Full Coverage: Aid
February 2008
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26.02.2008
Kolme paikallista Planin työntekijää sai surmansa ja yksi haavoittui vakavasti aseistautuneen ryhmän hyökkäyksessä Planin toimistoon Mansehran maakunnassa Luoteis-Pakistanissa. Toimisto tuhoutui kokonaan iskussa.
more...From: Plan Suomi Säätiö Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Conflict] Image: © New Internationalist
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25.02.2008
NEW YORK, Feb 24 (OneWorld) - While in Africa this week, George W. Bush drew fire for his plans to expand the United States' military presence on the resource-rich but economically strapped continent.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Africa] [United States] [Development] [Debt] [Geopolitics] [Arms & military] Image: U.S. President Bush and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia Thursday. © Eric Draper - White House
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22.02.2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22 (OneWorld) - Humanitarian workers are calling on the major presidential candidates to invigorate U.S. efforts to end global poverty by reforming the way foreign aid is allocated.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Geopolitics] Image: Oxfam's 'Smart Development' Report. © Oxfam America
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22.02.2008
Insurance can help the poorest to cope with the consequences of global warming, say development experts. Paying small premiums than raising money after disasters is a better way to minimise damage. Insurance managers however say the frequency of droughts and floods can weaken such claims.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Emergency relief] [Climate change] Image: Drought in Senegal
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15.02.2008
Avustustyö yhdistetään yhä useammin osaksi rikkaiden maiden poliittista ja sotilaallista toimintaa. Tutkija Antonio Doninin mukaan humanitaarisen toiminnan arvolähtökohtia olisi aika punnita uudelleen.
more...From: global.finland Image: © Tugela Ridley / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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14.02.2008
Humanitaarisella avulla paitsi lievitetään akuuttia hätää, myös edistetään kehitystä ja vakautetaan oloja sekä voitetaan ihmisten sydämet ja mielet, todettiin eduskunnan seminaarissa. Lue myös Ulkoministeriön artikkeli tilaisuudesta.
more...From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related topics/regions: [Politics] Image: - © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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13.02.2008
Tulvat ovat aiheuttaneet laajaa tuhoa niin Mosambikissa, Zimbabwessa, Malawissa kuin Sambiassakin. Malaria- ja ripulitapaukset ovat lisääntyneet, ja tulvavesi on tuhonnut koteja sekä kymmeniä tuhansia hehtaareita viljelysmaata.
more...From: Punainen Risti Related topics/regions: [Southern Africa] [Disease] |
07.02.2008
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a US$ 19 million grant to develop rice varieties that can withstand the effects of climate change. The money will benefit nearly half a million farmers in Africa and Asia who depend on rain fed agriculture for their livelihoods.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [Climate change] [Science] Image: Making rice climate proof? © ActionAid UK
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07.02.2008
Srilankalainen Yohalet Achma on onnistunut siinä, mistä moni haaveilee: hän on perustanut oman yrityksen ja saanut sen kannattavaksi muutamassa viikossa. Achma sai 10 000 rupian eli reilun 60 euron starttirahan Suomen Punaisen Ristin tsunamiavustusohjelmasta.
more...From: Punainen Risti Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Business] |
02.02.2008
Sri Lankan police has finally released UNICEF’s impounded consignment of high protein biscuits meant for undernourished children and mothers in the conflict zone. The UN agency’s aid material had been confiscated earlier also on the suspicion that they would land in the hands of Tamil rebels.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Children] [Emergency relief] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [United Nations] Image: The biscuits were part of a UNICEF consignment / Photo credit: Sri Lanka Army
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01.02.2008
YK:n maailmanlaajuinen avustustyö käy yhä vaikeammaksi järjestöön kohdistuvien terrori-iskujen ja uhkien vuoksi.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [United Nations] |
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