Malawi + 5 more
Natural disasters, climate change and economic problems have sparked a food crisis throughout the developing world. Every six seconds, a child dies due to malnutrition and related health issues. That's why AmeriCares supports programs to improve nutrition and medical care…
Sudan + 6 more
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection Good morning Mr. Chairman, Senator Corker and Members of Subcommittee. I am David Waskow, the Climate Change Program Director at Oxfam America. Oxfam America is an international development and humanitarian…
Angola + 41 more
88 Million Bed Nets Distributed for Malaria Geneva - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced that 2.3 million people living with HIV have been reached with lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through AIDS programs it supports,…
Ethiopia + 3 more
This year has seen hundreds of weather-related catastrophes, including the cyclone in Myanmar, floods in India, hurricanes in the Caribbean and drought in Ethiopia. As climate change means a dramatic rise in the numbers of people being affected by natural…
Ethiopia + 6 more
Prime Minister and Acting Foreign Minister Helen Clark today announced that $1.5 million has been allocated to international organisations responding to natural disasters through NZAID (New Zealand's international aid and development agency). "As a concerned member of the international community it…
Ethiopia + 3 more
The evacuation of New Orleans in advance of hurricane Gustav and the displacement of two million Indians to the worst flood in 50 years underline the increasing vulnerability of humanity to natural disasters-vulnerability that is set to rise under…