Full Coverage: Aid

31.01.2005 Africa has come of age, the Nigerian president told global political and business elites at the World Economic Forum, pledging that all funds raised to solve the continent's problems "will be faithfully utilised," and noting that peace and security must come first. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced a new $85 million anti-malaria contribution at the gathering, encouraging other rich countries to come on board.

31.01.2005 When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, the people of Hafun lost most of their homes along with their fishing boats - and thereby their livelihoods. Now many are terrified of the sea and need help to overcome their trauma.

30.01.2005 Des jeunes qui ont passé une partie de leur enfance et de leur adolescence dans les centres de jeunesse du Québec prennent la parole dans ce film de Louise Rinfret, «L’horizon emmuré». Ils témoignent de la privation de liberté qu’ils ont subie, de leur souffrance et des répercussions sur leur vie de jeunes adultes. Plusieurs des scènes du film ont été tournées clandestinement dans les institutions.

28.01.2005 Even as the Bush administration refutes charges by critics that U.S. aid to poor nations is miserly compared to the contributions of other wealthy countries, it appears to be quietly rolling back its previous commitments to increase development assistance by 50 percent beginning next year.

28.01.2005 The World Health Organization hopes to get 3 million people--have of those who need it worldwide--on AIDS medication regimens by the end of 2005--a plan called 3 by 5. 2004 saw an impressive and unprecedented jump in the number of people receiving treatment, but a severe funding shortfall threatens to thwart the agency--and the world--from reaching its goal.

27.01.2005 Some 700,000 people living with AIDS in poor countries are now receiving life-sustaining anti-retroviral treatment (ART) as a result of global efforts to accelerate its distribution to the estimated six million victims who need it, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday.

26.01.2005 No international organization that receives U.S. government funding is allowed to perform legal abortions or even counsel women about abortion. This policy, which has been blamed for reducing women's access to vital family planning services in poor countries, has had a tumultuous history, most recently being reinstated by George W. Bush as one of his first acts as president--on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Learn more from this interactive timeline.

26.01.2005 Only 10 percent of those who need food aid and 20 percent of those without water are receiving it in Guyana, where hundreds of thousands have been affected by flooding after 27 inches of rain fell during the first 25 days of January.

26.01.2005 On a scale of zero to ten, global efforts to reduce hunger scored only three and poverty-reduction earned a rating of four, according to a new report prepared for global power elites meeting at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week.

25.01.2005 Should oil-rich Arab states be more generous in their tsunami relief pledges? It's not a straightforward question.

25.01.2005 The UN independent expert on human rights, Ghanim Alnajjar, has urged the international community to "remember those affected by the tsunami in the Puntland region of northeastern Somalia where more than 150 people were killed and about 50,000 people have been displaced".

24.01.2005 Michael Howard and Oliver Letwin launched the Conservative plans for international development in London on January 11th. OneWorld UK listened to the proposals.

24.01.2005 Haiti is in trouble and the UK government is unwilling to enter into bilateral aid agreements. The actions of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank are not helping poor people in Haiti to rebuild their lives. You can write to the Department for International Development.

24.01.2005 India has rejected international aid for tsunami relief. Reliance on the generosity of Indian people has brought into focus the reputation for corruption in aid distribution.

24.01.2005 President Bush is expected to soon request $100 billion from Congress for the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and less than half of one percent of that amount for the tsunami disaster. You can tell your congresspeople what you think U.S. taxpayers' dollars should support.

21.01.2005 The Asian tsunami demonstrated how the media can positively affect efforts to bring relief to people in crisis. Well, Liberia is still in crisis. Tuberculosis has staged an alarming comeback in much of the world. Starvation is rampant in North Korea. Civilan victims of fighting in the Congo and Colombia made the list for the sixth straight year. See what else didn't top the news--but should have--in 2004.

20.01.2005 The International Monetary Fund has paid almost no systematic attention to the development goals laments the UN Millennium Project in a recently-released document.

20.01.2005 Macedonian citizens donated 8,270,000 Denars (approximately 130,000 EUR) in assistance for the population of Southeast Asia. The campaign for collection was organized from January 11-16, and the main event was held on Saturday, January 15, with a series of humanitarian activities on the Macedonia Square and special programme by the Macedonian Television.

20.01.2005 Two days ago, we received a telegram from the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent and the Austrian Red Cross, informing us that Macedonia should delegate two representatives to the Austrian Red Cross team leaving for Southeast Asia.

20.01.2005 250 million people have their lives devastated every year by natural disasters. It is achievable actually to halve the number of deaths in the next decade of natural disasters says Jan Egeland, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs in conversation with Tim Large of AlertNet.