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• Surviving the Tsunami - Stories of Hope

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 131
  The Red Cross Red Crescent and Reuters have launched a multimedia web documentary - that marks the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. The centre-piece of "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope" are four very moving interviews with people who have survived this disaster which killed 230,000 people across ...
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• Yemen welcomes UAE’s humanitarian support

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Sana’a (Yemen), Dec 11 (IANS) Yemen has welcomed the humanitarian relief provided to the country by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported Friday.Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul Kareem Al-Arhabi Thursday thanked to the UAE for its humanitarian support to his country ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Masambo Fund: helping the carers

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland The Masambo Fund was created by the IFRC to provide access to life-saving drugs - including anti retroviral treatment - to Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers who are living with HIV. ...
  3 weeks ago

• As Obama Plans War Exit, Afghan Women Talk Recovery

  
  Women's Voices For Change — Authority: 530
  As Obama mulls a U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan, Rita Henley Jensen of Women’s Enews checked in with three Afghan women who run social service efforts in their troubled homeland, [...]
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• AFRICA: African albinos—in Burundi and Tanzania—are forced in hiding from fear of being slaughtered for body parts trade

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 463
  In Africa, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is reporting a heinous, but lucrative, practice in the selling of body parts from albinos. Some Africans believe the body parts “ have special powers . . . [and] bring wealth and good luck .” From The Associated Press : The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Yemen closes Iran hospital, clinic in Sanaa

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Yemen closes Iran hospital, clinic in Sanaa (AFP) – 16 hours ago SANAA — Yemen said on Wednesday it has ordered the closure of the Iranian hospital and clinic in Sanaa due to what it said was Irans support of the facilities and lack of transparency in their accounts. Both facilities are run by the Iranian Red ...
  4 weeks ago

• Knight Investments LLC meet at US Rotary Club to discuss local humanitarian issues

  
  Press Release Pad — Authority: 133
  “ In recent attendance at a meeting in Cocoa, FL members of Knight Investments LLC met with local Rotary Club Members to discuss projects in the humanitarian spectrum of project financing.” In a recent meeting KI Officials met to discuss humanitarian issues in conformance with some of the policies of the ICRC ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cry The Beloved Country; On-The-Ground Insight into Samoa’s Aid & Relief Work

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 136
  Welcome to our latest writer at pacificEyeWitness.org: Malia Tua’i Manuleleua. She’s recently returned from Samoa after volunteering as part of the Psycho-Social Response teams working in tsunami-affected villages along the South Coast of Upolu. One of about 70 or so local and overseas volunteers, Malia was part ...
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• Twelve million West Africans get yellow fever vaccines

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 122
  The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign is set to kick off next week across three African countries. The week-long event will target 11.9 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all three of which are at high risk of yellow fever outbreaks.The campaign – supported by WHO, UNICEF, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Inequalities fuelling HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, says IFRC report

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland The HIV pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean is fuelled by a range of social and economic inequalities exacerbated by high levels of stigma, discrimination of highly vulnerable groups, and ...
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