2024

WAR – WEST BANK GAZA 2024 Photo: Caritas Jerusalem Photo: Caritas Jerusalem The Gaza Strip is a coastal region bordering Israel and Egypt, has over 2 million residents and faces significant healthcare service gaps and severe medicine shortages. On Saturday 7 October 2023, the Israeli air force has increased bombings and ordered a siege, cutting…

CYCLONE IN BANGLADESH 2024 Photo: Caritas Bangladesh Photo: Caritas Bangladesh Photo: Caritas Bangladesh Photo: Caritas Bangladesh On 26 May 2024, Cyclone Remal made landfall roughly 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Bangladesh packing gusts of up to 135 kilometres per hour (84 miles per hour) and moved northwards across Bangladesh, devastating the country’s coastal districts.…

FLOOD IN THE PHILIPPINES 2024 Photo: Caritas Philippines Photo: Caritas Philippines As early as 2nd week of December 2023, the Southern and Eastern part of Philippines were hit by Tropical Storm “Kabayan” with wind gustiness of 90km/hr, which brought massive flooding in Mindanao provinces. In that weather disturbance, a large number of Internally Displaced Persons…

TYPHOON YAGI IN VIETNAM 2024 Photo: Reuters/Khanh Vu Photo: MINDEF CHARIS partnered with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to deliver humanitarian aid to Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam from September 18 to 20, 2024, following Typhoon Yagi. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) supported the mission with 12 sorties, utilising an A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport…