Full Coverage: Emergency Relief
April 2008
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04/26/2008
This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [Poverty] [Economy] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Geopolitics] [Globalization] Image: Children at a rural Nepal school enjoy a meal as part of the World Food Programme's feeding program. © Naresh Newar / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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04/25/2008
A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.
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04/16/2008
DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Bangladesh] [Agriculture] [Food] [Climate Change] [Rivers] |
04/08/2008
Rodents and insects have damaged hundreds of thousands of hectares of wet rice and jhum paddy cultivation for the second successive year in a north-Indian state. Already many people are facing starvation. If immediate measures are not taken by the state and central governments, the situation may become even worse.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [Poverty] |
04/07/2008
A little-known mobile helpline will now help you find a blood donor in times of crises. All it takes is an SMS. The messages access an online database of 45,000 blood donors in 300 Indian towns and cities.
Read moreRelated: [India] [South Asia] [Intermediate Technology] [Volunteering] [Internet] Image: A woman donates blood
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04/04/2008
Ankara kuivuus koettelee Somaliaa, erityisesti maan pohjoisosien paimentolaisyhteisöjä. Kaikkiaan kuivuudesta kärsii YK:n mukaan jopa 14 miljoonaa ihmistä koko Afrikan sarven alueella. Solidaarisuus lähettää Somalimaahan apua; järjestön kumppanit järjestävät alueelle esimerkiksi vesikuljetuksia.
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04/04/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Ethiopia] [Somalia] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007. © Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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