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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.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [Japan] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics]
06/20/2008 As many as 3.7 million meals will soon be delivered to Myanmar cyclone survivors thanks to an global online game that donates approximately half a gram of rice every time a player gets a right answer.
From: World Food Programme
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Related: [Myanmar] [Aid] [Internet] [United Nations]
06/19/2008 Almost two years after 17 of its members were murdered, the humanitarian group Action Against Hunger has pulled out of Sri Lanka, beginning a new international campaign in the hope of finding justice.
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From: Action Against Hunger-USA
Related: [Sri Lanka] [Aid] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law]
Africa and the G8
06/18/2008 The G-8 foreign ministers, meeting next week, must deal decisively with the humanitarian toll that rising food prices and reduced foreign aid are taking on Africa, said a panel of leaders focused on African progress.
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Related: [Africa] [Development] [Aid] [Food] [International Cooperation] [MDGs] [Poverty] [Geopolitics]
Image: Africa and the G8 © OneWorld US
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.
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From: 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.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Poverty] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Civil Society]
The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development.
06/13/2008 Afghan president Hamid Karzai unveiled a new 5 year plan for social and economic development at a conference to reform aid efforts to Afghanistan in Paris yesterday, writes the UN News Agency.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Civil Society] [United Nations]
Image: The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development. © Edward Grazda / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
06/13/2008 WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (OneWorld) - It's high time to revamp the way Washington delivers foreign aid, since the current system is well past its sell-by date, according to a new report reflecting broad consensus among foreign policy experts, development aid practitioners, and members of Congress.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [United States] [Aid] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics]
06/13/2008 Adam Chataway of Kilburn, London, has reached the final of "Britain's Most Inspiring Fundraiser," which aims to recognize the volunteer fundraising efforts of people in every community.
From: ActionAid UK
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Related: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Volunteering] [Activism] [Civil Society]
06/10/2008 From the United States to Ghana to Palestine, 12 ordinary citizens are fostering dialogue across borders and breaking down stereotypes in order to protect workers' rights and endangered species, and promote peace.
From: YES! Magazine
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Related: [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Peace]
An Iraqi refugee.
06/09/2008 The Iraqi government recently pledged $195 million to accommodate returning refugees, but it must wait for security conditions to improve significantly for a sustained period of time before encouraging mass repatriation, said an international refugee agency last week.
From: Refugees International
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Related: [Iraq] [Middle East] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Security]
Image: An Iraqi refugee. © International Rescue Committee
Afghans need both security and development, said Bernard Kouchner, the former humanitarian worker turned French foreign minister.
06/09/2008 Security and international aid have become dangerously intertwined in Afghanistan, even though the 5 million refugees that have returned to the country since 2002 are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance, writes policy adviser Anna Husarska.
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From: International Rescue Committee
Related: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict Resolution] [Security]
Image: Afghans need both security and development, said Bernard Kouchner, the former humanitarian worker turned French foreign minister. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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.
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From: United Nations Children's Fund
Related: [Myanmar] [Children] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Shelter & Housing] [Youth]
06/09/2008 Single mother Judith Alexandre and other Haitian families are hard hit by raised food prices, but an international relief organization is working diligently to provide for those who have no other option but to skip meals.
From: Oxfam America
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Related: [Haiti] [Aid] [Food] [Poverty] [Trade]
A North Korean farmer.
06/06/2008 As the UN summit on the global hunger crisis comes to a close today, advocacy groups are demanding greater attention be afforded small-scale and women farmers.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Poverty] [Indigenous Rights]
06/05/2008 An additional 1 million people in developing countries began receiving anti-retroviral therapy by the end of 2007, bringing the total number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment to 3 million, states a new UN report.
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Related: [Aid] [Poverty] [Disease/treatment] [HIV/AIDS] [United Nations]
Image: © Olivier Dargouge / SciDev.Net
Displaced by the violence.
06/05/2008 Tens of thousands of Sudanese villagers from Abyei -- a strategic region to both forces that fought in Sudan's civil war -- are receiving much-needed aid after a worrisome flare up of fighting.
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From: Mercy Corps
Related: [Sudan] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace]
Image: Displaced by the violence. © Refugees International
06/04/2008 A minute-long video from a Washington, DC-based think tank depicts the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act as helplessly out of date and encourages Americans to demand change.
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From: Center for Global Development
Related: [United States] [Aid] [Poverty] [Governance] [Arms & Military] [Security]
Tendayi Westerhof, a Zimbabwean fashion model, speaks openly about her HIV+ status and the need to focus anti-AIDS programs on women and girls.
06/04/2008 Reproductive rights activist Mary Bloom discusses the link between gender inequality in Africa and the devastatingly high rate of HIV infection among African women.
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From: Reproductive Health Reality Check
Related: [Africa] [Aid] [Poverty] [HIV/AIDS] [Gender]
Image: Tendayi Westerhof, a Zimbabwean fashion model, speaks openly about her HIV+ status and the need to focus anti-AIDS programs on women and girls. © Centre for Development and Population Activities
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.
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Related: [Myanmar] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Refugees] [Shelter & Housing] [Governance]
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