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AmeriCares Sends Airlift of Medical Relief to Hurricane-Stricken Haiti
07 Oct 2008 02:27:00 GMT
Source: AmeriCares
AmeriCares Sends Airlift of Medical Relief to Hurricane-Stricken Haiti Relief organization delivers nearly $3 million in vital medicines and supplies to treat hundreds of thousands of people ... 
Joint Statement: Security rapidly deteriorating in Somalia
06 Oct 2008 15:41:00 GMT
Source: Trocaire - Ireland
We, the undersigned NGOs, are extremely concerned about the devastating humanitarian crisis in Somalia. Nearly half of Somalia's population, or 3.25 million people, are now in need of emergency ... 
WER sends humanitarian aid to Jordan as Iraqi refugees prepare for winter
06 Oct 2008 15:12:00 GMT
Source: World Emergency Relief (WER) - UK
World Emergency Relief (WER) is sending food and humanitarian aid, including clothes and blankets for the approaching winter, to Iraqi refugees in Jordan. The goods were donated to WER and our ... 
Somalia’s rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis
06 Oct 2008 14:09:09 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
Statement by 52 non-governmental organisations working in Somalia on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the country We, the undersigned NGOs, are extremely concerned about the devastating humanitarian crisis in Somalia. Nearly half of Somalia’s population, or 3.25 million people, are now in need of emergency aid. This is a 77% increase since the beginning of [...] 
International community failing to provide adequate assistance and protection to the population in North Kivu, DRC
06 Oct 2008 12:35:00 GMT
Source: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International
"Reaching these people is extremely difficult because of the volatile security context and because they are constantly on the move," said Taylor. "But it is not impossible. We just keep trying and ... 
Georgia/Russian Federation: ICRC continues to assist the most vulnerable
06 Oct 2008 10:42:14 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Latest report on ICRC activities in the field 
E.ON accused of misleading football fans over carbon emissions
06 Oct 2008 09:44:05 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
Oxfam today showed how football fans were not getting to see the true picture of FA sponsor E.ON, which plans to build the UK’s first coal plant in three decades and which would lock the UK into coal power for another generation.   As FA Cup sponsors, E.ON has praised football fans for pledging to save 84,091 [...] 
Crunch time for UK: climate decisions now will point to a future that could help or harm millions of poor people
06 Oct 2008 09:31:44 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
The UK government and leading businesses must assert their credibility as global leaders in tackling climate change by making the right decisions in the coming months to steer the UK towards a low-carbon future. In a new report today, Oxfam says the government, public and private sector must act together to ensure the UK turns away [...] 
Afghanistan: Over 200,000 people to receive aid
06 Oct 2008 09:07:06 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) – Hundreds of thousands of Afghans may have to leave their homes this winter because of drought, insecurity and rising food prices in the north of the country, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today. 
WHO experts raise antiquated nutrition standards
06 Oct 2008 09:07:00 GMT
Source: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International
Major implications for millions of malnourished children. MSF and podcasts: ... 


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