Integral Issues Disaster Response Alert for the Iraq Humanitarian Crisis
Integral raised a Disaster Alert for the growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq on 12th August 2014. To date Integral has hosted seven teleconferences in order to facilitate Members sharing their operational and communication activities in the region. Currently 13 Integral Members have joined together for this response: CEDAR Fund (Hong Kong), Food for the Hungry […]
Integral Responding in South Sudan
South Sudan marks its third anniversary since it gained independence from Sudan three years ago this month. Since independence the country has suffered internal conflict and currently 1.5 million people have been displaced and around 4 million face alarming food insecurity as a result of the fighting that started in December 2013. After watching the […]
Building Hope in South Sudan
An Integral Disaster Response for South Sudan was launched on 3 Jan 2014, and since then Integral has facilitated a joint HQ teleconference, regular meetings of its Members’ South Sudan Country Directors and sent round email updates. Integral News asks Thomas Hedd, World Renew’s Country Director in South Sudan, some questions about his experience of […]
Working Together in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Integral Members Tearfund UK and Tearfund Belgium are over half way through an eighteen-month-long joint project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is funded by the Belgian Government, and will run until September 2014. “The aim of the project is to promote sustainable approaches to food security in order to reduce people’s […]
Integral Announces New Chair
Integral is pleased to announce that Andy Ryskamp has been unanimously appointed by the Board to be their new Chair person, with immediate effect. Andy Ryskamp is the Co-Director of World Renew, Members of Integral since April 2010. Andy says, “Being a Member of Integral has been a tremendous blessing for me personally, as well […]
Integral Disaster Alert Issued for Central African Republic
Integral has raised a Disaster Alert for the growing humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic (CAR) – Integral Members met together on Wednesday 5 March 2014 to plan their response. Integral has already been monitoring the worsening situation in CAR since December 2013, and has facilitated sharing of information amongst its Members with work in […]
Arriving in Tacloban City
Sara Sywulka and Tom Price have arrived in the Philippines to work in the Integral Hub office. They will be working to ensure effective coordination for the ongoing Integral response to Typhoon Haiyan … Sara, the Team Leader, says, “Since we arrived, the focus has been on meeting with Integral Members and local partners to […]
Building Peace in the DRC
Pastor Marcel Serubungo is World Relief DR Congo’s Church Mobilization Director. He has the challenging role of mobilising church leaders across church denominations and tribal lines to become reconciled in order to work together in serving the most vulnerable in the conflict-affected communities of Eastern DR Congo. Here he gives us a unique insight into […]
Integral Typhoon Haiyan Response – Hub Staff Appointments
Integral is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Sywulka (Team Leader) and Tom Price (Communications Officer) to the Integral Hub in the Philippines … Sara says, “I am committed to the idea of collaboration, and I am very much looking forward to being a part of deepening the joint work already taking place amongst […]
‘On Fire About Opportunities’ in the Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan. Beth Allen, Food for the Hungry’s Marketing & Communications Resource Manager, shares with us about her recent field trip to the Philippines to gather communication resources for the ongoing work of rebuilding communities in the aftermath of the devastating Typhoon … Can you describe something of what went through your mind on your […]
A New Year’s Message from Integral
As we begin the New Year, Integral continues to coordinate joint responses amongst its Members to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and the Syrian refugee crisis. Situations being closely monitored by Integral are South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) – conflict in both countries has displaced large numbers of people. In South Sudan […]
Integral Responding to Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan reached landfall on 8th November, and since then 18 Integral Members have been responding bringing relief to the most affected areas. Eight Members are involved operationally, either directly or through partners, and ten are supporting the response through private and institutional fundraising. Typhoon Haiyan reached landfall on 8th November, and since then 18 […]