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AVH: funds allow hospital to continue life-saving work Augusta Victoria Hospital announces quality services can continue following recent U.S and E.U payments
Bangladesh: Living in displacement, the life of a Rohingya family “We fled for our lives […] We now have shelter, clothes, food, cooking ingredients and all other things”
South Sudan: expanding education for children with disabilities “Children and youth like me had lost hope for the future but now see a bright future”
Jerusalem: US President Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital 100 million USD in aid to East Jerusalem Hospital Network
Colombia and Venezuela: a refugee’s incredible journey home A Venezuelan woman walks 1,212 kilometers to Bogotá and now returns four years later
AVH advisory board meets to discuss hospital’s future Board members also hold talks with Palestinian officials to seek greater financial stability
Israel-Palestine conflict: A lasting solution must include ending the occupation LWF Council statement insists on international human rights instruments