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Kiribati
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11 Nov 2010

Cook Islands + 6 others
Pacific Cyclone and Precipitation Outlook 2010-2011

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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*The Pacific region is currently experiencing the weather phenomenon La Niña, which is projected to continue into February - April 2011. La Niña typically affects the distribution of rain and tropical cyclones across the region. Map 1 shows the areas with higher and lower precipitation in Asia and the Pacific during La Niña, in boreal summers (June to August) and boreal winters (December to February).

*Above normal rainfall is expected for

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26 Apr 2000

Eritrea + 3 others
Christian Aid's work today in Horn of Africa

Report
— Christian Aid
Christian Aid Communications Officer, Sophia Mwangi, has recently returned from Ethiopia. She reports on Christian Aid's current work with communities in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Kenya, who have all been hit by drought.
Ethiopia

Christian Aid works through several local organisations in Ethiopia, providing support with agriculture and irrigation, water and sanitation and tree-planting programmes. Listed below are some of Christian Aid's partners in Ethiopia which have been given grants in response to the current food crisis.

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18 Mar 1999

Kiribati
WHO lends helping hand to drought-affected Kiribati

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— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The World Health Organisation will provide immediate assistance to Kiribati as part of a relief effort for the country's ongoing drought.

The WHO office in the capital, Tarawa, says it will provide supplies and equipment worth about 28-thousand dollars for monitoring water quality.

Part of the assistance package will also pay for building materials to improve the use of rainwater and sanitation.

The organisation will also provide a consultant to advise the Government in assessing the health impact of the drought.

The support has come in response to President

Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

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12 Mar 1999

Kiribati
Kiribati - Drought OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0047
Kiribati - Drought
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
12 March 1999

1. According to preliminary information gathered by the UNDP's Disaster Management Programme-South Pacific Office (DMP-SPO), a drought has persisted in Kiribati for over a year. Kiribati is situated in the south Pacific Ocean, 2,000 km north of Fiji. Kiribati consists of three island groups, namely; the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands. The population is approximately 84,000, and the national capital is Tarawa.

2. Current major impacts are on water

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03 Mar 1999

Kiribati
Kiribati: Central Pacific nation declares state of emergency

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, March 3 (AFP) - Kiribati, which straddles the Equator and the Dateline, has proclaimed a nationwide state of emergency following prolonged drought, Radio Kiribati reported Wednesday.

President Teburoro Tito appealed for international help as most of the underground fresh water supplies dried up.

Kiribati is almost exclusively atolls other than the high island of Banaba with was virtually destroyed by phosphate mining.

Radio Kiribati says because of the dry weather, most islands have become dustbowls, making the former British

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