Bonn, 18 August 2011. On the occasion of the Day of Humanitarian Aid, Manuela Rossbach, manager of Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH), emphasises the relevance of qualified expertise for humanitarian aid. “Not only good will counts in the case of disaster, but much more a professional and sensitive approach exercised by the helpers,” explains Ms Rossbach. “To alleviate human suffering following disaster, reliable qualifications are required when offering humanitarian aid.”

Bonn, 15th January 2010. It's four days since the devastating earthquake in Haiti and aid organisations are facing extreme challenges. The airport is overstretched, the port has been destroyed and the streets are partially blocked. However, in this race against time, member organisations of Aktion Deutschland Hilfe are bringing further aid, such as medicine, into the country by air and by land. Today, arche nova shipped two drinking water purification systems to Haiti, as clean drinking water is what is needed the most alongside food and medicine. In Port-au-Prince,

German Foreign Ministry supporting aid workers from 'Aktion Deutschland Hilft' (The German Relief Coalition)

Bonn, 5th October 2009 - "People are sheltering in front of every house, whether destroyed or half standing, under emergency plastic sheeting or in makeshift shelters to protect themselves from the torrential rain" reports Moritz Wohlrab, Media Coordinator for Aktion Deutschland Hilft, the German Relief Coalition, from Sumatra. The destruction is particularly bad in the region around Padang: according to the information relayed by the aid workers, 70 percent of the homes

Aid alliance with several helpers engaged in western Java

Bonn, 5.9.2009 - A severe earthquake shook western Java on 2 September and caused at least 64 deaths and left hundreds injured. At least 100,000 people have become homeless in the severest-hit regions of Tasikmalaya and Garut.

Several alliance partners from Aktion Deutschland Hilft have been engaged in Java since the tsunami in 2004 and the earthquake in 2006 and provide immediate effective aid: AWO International, for example, made 5,000 euro in immediate aid available and helped those

Member Organizations are allocating Relief Items - Donors urgently needed

Bonn, 05.11.2007 - The situation in the flood affected areas in Central America is strained. The water - about 95% of the Area of Tabasco is overflown - will run off soonest within the next days and weeks. To ensure direct help Germany's Relief Coalition setted up an emergency fund of 200.000 Euro. Further donations are needed.

5 Member organizations of Germany's Relief Coalition are helping in the affected countries: Mal-teser International