Full Coverage: Emergency relief

27.07.2007 North-east Sri Lanka goes unserved by both the government and aid agencies as the region remains inaccessible. 30 months after the tsunami even as other parts of the country forge ahead, the north-east lags behind in reconstruction efforts.

24.07.2007 UNICEF has emphasized on the need for community intervention in the aftermath of flooding in the east Indian state of Orissa. 200 youth volunteers were trained and given pamphlets on safe water and sanitation and the state government also responded by releasing a relief package for the affected people.

18.07.2007 Insecurity in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the displacement of an estimated 650,000 civilians, the largest number of people to have fled their homes because of conflict in the region in the past three years, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said.

18.07.2007 Insecurity in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the displacement of an estimated 650,000 civilians, the largest number of people to have fled their homes because of conflict in the region in the past three years, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said.

16.07.2007 Oxfam America is encouraging people to sign a petition, that will urge 2008 presidential candidates to express a commitment to rebuilding the Gulf Coast region damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

05.07.2007 Natural disasters have time and again proved the vulnerability of poor women, children, the elderly and disabled. Mats Eriksson, Manjari Mehta and Kesang Renchen of the Kathmandu based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) write on the need to integrate local communities in disaster preparedness planning in the Himalayan region.

03.07.2007 Recent heavy rains are flooding villages and causing deaths in India. ActionAid and its partners in relief camps stress the need for more aid from state governments.