Integral Responding to Flooding in South Asia
As Integral, we want to say a big thank you to our Members for so generously contributing to the response in South Asia … Torrential rains devastated parts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal in August 2017 leaving millions of people displaced. In total more than 100,000 people severely affected by the flooding were helped as a […]
Integral Members Working Together in Bangladesh
In September 2017 Integral Alliance launched a joint Disaster Response for the Rakhine State Displacement. Sixteen Integral Members have opted into the response and are working together to assist refugees crossing the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar. Since August 2017, 671,000 new arrivals have been registered, making this the fastest growing refugee crisis in the […]
Integral Appoints a New Board Chair
Integral is pleased to announce that Jacinta Tegman has been unanimously appointed by the Integral Board to be their new Chairperson, with immediate effect … Jacinta Tegman is the President of World Concern, an Integral Member since 2012. World Concern’s headquarters are in Seattle, USA. Jacinta says, “It is a great honour to be elected […]
Integral Coordinating in Bangladesh
In September 2017 Integral Alliance launched a Disaster Response for the mass displacement of communities from Rakhine State, in Western Myanmar, into Bangladesh. Sixteen Alliance Members are responding to this crisis, with six operational in Bangladesh. In order to assist with the in-country coordination a short-term Integral Coordinator was seconded from Mission East. Kendrah Jespersen […]
Integral Responds to the Rakhine State Displacement
Integral Alliance has launched a Disaster Response for the mass displacement of communities from Rakhine State, in Western Myanmar, into Bangladesh … Sixteen Integral Members are responding to this crisis. To date it is estimated that more than 436,000 people have crossed the border into Bangladesh after new violence broke out on 25th August [source […]
Integral Responding to the Floods in South Asia
Integral Alliance has launched a Disaster Response for the flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh … Sixteen Integral Members have opted into this joint response, with a further four considering how they can be involved. Heavy monsoon rains have caused landslides and floods across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh. A third of Bangladesh is […]
Portraits of Syrian Refugees
Here Helen Manson from Tearfund New Zealand provides portraits of Syrian refugees at a LSESD Food Distribution Centre in Lebanon. On her recent field trip Helen also took photos and conducted interviews for other Integral Members with work in the region, as well as generously making her work available to all Integral Members for use […]
Integral Members Coordinating for the Syrian Refugee Crisis
As Syria descended into civil war, Integral Members launched a joint Disaster Response in May 2013 to respond to the mass displacement of Syrians across the region. As insecurity and civil war have spread across the Middle East, Integral has been coordinating the work of its Members in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen, […]
Integral Quality Standards Relaunch
The Integral Commitments to Quality Standards highlight seven core minimum standards essential to our working together. These standards have recently been updated by the Integral Quality Assurance Task Force to incorporate the Core Humanitarian Standards – the new industry best practice standards. This task force, which formed in 2008 to champion programmatic quality across the […]
Integral Responding in Northern Uganda – Update
In February 2017 an Integral Disaster Response was launched for the Northern Uganda refugee crisis. Here’s an update about what has happened through our collaboration since then … In February 2017 an Integral Disaster Response was launched for the Northern Uganda refugee crisis. Uganda is host to more than 800,000 refugees from South Sudan, displaced […]
Tearfund New Zealand Collaborating to Address Human-trafficking
Ian McInnes, CEO of Tearfund New Zealand, shares with us his vision to connect anti-human trafficking work geographically across all interested Integral Alliance Members … Since Ian McInnes became CEO of Tearfund New Zealand four years ago, he has made it a priority to include fighting human trafficking as a core part of their work. […]
Integral Members Collaborating in Haiti – a Summary
As Hurricane Matthew gained strength in the Caribbean in early October 2016, Integral Members started coordinating their work, and the work of their partners … An Integral joint response in Haiti was agreed on 6th October 2016, two days after Hurricane Matthew hit as a Category 4 Hurricane with devastating impact on the Southern coast […]