Tag: Relief and Aid Organisations
Zimbabwe facing severe food shortages by next year: Red Cross
The International Red Cross is warning that almost half of Zimbabwe's population could face severe food shortages by the beginning of next year. [MORE]
Bill Clinton praises France's AIDS support
Former US president Bill Clinton has wound up a four-nation Africa tour aimed at combating HIV/AIDS in Dakar, praising France for its financial support through the agency Unitaid.[MORE]
Record Afghan unrest hampering aid: NGOs
Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan have hit record highs this year with hundreds of civilians killed, including 19 aid workers, and spreading insecurity that has hampered relief work, aid groups say.[MORE]
PNG minister tells Aust to 'butt out' of country's politics
Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Sam Abal has told a major Australian aid agency to butt out of the country's politics.[MORE]
N Koreans forced to eat grass to survive: UN
The United Nations says hunger in North Korea has reached its worst level since the 1990s, with up to six million people in need of food assistance.[MORE]
UN envoy says aid getting to Burma's cyclone victims
The United Nation's humanitarian envoy John Holmes says aid money for Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis is going to those in need.[MORE]
Govt pledges $30m for Burma cyclone aid
Australia will donate a further $30 million in aid money to help Burma recover from the cyclone that devastated parts of the country earlier this year.[MORE]
Sogovare denies wasting funds on US aid bid
Former Solomon Islands prime minister Manessah Sogavare has denied his government wasted $500,000 on a failed bid for US aid funding.[MORE]
Burma cyclone recovery cost to top $1 billion: UN
Recovery from a cyclone that tore into Burma's Irrawaddy delta in May, leaving at least 138,000 dead or missing, will cost more than $US1 billion, a report by the United Nations and South East Asian nations concluded.[MORE]
Colombia misused Red Cross emblem in hostage rescue
Colombia says it misused the symbol of the Red Cross in this month's military rescue of politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other rebel-held hostages, admitting a possible violation of the rules of war.[MORE]
Cyclone-hit Burma farmers unable to return to fields
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Survivors in Burma's storm-hit farming communities have been unable to return to the fields in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.[MORE]
UN seeks $312m more cyclone aid for Burma
The United Nations has appealed for more than $312 million in additional aid for Burma to cope with the effects of a cyclone two months ago that left 138,000 people dead or missing.[MORE]
Mourners farewell murdered aid worker
A funeral has been held in Sydney for Australian aid worker Darren Stratti who was shot dead in Africa last week.[MORE]
Burma's cyclone victims get plastic sheets, promised houses
Burma's premier has promised better housing for cyclone victims in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta, where many people have received only a plastic sheet to use for shelter, state media says.[MORE]
Aid worker's body returns home
The body of an Australian aid worker shot dead in East Africa will arrive in Sydney this morning.[MORE]
Aid worker's death accidental: family
The family of an Australian aid worker who was shot dead in Northern Tanzania say they believe his death was an accident.[MORE]
Aust aid worker shot dead in Africa
An Australian charity worker has been killed in an armed robbery in east Africa.[MORE]
N Korea welcomes US food aid
An American ship carrying thousands of tonnes of food aid has arrived in North Korea after the Government agreed to allow more international help to feed its people.[MORE]
Philippine ferry body search may take a month: official
Officials have warned it may take a month to recover corpses from a ferry sunk by a weekend typhoon in the Philippines, with divers pulling out just three so far.[MORE]
Bush sends aid to Philippines, praises Vietnam rights
US President George W Bush has unveiled new aid for the typhoon-battered Philippines and praised Vietnam's "noteworthy" progress on religious freedoms in talks with their visiting leaders.[MORE]
Bush visits Iowa, offers flood aid
The $4.2 billion balance in the US Federal Government's disaster relief fund should be "more than enough" to deal with the flood disaster in the midwest, the White House said overnight, as President George W Bush surveyed the region's worst flooding in 15 years.[MORE]
WHO says Burma health system 'back on its feet'
The World Health Organisation says the health system in cyclone-ravaged Burma is "back on its feet".[MORE]
Food inspectors granted access to N Korea
Staff from the UN World Food Program (WFP) have been given rare access to the North Korean countryside to assess the country's food shortages.[MORE]
Mugabe accuses aid agencies of working against him
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused foreign aid agencies of using food as a weapon to try to remove him from power and will investigate their operations, state media reported.[MORE]
Rudd praises Howard for $1b tsunami aid
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has praised his predecessor John Howard for the former government's aid to Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunami.[MORE]
