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Hungry infants eat an excellent meal thanks to organic baby food brand Plum Baby and donations from mothers across the UK.

In South Africa poverty is a major cause of hardship, especially for the very young.  A lack of food causes major problems in later life.  In fact, malnutrition leads to stunted growth amongst some 22% of South African children aged 1-9. Compare this to the UK where the same proportion of primary school children is obese.

Whilst health care in the UK is often taken for granted, there are other parts of the world where it is a luxury that many cannot afford.  In Oyugis, Kenya, the poor rural community are one such people.  Due a combination of geographical location and cost, people here have very limited or no access to health services.

Life can be hard for many families in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Living on just a few dollars a day means that affording even the basic necessities for life is a challenge. But for the children of Eduardo Brito School and their families, when they heard about the suffering caused by the earthquake in neighbouring Haiti there was only one possible response. Since the earthquake struck they have mobilised their community to help and have been organising collections of goods to send over the border.

Yesterday Scotland's MSPs wore red in support of Red Day 4 Haiti - a campaign across Scotland that raises awareness and funds for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

World Emergency Relief are delighted to be Glasgow the Caring City's partner for this campaign.

The Red Day 4 Haiti campaign asks people across the country to wear red as a show of solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, to promote awareness of victims' suffering and to encourage the Scottish people to give generously to help.

Last December in Marungu a remote and impoverished region in east Congo, government forces moved to crack down on the Interhamwe rebels.  With an influx of refugees and fleeing Interhamwe fighters the region was thrown into turmoil.

As NGO’s are still not allowed in the region, Emmando, a Congolese Engineer who works for African Revival Ministries (ARM) has sent us the following reports updating us of the situation:

‘The situation is still precarious but there are now government soldiers protecting the roads.’

WER Chief Executive Alex Haxton is currently visiting projects in Guatemala

Yesterday Haxton visited the Fotokids project which has been supported by WER-UK for over 6 years.

Fotokids was originally known as 'Out of the Dump': a descriptive name for the wonderful rescue work that has been achieved over many years.

The generosity of WER supporters is making a real difference to the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

Below are a few examples how:

Direct cash grants of over $9,000 dollars have been sent to our local partners who even now are using this money to provide food, medicine and shelter.