In Tchad, in Kou Kou and Goz Beida villages, near the border with Sudan, we help 127,000 internally displaced people.
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May 14 2013In: NewsOn 11th and 12th of May INTERSOS compound in Pibor, Jonglei State, has been looted by armed group.
The incident happened after INTERSOS staff was relocated from Pibor due to insecurity. It is reported that most of INTERSOS assets, including accommodation and communication equipment, have b...
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Mar 6 2013In: NewsEvery morning INTERSOS staff reaches the Syrian refugee camp of Za’atari, in the Governorate of Mafraq, not far from the Syrian border. During last January, the number of Syrian refugees hosted in the camp of Za’atari has tripled, reaching now about one hundred thousand people. All th...
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Feb 25 2013In: NewsINTERSOS in the framework of GBV prevention and response programme in Mogadishu, in partnership with one local NGOs OSPAD (Organization for Somalis’ Protection and Development - OSPAD) launched an information campaign on the issue of gender based vi...
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Released the new strategic plan of the OrganizationJan 24 2013In: NewsWe are pleased to share with you the Intersos Strategic Plan for the period 2013-2015.
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Jan 9 2013In: NewsAbdinasir Mohamed Aday 19 years of age had originally come from Adale location Jowhar district in middle Shabelle Somalia. He is currently living at Bula Shiekh village in Jowhar town. He is physically handicapped (right foot-bending). For his dedication to get education, Abdinasir walks roughly...
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Dec 20 2012In: NewsTo all our staff, deployed on the field in the world, a sincere wish of happy holidays and a really, peaceful new year!
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Dec 2 2012In: NewsIt has been signed an institutional agreement of collaboration between the George Warren Brown School of Social Work St. Louis, Missouri, USA and INTERSOS.
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A violent attack of malaria caused the sudden deathNov 19 2012In: NewsINTERSOS mourns for Mohamed Habey Bolly, our local operator who died on November 17th after a severe attack of malaria in Mali.
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Nov 12 2012In: NewsINTERSOS weekly Early Warning System for AWD and Cholera has detected a sudden increase in AWD weekly prevalence in the area of Burey/ Maka-Almukarama (Jowhar town).
Maka Almukarama is located in an area close to the Shabelle river in which the water of the recent flood has returned in the...
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Oct 30 2012In: NewsAt the phone Davide Berruti, Head of Mission in Jordan, describes the daily work in the refugee camp of Za'atri in northern Jordan.
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Sep 14 2012In: NewsOn the 4th September in the afternoon, there were heavy rains and the camp was flooded.
Immediately the news reached the Bassikounou Base, the Team Leader of the UNHCR rushed to the camp to evaluate the lost. When he came back, he visited the Intersos base to request the Community Service...
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Sep 13 2012In: NewsStrange that a place off the fringes of the southern suburbs of the Afghan capital Kabul, had become the fuel for renewed intercommunity fighting. There were those whom had left at the height of war against the Soviets, or the one between the warlords… and there were those whom had flocked...
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Aug 30 2012In: NewsIntersos is operative in Za'atri camp, in Jordan, near the Syrian border. The stories of the 20,000 who now live in the camp are all dramatic.
Our staff work among the people, trying to help restarting lives left behind in Syria in a desperate escape from war.
All guests o...
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Aug 2 2012In: NewsOver the length of its presence in Herat, INTERSOS has been involved in various types of vocational training targeting diverse groups of vulnerable people living in different stages of destitution, with less than a US dollar per day. Returnees from Iran, internally displaced from raging tribal co...
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Intersos thinking ahead moves towards providing education on sensitive subjectsJul 11 2012In: NewsMalakal, South Sudan. The Way Station in Malakal is a transit station were returnees from Khartoum, Sudan spend a couple of days before moving along to their villages of origin in the new country of South Sudan. The hosting period ideally is between 48 to 72 hours. However, there are retu...
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Training was given on an array of topics to the personnel of Jowhar Regional HospitalJul 5 2012In: NewsMogadishu, Somalia. In the frame of a desperate humanitarian crisis, one of the key elements is adequate training for the staff deployed in the field in order to cope properly with the health emergency. At Jowhar Regional Hospital, 29 nursing staff received specific trainin...
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Espace 'Amis des Enfants' in Duru opened on June 16thJun 26 2012In: NewsThe African Child World Day was also celebrated by Intersos in DR of Congo with the inauguration of the Espace Amis des Enfants, a site for all the children of the community in Duru, in the District of Dungu in the Eastern Province. A village that is located abo...
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Jun 25 2012In: NewsIn Baidoa, located in the Bay Region of Somalia, out of the 80,000 children in the need of schooling in the area, barely 13% are receiving education in local ‘madrasas’ of which are poorly or not well equipped at all. This is a consequence of the last...
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the story of how 15,000 children live in the refugee camp in South SudanJun 21 2012In: NewsWe would like to surprise you with special effects, but unfortunately we are not anything special in the telling of the hardships that over 6 months age 15,000 children are fighting every day to live their childhood in a carefree manner.
It is very...
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'We are here to protect those who are in danger, to prevent different forms of abuse by creating safe spacesJun 19 2012In: News'Young widows are seeking protection; they are fleeing from violence in Mali along with their children. However sexual abuse and threats are still visible in refugee camps’. In Mberra in Mauritania, where in a few months more than 70,000 refugees arrive...
