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Colombia: FARC hands eight civilians over to ICRC
24 Jul 2008 19:06:09 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Bogotá (ICRC) – Yesterday, 23 July, in a rural area of Vigía del Fuerte, Antioquia department, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) received eight civilians who had been held by the FARC-EP since 17 July 2008. 
A life saved for 50p
24 Jul 2008 15:24:00 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
I watched as a woman's life was saved last week. It cost 50p. The woman's name was Unda Awka, she was about 45, and her emaciated body looked like a pile of coat hangers covered in a thin layer of ... 
Northern Uganda: Give Displaced People Real Options
24 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT
Source: Refugees International - USA
Contact: Camilla Olson and Melanie Teff

Peace negotiations over the past two years between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have ... 
Testimony to the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs: AFRICOM
24 Jul 2008 14:12:00 GMT
Source: Refugees International - USA
Testimony before the
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs,
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives< ... 
ACT Appeal: Cap. Building & Disaster RR/Management, Indonesia
24 Jul 2008 13:35:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal Indonesia Capacity Building & Disaster Risk Reduction / Management - ASID82 Appeal Target: US$ 1,398,910 Geneva, 23 July 2008 Since a devastating earthquake struck ... 
ACT Appeal: Follow-on Appeal, Gaza Crisis, OPT
24 Jul 2008 13:26:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal Occupied Palestinian Territories Follow on appeal Gaza Crisis - MEPL81 Appeal Target: US$ 2,749,384 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 1,324,384 Geneva, 18 July 2008 ... 
ACT Appeal: Floods in Assam, Orissa & W. Bengal, India
24 Jul 2008 13:21:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal India Floods in Assam, Orissa & West Bengal ASIN83 Appeal Target: US$ 969,345 Geneva, 15 July 2008 Early monsoon rains along with a heavy depression over the Bay Bengal caused ... 
ACT Appeal: Assistance to Returnees, REVISION 1, Burundi
24 Jul 2008 13:16:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal Burundi Assistance to Returnees - AFBI81 Revision 1 Appeal Target: US$ 1,390,789 Geneva, 14 July 2008 This Revision is to include the proposal of ACT member Norwegian Church Aid ... 
Survey on the psychosocial recovery of communities in post-war Sierra Leone
24 Jul 2008 08:11:00 GMT
Source: War Child - Netherlands
Amsterdam - 22 July 2008 - War Child Holland has published a report 'Let pikin bisniss be all men bisniss' on the psychosocial recovery of communities in post-war Sierra Leone. In this report the ... 

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