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EMERGENCY FUNDS SENT TO ZIMBABWE TO COMBAT FOOD CATASTROPHE
14 Oct 2008 09:56:00 GMT
Source: Christian Aid - UK
Christian Aid has released emergency funds to provide seeds for farmers in Zimbabwe's Midlands province. The grant of more than £50,000 will provide 118 families and three primary schools with ... 
Philippines: Inhabitants of Central Mindanao keep being displaced by the fighting
14 Oct 2008 09:30:55 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
The floods have receded in Mindanao, but crops have been destroyed and the fighting keeps creating fresh displacement on a daily basis. The ICRC, in cooperation with the Philippine National Red Cross and national authorities, continues to help meet basic needs by making available safe drinking water, emergency food and other items. 
Belgium: Experts discuss the transfer of persons in armed-conflict situations
14 Oct 2008 08:56:55 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Brussels (ICRC) – The legal norms governing the transfer of persons in situations of armed conflict and the challenges, from the humanitarian point of view, of carrying out such transfers will be the focus of this year's Bruges Colloquium in Belgium. 
MAG welcomes verdict in Khmer Rouge murder trial
14 Oct 2008 08:16:00 GMT
Source: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Manchester, October 14th 2008 - The international charity Mines Advisory Group (MAG) welcomes today's guilty verdict in the trial of those responsible for the abduction and murder of MAG employees ... 
Safe Shelter Reconstruction Trainings Launched in Myanmar
14 Oct 2008 06:41:00 GMT
Source: Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) - India
A series of training programmes for safer shelter reconstruction has been conducted in the areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. The training programmes are based on appropriate technologies ... 
International Medical Corps Responds to the Emerging Displacements in Ninewa, Iraq
14 Oct 2008 02:31:00 GMT
Source: International Medical Corps (IMC) - USA
International Medical Corps (IMC) is responding to the growing displacement of Christians from Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq and the capital of Ninewa Governorate. The recent wave of violence ... 
Homelessness and food shortages for hurricane victims in Haiti
13 Oct 2008 20:59:00 GMT
Source: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International
MSF denounces the inefficiency of emergency response in Gonaïves MSF and podcasts
2007 Peru Earthquake Survivors Benefit from ADRA Water and Irrigation Project
13 Oct 2008 16:19:00 GMT
Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International
Silver Spring, Maryland--Thirteen months after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck southern Peru, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide development assistance to ... 
Oxfam: “It’s now up to EU member states to enable poor countries to fight climate change”
13 Oct 2008 14:29:19 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
  EU member states meeting tomorrow must endorse the European Parliament’s legislative proposals made last week so the developing world can tackle global warming and ensure that no further damage is caused, Oxfam said today.   “EU member states have a vital chance at the European Council this week to deliver much-needed political momentum to the fight against [...] 


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