Full Coverage: Emergències
June 2008
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06/24/2008
Typhoon Fengshen, which hit the Philippines this weekend and is now moving towards China, has killed 244 people, left hundreds missing, and made thousands homeless in the island nation.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Philippines] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Shelter & Housing] |
06/24/2008
Japan should take a global leadership role and act to stem the food crisis by re-exporting its 1.5 million tons of surplus rice -- at reasonable prices -- say a trio of international policy experts.
Read moreFrom: Center for Global Development Related: [Japan] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] |
06/17/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, but rather, its children. Local and international groups have launched several initiatives to help meet the needs of many of the estimated 3 million children affected by the earthquake.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [China] [Children] [Education] [Emergency Relief] [Youth] [Governance] |
06/14/2008
Nearly 3,000 Americans have signed a petition by an international aid group urging the G-8 finance ministers, meeting this weekend, to cancel Haiti's "illegitimate" billion dollar debt as Haitians struggle to endure sky-rocketing prices of food and fuel.
Read moreFrom: Jubilee USA Network Related: [Haiti] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] |
06/14/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (OneWorld) - Millions of people across the world are more likely to face hunger and starvation due to disruption in aid deliveries caused by the rising prices of food, UN officials said this week.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Poverty] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Civil Society] |
06/09/2008
Saw Leh Ler Shee is just one of the million children displaced by the Myanmar cyclone but he and many others have found refuge in child-friendly spaces run by caregivers and relief groups.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Myanmar] [Children] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Shelter & Housing] [Youth] |
06/04/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 3 (OneWorld) - As world leaders meet in Rome to discuss the current global food crisis, calls are growing for immediate and practical actions to address the plight of millions of poor facing hunger and starvation across the world.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Agriculture] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Poverty] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] Image: Lunchtime at a rural school in Nepal. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/03/2008
The Myanmar military junta has closed many camps for cyclone survivors, forcing displaced persons back into isolated areas and undermining their access to aid, reports Refugees International.
Read moreRelated: [Myanmar] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Refugees] [Shelter & Housing] [Governance] |
06/02/2008
Farmers in Myanmar’s cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta are racing against the clock to grow rice as paddy fields remain flooded with salt water and with no livestock to plough. Once called ‘the rice bowl of Asia’, the region relies heavily on its June harvest to meet its domestic and export needs.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] |
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