An Afghan child plays on the outskirts of Kabul.
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Alerting humanitarians to emergencies
Alerting humanitarians to emergencies |
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| Who? | Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 |
| Ayodeji Ajayeoba, Conflict and emergencies advisor, West Africa, ActionAid International | Iraq | Sudan (Darfur) | Nigeria (Niger Delta) |
| David Alexander, Professor of disaster management, University of Florence, Italy | Sierra Leone/Liberia | Laos | South Africa |
| Rachel Atkinson, Humanitarian Policy Team, Save the Children UK | Northern Uganda | Sudan (Darfur) | Sierra Leone |
| Martin Bell, UNICEF UK Ambassador and former BBC war correspondent | Congo | Sudan (Darfur) | Iraq |
| *Mihir R. Bhatt, Honorary director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute | Vulnerable schools exposed to disasters | Urban slums | Refugee/relief camps |
| Leila Billing, Programmes coordinator, War Child UK | Iraq | Afghanistan | Congo |
| Jan Boeynaems, Finance director, MSF Belgium | Congo | Somalia | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Naomi Bourne, Logistics manager, Save the Children UK | Northern Uganda | Congo | Colombia |
| Lakhdar Brahimi, Former special adviser to the U.N. secretary-general | Palestinian territories | Afghanistan | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Alex Brans, Emergencies advisor, Save the Children | Northern Uganda | Northeast Sri Lanka | Chechnya |
| Olivier Braunsteffer, Programme director, CARE France | Northern Uganda | Eastern Congo | Brazil's cities for street children |
| *Salvano Briceno, Director, U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction | Homes and schools not built to withstand natural hazards | Slums in urban areas, in particular megacities | Children alone and unable to protect themselves in emergencies |
| Tricia Bullen, London bureau co-ordinator, Children's Express | Cambodia | India | Kenya |
| Tim Butcher, Middle East correspondent, The Daily Telegraph | Sub-Saharan Africa | Palestinian territories | Iraq (non-Kurdish) |
| Wendy Chamberlin, United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees | Northern Uganda | Laos (H'mong children) | Nepal (girls trafficked to India) |
| Francesco Checchi, | Congo (eastern provinces) | Northern Uganda (conflict-affected districts) | Zimbabwe |
| Sam Chimwaza, Malawi country representative, Famine Early Warning Systems Network | Sudan (Darfur) | Iraq | |
| Tamuka Chitemere, Disaster management officer, IFRC | Colombia (drug trafficking) | Palestinian Territories (conflict zones) | Sudan |
| *Komborero Daniel Choga, Africa region senior sponsorship advsior, World Vision International (Africa regional office) | 'Informal' adpotive family context | Situations of child labour, especially mining and situations involving using agro chemicals | Child/edlerly headed households |
| Laura Conrad, Head of news, Save the Children | Sudan (Darfur) | Congo | Northern Uganda |
| Elayne Devlin, Communications manager, Plan International | Sudan (Darfur) | Togo | Northern Uganda |
| Leonard Doyle, Foreign editor, The Independent | Congo | Iraq | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Valery Dzutsev, North Caucasus coordinator, Institute for War and Peace Reporting | Chechnya | Africa | |
| Jan Egeland, | Congo | Northern Uganda | Afghanistan |
| Heather Elliott, Editor, World Vision | Sudan (Darfur) | Australia (indigenous communities) | Palestinian territories (Gaza) |
| J. Michel Emeryk, Programme support manager, International Medical Corps | Afghanistan | Congo | Iraq |
| Gareth Evans, President and chief executive officer, International Crisis Group | Uganda | ||
| Mia Farrow, Hollywood actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador | Sudan (Darfur) | Northern Uganda | Congo |
| Amalia Fawcett, Advocacy and policy analyst, World Vision New Zealand | Papua New Guinea (HIV/AIDS and child abuse) | Northern Uganda (conflict, HIV/AIDS, | Palestinian territories (conflict, lack of opportunities, family violence) |
| Alison Freebairn, Editorial manager, British Red Cross | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan | Somalia |
| Georgia Galati, Desk officer, Medecins Du Monde, Greece | Sudan | Iraq | Colombia |
| Sheila George, Manager, EFICOR | Africa | Sudan (Darfur) | India |
| Janine di Giovanni, Foreign correspondent, The Times and Vanity Fair | Iraq | Sierra Leone | Palestinian territories |
| Edward Girardet, Editor and writer, Christian Science Monitor/National Geographic | Somalia | Sudan (southern Sudan and Darfur) | Northern Uganda |
| Coleen Grove, Manager of ministry development/church partnerships, World Concern | Myanmar | S. Africa | Zimbabwe |
| Antonio Guterres, United Nations high commissioner for refugees | Darfur (Sudan-Chad border) | Congo | Uganda |
| Roy Gutman, Foreign editor, Newsday | Congo | Darfur | Myanmar |
| Ronny Hansen, Programme coordinator, Norwegian Refugee Council | Afghanistan | Sudan | Colombia |
| Emmanuel d'Harcourt, Senior child survival technical advisor, International Rescue Committee | Northern Uganda | Sudan (south) | Sierra Leone |
| Gabriela Hartig, Information delegate, Austrian Red Cross | Chechnya | Congo | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Kate Harrison, Senior technical advisor: children, International HIV/AIDS Alliance | Congo (Kinshasa) | South Africa | Northern Uganda |
| Aidan Hartley, Journalist and author | Somalia | Congo | Kenya |
| Rachel Hastie, Protection officer, Oxfam GB | Northern Uganda | Liberia | Congo |
| Alex D. Haxton, Director of operations, World Emergency Relief | Northern Uganda | Sudan (south) | Liberia |
| Carolina Hernandez, Health unit manager, International Rescue Committee | Congo | Sudan (Darfur) | Northern Uganda |
| Lindsey Hilsum, International editor, Channel 4 News (UK) | Rural China | Sudan (Darfur) | Iraq |
| Enamul Hoque, Regional public health advisor, Oxfam GB | Palestinian territories | Iraq | Afghanistan |
| Todd Holmes, Senior programme manager, Egypt, Catholic Relief Services | Haiti (Port-au-Prince) | Northern Uganda | Iraq |
| Luc Humble, Coordinator for international emergency relief, Belgian Red Cross - Flanders | Haiti (poverty, HIV/AIDS, lack of vital services, hunger, child labour) | North Korea (poverty and hunger) | Myanmar (child labour, armed conflict, detention without cause, lack of freedom of expression, poverty, hunger) |
| Anna Jefferys, Humanitarian advocacy adviser, Save the Children UK | Sudan | Northern Uganda | Congo |
| Ilan Kelman, Researcher, Center for Capacity Building, National Center for Atmospheric Research | Sierra Leone | Angola | Niger |
| Nader Khalili, Architect/director, Cal-Earth Institute | Africa | India | United States (depressed urban zones) |
| Marc Lacey, Nairobi bureau chief, The New York Times | Iraq | Somalia | Congo |
| Anne Larrass, Communications, CARE Canada | Congo | India | Chad |
| Silva Lauffer, Programme manager - humanitarian services, RedR-IHE | Northern Uganda | Southern Sudan | |
| Sarah Lockyer, International liaison officer/fundraising, Oxfam | Northern Uganda | ||
| William O. Lowrey, Director of peacebuilding and reconciliation, World Vision International | Northern Uganda | Eastern Congo | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Gill Lusk, Deputy editor, Africa Confidential | Sudan (Darfur) | Northern Uganda | Congo (northeast - Kinshasa) |
| *Maureen Lynch, Director of research, Refugees International | Congo | Stateless children | Children in immigration/asylum detention (especially unaccompanied) |
| Iain Maclennan, Public health doctor, IHE/RedR | Colombia (Bogota) | Congo | India (Mumbai) |
| Nigel Marsh, Senior advisor for communications, World Vision Africa Region | Northern Uganda | Congo (eastern) | Somalia |
| Monica Martin, Child and youth protection coordinator - emergency response team, International Rescue Committee | Sudan (Darfur) | Palestinian territories | Congo |
| Joanna Mayhew, HIV/AIDS grants coordinator, World Relief | Congo | Haiti | Sudan |
| Yasmin McDonnell, Policy analyst, ActionAid International | Sudan (Darfur) | Uganda | Bangladesh |
| Maurice McQuillan, Emergency programme manager, Catholic Relief Services (Emergency response Team) | Northern Uganda (where the Lord's Resistance Army is active) | Southern Sudan (where the Lord's Resistance Army is active) | Northeast Congo (where the Lord's Resistance Army is active) |
| Kiruja Micheni, Security manager, Christian Aid | Iraq | Somalia | Afghanistan |
| Srdjan Miocinovic, RedR member | Iraq | Sudan | Afghanistan |
| Henri Migala, Director, international health programmes, International Relief Teams | Sudan | Iraq | Sierra Leone |
| Lydia Mirembe, Information officer, Uganda Red Cross Society | Northern Uganda | Iraq | |
| Anuradha Mittal, Executive director, The Oakland Institute | United States | Brazil | India |
| Liana Mkheidze, Programme manager, Caritas Georgia | Northern Uganda | ||
| Tasneem Mowjee, Researcher, Development Initiatives | Northern Uganda | Bangladesh | Somalia |
| Carolin Mueller, Assistant to the editor, German Red Cross | Sudan | Congo | China |
| Stephen Mutiso, Programme officer for Uganda and Tanzania, Trocaire East Africa regional office | Northern Uganda | Somalia | Sudan |
| *Mtumwa Mfikirwa, Director of human resources and legal affairs, CARE International (Tanzania) | On the streets at night | In a bar | In an area of armed conflict |
| Adam Mynott, East Africa correspondent, BBC | Northern Uganda | Sudan (Darfur) | India (northern) |
| Tariq Nasir, Projects manager, Muslim Hands | Chechnya | India (Kashmir) | Ethiopia |
| Mamadou Ndiaye, Director, OFADEC (Office for Development and Cooperation in Africa) | Chechnya | Palestinian Territories | Somalia |
| Moyiga Nduru, Associate Editor, Inter Press Service News Agency | Congo | Northern Uganda | India |
| Patrick Nicholson, Head of Media, CAFOD | Niger | Mali | Nigeria |
| Michael G. Nielsen, Head of communications, MSF Denmark | Sudan (Darfur) | Congo | Zimbabwe |
| Lizzy Noone, Development education officer, Concern | Working behind closed doors as domestic labour | Early marriage | Child labour in all forms |
| Richard C. Paddock, Southeast Asia bureau chief, Los Angeles Times | Myanmar | ||
| Eric Pape, Reporter, Newsweek | Sudan (Darfur) | Congo | Myanmar |
| Marla Petal, Consultant, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Turkey | Unsafe schools and housing, vulnerable to known and expected natural hazards | ||
| Silke Pietzsch, Emergency food security and nutrition advisor, Oxfam | Congo | Niger | Myanmar |
| Sicko Pijpker, Programme Officer, Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation (ICCO) | Congo (eastern) | Northern Uganda | Sudan (Darfur) |
| Linda Poteat, Senior programme manager, disaster response, InterAction | Congo | Uganda | Sudan |
| Kathryn Rawe, Media officer (emergencies), Save the Children UK | Northern Uganda | Somalia | Nigeria |
| Xan Rice, East Africa correspondent, The Guardian | Congo | Sudan | Somalia |
| Emma Roberts, Humanitarian affairs advisor, Save the Children | North Korea | Uganda | Sudan |
| Nic Robertson, Senior international correspondent, CNN | Iraq | Sudan (Darfur) | |
| Alicia Martin Rodie, Journalist, Mans Unides (United Hands) | Congo | Somalia | Sudan |
| Janet Root, Assistant web editor, World Vision | Congo | Uganda | India (girl child) |
| Sam Sherman, Security coordinator, InterAction | Congo | Uganda | Liberia |
| *Sophie Shirt, Editor, Global Gang website for children, Christian Aid | Palestinian territories (refugee camps) | Conflict zones such as Darfur, Sudan, Uganda | Countries with high HIV rates |
| Michael Siva, Media officer, Muslim Aid | Brazil | Congo | Palestinian territories |
| Jon Snow, Presenter, Channel 4 News (UK) | Somalia | Congo | Afghanistan |
| Sean Sutton, Photographer and Information Manager, Mines Advisory Group | Congo | Sudan | Botswana |
| Clare Tauben, Managing editor, Africa Confidential | Sudan (Darfur) | Northern Uganda | Congo (eastern) |
| Krista Threefoot, Proposal writer, Catholic Relief Services | Northern Uganda | ||
| Aliev Timur, Chief editor, The Chechen Society newspaper | Iraq | Uganda | Chechnya |
| Samantha Tuck, Programme officer, Methodist Relief & Development Fund | Northern Uganda | Bangladesh | India |
| Tony Vaux, Consultant, Humanitarian Initiatives | Northern Uganda | Congo | Somalia |
| Julie Verhaar, Head of fundraising, Netherlands Red Cross | Congo | Sudan (Darfur) | Uganda |
| Nuria del Viso, Peace and security project coordinator, Centro de Investigacion para la Paz (CIP-FUHEM) | Sudan | Cambodia | Nepal |
| Fred Weir, Moscow correspondent, Christian Science Monitor | Most of sub-Saharan Africa | Iraq | Haiti |
| Gordon Weiss, Communications officer for countries in crisis, UNICEF | Congo | Uganda | Sudan |
| Ellie Whinnery, Global communications manager, Christian Children's Fund | Chad | Sudan | |
| Hazel Wong, Policy advisor - gender equity, Oxfam Hong Kong | Sudan (Darfur) | Pakistan (gender-based violence against young girls and early marriage of girls) | Cambodia (sexual trafficking of young girls) |
| Michela Wrong, Author and journalist | Northern Uganda | Sudan (Darfur) | Brazil (slums) |
| Asked not to be identified, Web manager for international NGO | Sudan |