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Humanitarian Assistance: Improving US-European Cooperation

Foreword

This book analyzes the policies and approaches of the European Commission and the U.S.
Government to humanitarian assistance and develops recommendations for enhancing transatlantic cooperation and mutual learning in this field.

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ACTED newsletter No 52 - Jan 2009

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ACTED in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, ACTED is starting a 20 month project entitled 'Promoting Peace Dividends: Institutional Capacity Building of State and Non State Actors.' Funded by Europe Aid, this project supports reconciliation and development in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province by building the capacity of local organizations, linking these organizations to local authorities, and supporting inter-community exchange. This intervention will enhance the capacity of all parties to better identify and respond to community needs and foster reconciliation on between conflict-affected

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IOM, UNICEF launch migrant child rights package

IOM has launched a package of educational materials designed to raise awareness of migrant children's rights in Thai schools and among youth workers.

The "Child Rights Package," which is part of a UNICEF-funded project: Promoting the Livelihoods of Migrant Children and Their Families in Tsunami-Affected Provinces, consists of a comic book, a DVD animation, a card game, a children's edition of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and a poster.

It aims to raise awareness of children's rights - focusing on migrant children and their families - to reduce stigma

International Organization for Migration:

Copyright © IOM. All rights reserved.

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Sri Lanka: Gardens lend a helping hand

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IFRC
By Gina Guinta, American Red Cross information and reporting delegate in Sri Lanka

As you enter Nilanthi's backyard in a resettlement village in Dadalla - a small community three miles from the southern Sri Lankan coastal city of Galle - you're immediately drawn to her lush green garden, full of fresh papayas, pomegranates, bananas, okra, squash, kankun (a local kale-like vegetable) and spinach. However, it serves a much bigger purpose than meets the eye.

The plants are growing over a household seepage bed to help purify wastewater and at the same time, allow the plants to flourish.

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Leaving an imprint: Rebuilding the shrimp sector in Aceh, Indonesia

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World Bank
Submitted by Dave Lawrence on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 14:56.

In my 12 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), I've been involved with a lot of different projects. Many of them were successful, some were not. But none of them were as satisfying as the Aceh Shrimp Project, which closed last month. If you've ever hit a bull's eye when playing darts, imagine that feeling multiplied by 100. That's what this project felt like.

Aceh is an autonomous province on the northern tip of Sumatra, in Indonesia, with a population of 4.2 million.

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Sri Lanka: School destroyed by tsunami is rebuilt by SOS

A dedication ceremony was organized for the Al-Misbah School in eastern Sri Lanka that had been destroyed by the tsunami in late 2004. SOS Children's Villages has rebuilt the school from scratch; it is currently being attended by 1,500 students.

The Minister of Child Development and Women's Empowerment, Mrs. Sumedha G Jayasena, inaugurated the school in presence of SOS Children's Villages President Helmut Kutin and many other representatives of SOS Children's Villages. Over 2,000 people, mostly students' parents, witnessed the ceremony. SOS Children's Villages of Sri Lanka rebuilt

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Indonesia: School reconstruction - "building back better"

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IRIN
BANDA ACEH, 22 January 2009 (IRIN) - As horrific as the 2004 Asian tsunami was, 11-year-old Iba Rada points to at least one positive aspect. After thousands of schools were destroyed, the effort to "build back better" - former President Bill Clinton's slogan for the recovery process - seems to be succeeding in school reconstruction in Banda Aceh City, Aceh Province.

Rada, a student at Public Primary School 51, delights in the new facility. "It's clean and beautiful and has very good study materials," she told IRIN.

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Badan

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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School destroyed by tsunami is rebuilt by SOS Children's Villages Sri Lanka

On 5 January, a dedication ceremony was organised for the Al-Misbah School in eastern Sri Lanka that had been destroyed by the tsunami in late 2004. SOS Children's Villages has rebuilt the school from scratch; it is currently being attended by 1,500 students.

"We are overjoyed to see this school functioning again! After the tsunami destroyed it, we almost lost hope. Ever since 2004, educating our children in this region was nearly impossible. This troubled part of Sri Lanka owes a lot to SOS Children's Villages for

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Indonesia: Irvandi's story - computers for living

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IFRC
Text and photos by Megan Rowling, British Red Cross in Indonesia

This is the sixth in a series of nine profiles/case studies, looking at how Red Cross Red Crescent has help people to rebuild their own lives after the tsunami in Indonesia.

When the people of Panton village, in Aceh Jaya district, need documents printed or typed up on a computer, they head for Irvandi's shop on the main road.

At the back, the 22-year-old sits behind his desk, which boasts an impressive range of IT equipment. He and his partner also sell stationery, stacked on shelves and in a counter at the

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Thailand + 1 other
TCG study tour to Thailand shares experience and lessons learnt in natural disaster management

Yangon, Myanmar, 14 January 2009 - Tripartite Core Group (TCG) members, including Bansarn Bunnag, Thai Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar/Senior ASEAN member to the TCG and Bishow Parajuli, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, completed the first TCG Study Tour to Thailand on 12 January 2009. The visit, led by U Kyaw Thu, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar/Chairman of the TCG, took place between 6 - 12 January 2009.

The first TCG's Study tour aimed at exchanging experiences and taking more lessons learned from Thailand on the natural

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India + 3 others
Il y a 4 ans, un tsunami ravageait l'océan indien

Il y a 4 ans, un tsunami ravageait l'océan indien

L'aide aux victimes du tsunami touche à sa fin. Quatre ans après la catastrophe, près de 92 % des 13,8 millions? collectés par le SPF sont dépensés ou engagés. Des centaines de milliers de sinistrés ont reçu une aide dans les quatre pays les plus touchés.

Un énorme bateau rouillé jaillit des maisons de Banda Aceh. Il a la taille d'une usine et pèse des tonnes. La côte est à cinq kilomètres de là. Voilà un des vestiges du tsunami. Quatre ans après, le gigantesque naufragé se visite comme un musée. À quelques

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Thaïlande : priorité à la sauvegarde de l'environnement

Écosystèmes. Les villageois de deux districts côtiers préservent les ressources naturelles. Ils replantent la mangrove avec l'association Yadfon.

Trang et krabi. Le 26 décembre 2004, la vague emporte tout sur son passage?: vies humaines, maisons, bateaux. Les plages de sable blanc font place à un paysage de désolation. La mer nourricière dévaste les provinces côtières de Trang et Krabi, au sud-ouest du pays. Bâtir de nouvelles maisons, réparer les bateaux, les filets et casiers et permettre aux pêcheurs de reprendre leur activité sont les premières aides d'urgence apportées par le Secours

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Inde : tous les projets

Formation professionnelle

District de Cuddalore

Création d'une coopérative laitière, vente de lait - Cours de mécanique et de conduite, formations en couture et en broderie pour les femmes dalits?(caste des intouchables).

Coût?: 70.000 euros

Partenaire local?: Madhar Nala

Thondu Niruvanam

Mené par?: Fédération SPF

de Seine-Maritime

Terminé en 2007.

Un deuxième projet est en cours, à échéance 2011

Bidonville de Gandhi NagaR

Mise en place de formations professionnelles.

Coût?: 20.000 euros

Partenaire local?: Speed Trust

Mené par?: Fédération SPF

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Indonésie : témoignage et projets

Programmes de microcrédit à Jangka Buya

Je suis arrivée à Aceh six mois après le tsunami. C'était encore le chaos. Les pelleteuses s'activaient au bord des routes.

Les gens vivaient dans des abris sommaires : des tentes ou sous de simples bâches installées là où étaient leurs maisons. En 2006, je suis revenue pour démarrer les programmes de microcrédits à Jangka Buya. Le paysage avait totalement changé. Aujourd'hui, trois chalutiers sont à la mer et les deux derniers bateaux seront terminés au premier semestre

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Thaïlande : témoignage et projets

Déforestation et pollution marine

Depuis plus de vingt ans, de grandes étendues de mangrove ont été détruites dans les régions côtières afin de construire des fermes d'élevage de crevettes. Cette déforestation s'est accompagnée d'une pollution importante des eaux due à l'utilisation intensive de produits chimiques et d'antibiotiques pour neutraliser les bactéries et les maladies. La nourriture donnée aux crevettes dans les fermes d'élevage s'est, elle aussi, répandue dans les étangs puis les canaux, les rivières et la mer, provoquant la mort d'espèces aquatiques ou leur dispersion loin

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Indonesia: Project HOPE awarded nearly $1 million in grant money from the Big Lottery Fund to improve the health of mothers and children in Aceh Barat

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Project HOPE
Four years after the Tsunami, some health districts in Indonesia still in desperate need

(January 12, 2009) Millwood, VA-Project HOPE, an international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, received nearly $1million from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG), a grant-making organization in the United Kingdom, to enhance maternal and child health in Aceh Barat, Indonesia, a district severely affected by the 2004 tsunami.

While many health indicators in tsunami affected regions of Indonesia are improving, the Aceh Barat area, which

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Indonesia: Aja's story - Sewing for life

By Megan Rowling, British Red Cross in Indonesia

This is the fifth in a series of nine profiles/case studies, looking at how Red Cross Red Crescent has help people to rebuild their own lives after the tsunami in Indonesia.

Aja Muhibbah, chairwoman of the Pasi Janeng village women's tailoring group, has a tough job coordinating the work of its ten members.

The women received a livelihood grant of Rp. 17 million (around 1,911 Swiss francs) from the British Red Cross, which they used to buy sewing machines and a generator.

In the later stage of its tsunami recovery

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Regional blood services developed in Thailand

A regional Blood Centre is under construction in Phuket, Thailand. The project aims to develop regional blood services in the six Andaman Sea provinces and it is organised by the Thai and Finnish Red Cross Societies.

The objective of this co-operative effort is to secure the availability of blood in local hospitals and to improve the quality and safety of blood components. Currently blood is collected and processed by local hospitals.

In the future Thai Red Cross Society is going to take responsibility in collecting blood and providing blood

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Indonesia: Merri Oviana, "Thirty-three relatives died that day"

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IRIN
BANDA ACEH, 7 January 2009 (IRIN) - Merri Oviana, 30, of Lampulo village in Banda Aceh city, Aceh Province, was out of the country, working in Brunei Darussalam to raise money for her family, when the tsunami struck her village four years ago. It would be a year before she could return home and discover the full extent of the damage to her family and to Aceh.

"My father is a carpenter and my mother a school-teacher and both my brothers are in college," Oviana told IRIN. "I was in Brunei as a migrant worker from 2004 to 2005

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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Indonesia: From rice field to fishpond - reclaiming damaged land

By British Red Cross in Indonesia

This is the fourth in a series of nine profiles/case studies, looking at how Red Cross Red Crescent has help people to rebuild their own lives after the tsunami in Indonesia.

Before the tsunami, Ben Khari's home village of Alue Riyeung, on the north Acehnese island of Pulo Nasi, looked out over rice fields, separated from the beach by a swamp filled with coconut palms and mangroves.

But the huge waves that smashed into the island's coastal villages flooded the area with seawater and ripped