Full Coverage: Aid

30.07.2007 The Ethiopian government has denied blocking aid and trade to parts of its southeastern Somali region but analysts and aid agencies say humanitarian access is limited and rising prices of food are evidence of security-related restrictions.

30.07.2007 ActionAid’s Hunger Monitoring project reveals that climate change and oppression in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have worsened hunger and deprivation amongst the population. The study points out significant changes in weather patterns over the last four to five years which has adversely affected farming.

27.07.2007 North-east Sri Lanka goes unserved by both the government and aid agencies as the region remains inaccessible. 30 months after the tsunami even as other parts of the country forge ahead, the north-east lags behind in reconstruction efforts.

24.07.2007 UNICEF has emphasized on the need for community intervention in the aftermath of flooding in the east Indian state of Orissa. 200 youth volunteers were trained and given pamphlets on safe water and sanitation and the state government also responded by releasing a relief package for the affected people.

24.07.2007 Displaced people living in squalid shelters on the fringes of an official displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region lack relief services as the official camp is full. Efforts by a visiting British official this week to persuade local authorities to open a new site to accommodate the overflow of Al Salaam camp near El Fasher, capital of North Dafur state, failed. Dozens of displaced families said they came here about 14 months ago from villages in North Darfur, fleeing renewed fighting in the region, but were not allowed to settle in the Al Salam camp proper, which already hosts 50,000 IDPs

18.07.2007 Insecurity in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the displacement of an estimated 650,000 civilians, the largest number of people to have fled their homes because of conflict in the region in the past three years, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said.

18.07.2007 Insecurity in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the displacement of an estimated 650,000 civilians, the largest number of people to have fled their homes because of conflict in the region in the past three years, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said.

17.07.2007 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is to launch an emergency effort to help thousands of people displaced by heavy rains and flash floods across Sudan that have left 30 dead and scores injured. The announcement on 12 July came just days after a multi-agency emergency response from the international humanitarian community said it was putting in place a Common Pipeline system to deliver aid to those affected by the floods.

17.07.2007 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is to launch an emergency effort to help thousands of people displaced by heavy rains and flash floods across Sudan that have left 30 dead and scores injured. The announcement on 12 July came just days after a multi-agency emergency response from the international humanitarian community said it was putting in place a Common Pipeline system to deliver aid to those affected by the floods.

17.07.2007 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is to launch an emergency effort to help thousands of people displaced by heavy rains and flash floods across Sudan that have left 30 dead and scores injured. The announcement on 12 July came just days after a multi-agency emergency response from the international humanitarian community said it was putting in place a Common Pipeline system to deliver aid to those affected by the floods.

17.07.2007 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is to launch an emergency effort to help thousands of people displaced by heavy rains and flash floods across Sudan that have left 30 dead and scores injured. The announcement on 12 July came just days after a multi-agency emergency response from the international humanitarian community said it was putting in place a Common Pipeline system to deliver aid to those affected by the floods.

17.07.2007 Selama ini, mungkin kita memandang sebelah mata terhadap makanan kripik. Padahal, di Aceh, kripik bukan hanya makanan kecil, melainkan juga komoditas yang dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan mereka.

11.07.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (OneWorld) - Government leaders across the world are being shamed for failing to keep their words on eliminating extreme poverty.

11.07.2007 A government operation forcing businesses to reduce prices by 50 percent will drive manufacturing under, push unemployment up and bolster the informal market as basic commodities become scarcer, analysts have warned.
A new task force, set up to monitor and enforce compliance, ordered manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and other service providers to reduce their prices to 18 June levels; but a simultaneous salary increase for civil servants, which topped 600 percent, sent the prices of basic commodities, clothing and transport fares shooting up.

03.07.2007 Recent heavy rains are flooding villages and causing deaths in India. ActionAid and its partners in relief camps stress the need for more aid from state governments.