CWS News

The number of people recognized as refugees living in urban centers is on the rise and the
international community continues to struggle to offer adequate services to this elusive group. It is therefore vital for humanitarian agencies to reassess not only how they may provide assistance and protection to refugees living

"The awards are given to the organizations as tokens of appreciation from the government for the work they are doing in health sector especially in addressing the malnutrition problem in Timor Tengah Selatan District. The result can be seen in the decreasing number of malnutrition cases from year to year," explained Paul Mella, the Head of Timor Tengah Selatan District when he was addressing the audience.

Living in a foreign country without the ability to communicate with the local community puts refugees and asylum seekers in a vulnerable position especially in case of health emergency situation. Therefore, knowledge on First Aid Training is important for the refugees and asylum seekers (referred to as Persons of Concerns by UNHCR) that can prevent severe injuries and death in case of emergency.

West Timor, part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, is highly prone to natural disaster, especially drought. Severe prolonged drought has significantly dropped crop yield. A research shows that food availability at the household level was mostly relied on the harvest of one planting season during rainy season for the whole year. This has led to food insecurity at the household level and thus reduced food consumption, wearing down the nutrition and health status of its people. West Timor, especially Timor Tengah Selatan District, always had a very high number of undernourished children.

Clean water is the main and vital need for human life and other living creatures’. As clean water resources have become scarce, many efforts to maintain sufficient good quality water have taken place in communities. Water resource management, which requires capable and skilled human resources, becomes a top priority. Therefore, the need of clean water that continues to rise over the years can be fulfilled.

CWS Indonesia's Lesvi Roselim and Rod MacLeod, a consultant with INTRAC based in Oxford, carrying out an impact assessment for Christian Aid and Prospery Raymond, Christian Aid's Country Director for Haiti, traveled to five districts: Aceh Besar, Banda Aceh, Pidie Jaya, Aceh Barat and Nagan Raya in Aceh Province where CWS provided assistance to the community affected by earthquake and tsunami in 2004. The visit from October 3 to 13, 2011 conducted as part of Christian Aid Impact Assessment aimed to draw out lessons and implications of its future humanitarian response policy and practice.