Full Coverage: Emergency relief
April 2008
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25.04.2008
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.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Aid] [Food] [Poverty] [Economy] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics] [Globalisation] 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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24.04.2008
A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sudan] [United Nations] Image: WFP truck heads for Darfur
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16.04.2008
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.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [Agriculture] [Food] [Climate change] [Rivers] Image: Bangladeshi farmer on his 'floating garden.' © Siraj / Machizo
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08.04.2008
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.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [Poverty] |
07.04.2008
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.
more...Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Intermediate technology] [Volunteering] [Internet] Image: A woman donates blood
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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.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Somalia] [Aid] [Refugees] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [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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