of respite from horrific violence, fighting has resumed. More children will surely die as a result,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement. UNICEF

In South Sudan, 122 women participate in mixed gender demining teams. UNMISS

WHO appeals for protection of the health system from further attacks and degradation of its capacity. WHO

WHO is gravely concerned about the resumption of hostilities, including heavy bombardment in Gaza, and reiterates its appeal to Israel to take every possible measure to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, as per the laws of war. WHO

On a recent visit to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the WHO team described the situation inside as catastrophic, with the building and hospital grounds overcrowded with patients and displaced people seeking shelter. WHO appeals for protection of the health system from further attacks and degradation of its capacity. WHO

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world “to work side-by-side with persons with disabilities to design and deliver solutions based on equal rights in every country and community.” UNIFEED