by Peace | Oct 31, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, Vrede en oorlog, water
On 29th October, Salama sent me another urgent message. Salama coordinates Peace SOS Gaza. “Unfortunately, there are sounds of explosions and aircraft…” Then I see a photo of a huge cloud of smoke next to their tent. “The bombings affected all areas of the Gaza Strip,...
by Peace | Oct 25, 2025 | Gaza, Hongerbestrijding en honger, hunger, Vrede en oorlog, water
Since the ceasefire came into effect, Salama has returned to his home to film what remains of it. His family’s house was completely destroyed at the beginning of the war. He and his family also lived in his father’s house, but that too was destroyed during...
by Peace | Jul 30, 2025 | Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog, water
Note: trigger warning related to violence in Gaza Today I read on the Dutch national news broadcaster NOS website that peace negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza are in danger of failing. Which very sad, because a cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the people of...
by Peace | May 7, 2025 | Gaza, hunger, Israel, Vrede en oorlog, water
The family with whom we maintain contact in Gaza asked us this week if we could help with food supplies and a water truck. We wondered how they would get this, since we read in the media that everything had run out and no aid had been allowed in for two months. There...
by Peace | Sep 25, 2024 | Drought, water, Zimbabwe
The El Nino-induced drought that has affected the majority of Southern African countries (SADC) has wreaked havoc in Kadzere rural Nyanga North, where communities are holding night vigils in order to secure the precious water that has become scarce and every homestead...