Rapports

Many children become disabled as a result of natural disasters or warfare. These children are often expelled from schools, and their right to education is seldom addressed until the final phases of the "reconstruction" process. Even if these children eventually…

VGP - The Finish Embassy sign on Tuesday to finance €460,000 for two projects on climate change, which help nurturer climate change capacity for Vietnamese civil social organizations and assist Qu?ng Tr? Province's local communities to adapt to climate change. Through…

VAVUNIYA, 6 April 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of pregnant women caught up in the fighting between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are in urgent need of healthcare, according to aid workers. "I was scared. I…

70408 Abstract The North Sumatra Provincial Government has, together with the BRR (Badan Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksi); the Government of Indonesia (GOI) agency responsible for post tsunami reconstruction and the Nias local government, requested support from the Multi-Donor Fund…

Text and photos by Wilda Anggraeni, American Red Cross in Aceh, Indonesia "I know! I know it!" Adel and Salsa spontaneously call out. The two little girls are raising their hands as high as they possibly can in a competition…

Sri Lankan children missing arms and legs, need basic supplies immediately Families in Sri Lanka face a life-and-death crisis right now, as a civil war comes to a brutal end for thousands of civilians. World Concern is only one…

UNESCO on behalf of OCHA and UNCT, NEPAL Funded by UNDP Supported by ICON/ADAPT Nepal 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1. Flooding is a common phenomenon in the Himalayan Rivers. Every year floods affect thousands of people in the Himalayan region. Every year the monsoon…

ODI background note By Alan Nicol and Nanki Kaur Water is the key medium that links atmospheric temperature rises to changes in human and physical systems. Climate change will alter the hydrological cycle in many ways. The trigger is the warming…

Colombo_(dpa) _ Civilians in Tamil rebel-held areas are risking their lives and to flee fighting in the northern region, state-run television said Tuesday. On Monday the Navy rescued 139 Tamil civilians including 53 children who were fleeing by boat and…

The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region is rapidly becoming a catastrophe. An estimated 150,000 civilians are trapped in an ever shrinking space, forcibly held back by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and exposed to…