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US AIDS program undaunted by recession
Cape Town :: South Africa | 12 days ago
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In a telephone interview Wednesday, Eric Goosby acknowledged the economic downturn was a concern, and that other U.S. government departments were cutting back.
Tags: South Africa, PEPFAR, U.S, international aid, global recession, Cape Town, Eric Goosby, Recession, Ambassadors of the United States, HIV/AIDS, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Social Issues, Politics
Groups present to DA 9-point omnibus demands for peasant typhoon victims
To mark World Food Day, October 16, established by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) since 1981, peasant groups such as the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines), Amihan National...
Tags: department of agriculture, international aid, world food day, agriculture, damage, kmp, ondoy, pepeng
Sudan invites expanded Darfur aid
Khartoum :: Sudan | 6 months ago
Credibility Sudan's government says it will invite new aid groups to work in Darfur and allow those still operating there to expand their activities...Sudan expelled 13 foreign aid groups in March after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for...
Tags: Sudan, aid groups, International Criminal Court, Darfur, president omar, international aid
Pace of Myanmar's recovery surprises US
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pace of Myanmar's recovery surprises head of US aid team The leader of the only U.S. medical team to enter Myanmar since a cyclone struck two months ago said yesterday he saw a surprising number of replanted rice paddies and more reconstruction than he...
Tags: Myanmar, UN Says Burma, Cyclone Nargis, mourning period, international aid
Burma grants visas to aid workers
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Burma's military rulers have granted 1,670 visas to foreign aid experts to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of the cyclone that devastated the country two months ago, state media said. The regime had come under fierce international criticism for taking...
Tags: Burma, aid workers, approve visas, Cyclone Nargis, foreigners aid, help victims, international aid
UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The envoy, Kai Eide, wants international aid money to be spent through the Afghan government, in return for a crackdown on corruption. Mr Eide says that too much aid money is spent on salaries and goods in the countries that provide it. Last month, 80...
Tags: aid money, international aid
MSF Urges South Africa: Stop Deporting Zimbabweans
Johannesburg :: South Africa | about 1 year ago
Credibility South African authorities in Musina told MSF that they had increased patrols along the border during the run-off period. Zimbabwean arrested during these patrols told MSF teams that they had crossed the border over the past few days, fleeing instability...
Tags: MSF Urges South Africa, aid group, africa deports, Medecins Sans Frontieres, deports zimbabweans, fleeing instability, political violence, teams visited, international aid, Zimbabwe
Aid groups press Myanmar on camp evictions
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility It's business as usual," said one official at an aid agency in Yangon, who asked not to be named. Cumbersome regulations were blocking more vehicles and boats being used to distribute vital aid and even access to satellite communications was being made...
Tags: Burma, aid workers, cyclone survivors, Cyclone Nargis, Young Burmese, aid group, international aid, military government
Peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse of children
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 year ago
Credibility The British-based aid agency Save the Children UK said in a report released yesterday that it has uncovered evidence of widespread sexual abuse of children at the hands of peacekeepers and international aid workers in war zones and disaster areas. UN...
Tags: aid workers, sexually abuse, child abuse, international aid, child sexually, general ban, children uk, secretary general, United Nations
Myanmar Arrests Opposition Leader Supporters
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 year ago
Credibility Myanmar's authorities, apparently readying for the extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest, detained 15 of the democracy leader's supporters Tuesday and stepped up security around her home. About 100 uniformed and plainclothes police, along with...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Yangon, aid workers, Burma, entering myanmar, sans suu, United Nations, aung sans, Cyclone Nargis, international aid
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