Safe World Field Partners

Katerva Awards

Field Partner News Asia

A devastating fire displaces an already displaced population

A little over two weeks after my visit.. a devastating fire swept through the camp, killing 37 people, destroying more than 400 houses and leaving 2,300 people…

Karenni Refugee Camp: Before the Fire

Filmed two weeks before a devastating fire swept through a Karenni refugee camp in Thailand, Reuters reporter, Thin Lei Win documented the work of two refugee…

Safe World for Women Statement on the Bombing of SAWERA Office in Pakistan

Safe World for Women strongly condemns the targeting of our field partner, SAWERA. In July last year, co-founder Farida Afridi was brutally murdered, and on…

Pakistan: Bomb explosion - Office of NGO targeted in Hayatabad

After the brutal killing of its executive director last year, SAWERA – an NGO working to promote women’s rights – once again came under attack. A bomb was…

Bomb Blast at Office of Women-Led NGO in Peshawar, Pakistan

At 4.35 am Pakistan time on 30th March 2013, SAWERA's office was hit by a bomb blast. All equipment, including the vehicle, was destroyed. Staff are left in…

Fire at Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp

On February 23, 2012 at around noon time a fire broke out in Umpiem Mai refugee camp leaving over 4,000 people homeless. Umpiem Mai camp is 80 km south of Mae…

Heartbreak and Heroes: Fire at Karenni Refugee Camp, Thailand

'People were shouting to Tar Soe Soe and telling him to stop, that the fire is already too big, but he was very determined to go back and save more children...'

Fire in Karenni Refugee Camp: Fatalities, Burns & Thousands Homeless

People need immediate support - potable drinking water, food, warm clothes, sarong for women, medicine, tents, etc. Over 2000 people are now homeless. WEAVE…
imageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimage