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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched its 2010 humanitarian appeal for 7.1 billion U.S. dollars on Monday in Geneva. "Our aim is to help people survive the coming year and start working their way out of vulnerability towards the dignity, safety and self-sufficiency to which every human being has a right," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement....
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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The United Nations said Monday it would seek 689 million U.S. dollars for 174 humanitarian projects for Somalia in 2010. A statement from the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, said the Consolidated Appeal to be launched later this week in Nairobi reflects the most urgent needs in Somalia. OCHA said there has been a 19 percent reduction of the amount requested from 849 million dollars in 2009 to 689 million...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Conservation Value Notes (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Climate change -- in combination with political and resource management-related factors -- is causing serious water shortage-related conflicts in Kenya. The Guardian reports: Three years of failed rains have left nearly 4 million Kenyans dependent on food aid. Thousands of animals have died and malnutrition rates are climbing in a drought that has hit pastoralists the hardest. In many areas they're...
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Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Nahla Mahmoud and her family live near the top of a hill overlooking Asira Al Qibliyya, a Palestinian village in the West Bank. From their garden, they can see houses and farms spreading out across the valley below. On a clear day, they can see the waters of the Mediterranean to the West and the [...]
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Roots and Grubs (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
The other day I was at Uwajimaya buying ingredients for homemade kimchi, about which more later. Near the chef demo counter, they had a big display of shincha tea. This struck me as odd, because shincha is first-harvest tea, lauded for its fresh, clean flavor (and priced to match). The first harvest for tea is in [...]
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Nearly a month after back-to-back typhoons submerged villages across the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of people displaced or still living in flooded areas are in need of safe water, sanitation facilities and hygiene items, the United Nations humanitarian wing said Wednesday. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), some 46,000 homes were completely destroyed...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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