WORKING IN RELIEF
VIDEO: Turning bottles into blankets
Source: Reuters
Nov. 5 - The Buddhist organization Tzu Chi runs a program that recycles bottles to make polyester blankets, scarves and clothes for disaster victims.
Source: Reuters
Nov. 5 - The Buddhist organization Tzu Chi runs a program that recycles bottles to make polyester blankets, scarves and clothes for disaster victims.
India - clearing up after the floods
Source: Christian Aid - UK
The heaviest rains for more than a century in parts of southern India have claimed more than 300 lives and left 1.5 million people homeless. As the floodwaters recede, the true scale of the ...
Burkina Faso Floods
Source: Plan UK
Images of the severe flooding in Burkina Faso, which have already left thousands homeless.
Chad: ICRC assists displaced and other vulnerable people affected by insecurity and violence in the east of the country
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
In 2006 and 2007, several outbursts of violence caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people in eastern Chad. The populations are today still having to cope with the consequences of chronic insecurity and violence in local areas. The ICRC is continuing its operations there to assist displaced people, the war-wounded and prisoners as well as the most vulnerable members of the local populations.
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
In 2006 and 2007, several outbursts of violence caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people in eastern Chad. The populations are today still having to cope with the consequences of chronic insecurity and violence in local areas. The ICRC is continuing its operations there to assist displaced people, the war-wounded and prisoners as well as the most vulnerable members of the local populations.
4.5 years of the Red Cross Red Crescent tsunami operation in Indonesia, Maldives and Sri lanka
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland
On December 26th, 2004 an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a devastating tsunami which claimed the lives of almost 230,000 people across five Indian Ocean countries. Four and a half years on - the massive task of reconstruction in affected countries is almost complete. Thousands of kilometres of coastline in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and the Maldives were devastated, but now, the barren ground where entire settlements were swept away has been transformed.
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland
On December 26th, 2004 an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a devastating tsunami which claimed the lives of almost 230,000 people across five Indian Ocean countries. Four and a half years on - the massive task of reconstruction in affected countries is almost complete. Thousands of kilometres of coastline in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and the Maldives were devastated, but now, the barren ground where entire settlements were swept away has been transformed.
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TALKING POINT-Aid agencies hammer out standards
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Critics find fault with Sphere standards for relief work
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QUIZ-How well do you know your Sphere standards?
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