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16 Feb 2012
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Pakistan
Pakistan Floods Emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis

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ActionAid, Africare, Concern Worldwide, International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, Pakistan Humanitarian Forum, Plan, Save the Children
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Summary

The floods that began in August 2011 and swept across the province of Sindh and parts of neighbouring Balochistan resulted in one of the most destructive disasters that Pakistan has experienced. More than five million people have been affected: 1.8 million people were left homeless and more than 2.2 million acres of crops were lost, resulting in agricultural losses of nearly $2 billion.

30 Apr 2011
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Ghana
Africare completes the Ghana WASHH project

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WASHINGTON DC - On April 20, 2011 in the Wassa Amenfi District of Western Ghana, Africare-Ghana held a commissioning ceremony in celebration of the completion of the Ghana Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Health (WASHH) Project, which was funded by a generous donation from President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Award. Africare President Darius Mans traveled to Ghana for the occasion. Special guest Stephen Axelson, the coordinator of Walk for Water, a 1k Walk/5k Run that raised money for Africare’s water and sanitation projects, also attended the ceremony.

03 Sep 2010
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Guest Contributor: Peter Persell, Vice President of Operations

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Forty one years ago in the small town of Tikare, Burkina Faso, I woke up to my first day as a Peace Corps Volunteer to find a bucket of water outside my door. Since Tikare had no running water, that bucket of water generously provided by a twelve year old neighbor, Dabare Irenee was greatly appreciated. I had water to drink and to bathe and brush my teeth with.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I trained men (and one woman) how to dig water wells and how to shore up the wells' dirt walls with reinforced concrete to fully penetrate the ground water

14 May 2009
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Spotlight: Street kids in the DRC

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is situated in Central Africa and has a population of approximately 69 million, about 47% of which (32 million) are under the age of 14. Problems with the economy, poor governance and armed conflict has led to a deterioration of living conditions in the DRC. The civil war which began in 1994 and subsequent armed conflict still on-going in the eastern region of the country has destabilized the entire country, crippling its economy. More than half of the population in the capital city of Kinshasa live beneath the poverty
12 May 2009
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Angola
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American Idol visits Africare project in Angola

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Africare-Angola hosted American Idol winner Carrie Underwood for a special taping of "Idol Gives Back," a program which aims to raise money and awareness for children and families living in poverty in the U.S. and abroad.

The taping, which focused on initiatives to combat Malaria in Angola, debuted on the popular U.S. television show American Idol on May 12, 2009. Africare supports malaria prevention and control programs in ten countries across the African continent.

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"How grateful we are for the

23 Feb 2009
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Zimbabwe
Help Africare beat cholera in Zimbabwe

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Help Africare fight cholera in Zimbabwe by increasing communities' access to clean, safe water and proper sanitary facilities. Cholera cases and deaths are significantly increasing every day. According to the Daily Cholera Update, on February 19, Zimbabwe experienced 1,900 new cases and 137 new deaths throughout the country.

Africare provides access to clean water by:

- Deepening and equipping shallow wells in schools in communities, and

- Through community participation and collaboration, identifying water points that can be rehabilitated and training

18 Mar 2008
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Sudan (the)
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Sudan: Darfur - "On a knife-edge"

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"The United Nations has described the situation in Darfur as a crisis of 'enormous proportions.' The survival of the hundreds of thousands of displaced is on a knife-edge" (BBC News, May 6, 2004). Ultimately, as the atrocities have continued, more than two million Darfurians have fled their homes - over 200,000 of them crossing from Sudan into Chad.

There, Africare responded. In Ouaddai, in eastern Chad, Africare established and now manages the Gaga Refugee Camp, providing shelter, food, medical care and other aid to 20,000 Darfurians.

01 Dec 2007
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: The Bonde family - a World AIDS Day story

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Mr. and Mrs. Bonde live in Chivhaku village in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: the region that is the world epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every day, this family battles HIV/AIDS and its effects. Today, World AIDS Day 2007, Africare honors these parents as they care for the health and well being of two chronically-ill adult children and an extended family of five with assistance from Africare's Nutrition on Wheels Program.

CHIVHAKU, ZIMBABWE, December 1, 2007 - "I have a large family of nine," begins Mrs. Bonde of

29 Oct 2007
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Zimbabwe
Dedicated to care: Empowering male caregivers in Zimbabwe

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Africare's Male Empowerment Project in Zimbabwe is challenging traditional by increasing male involvement in home-based care services given to rural people living with AIDS. The project equips men with the training and support necessary to become effective secondary caregivers - encouraging a new generation of healthcare givers in Zimbabwe to be "man enough to care. " Below is the story, straight from Africare/Zimbabwe.

MUTASA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE, October 29, 2007 - Justin Rangai, 66, from Zimbabwe's eastern Mutasa district,

10 Sep 2007
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Liberia
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and the road to reconstructing a nation

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WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2007 ... November 11, 2005, was a landmark in African political history. It was the day the continent's first female head of state was elected. With 59.4 percent of the popular vote, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the presidency of the Republic of Liberia: a West African nation then emerging from years of civil strife.

In her inaugural address on January 17, 2006, President Johnson Sirleaf stated, "I want to, here and now, gratefully acknowledge the powerful voice of women of all walks of life. Your strength brought us the victory."

01 Dec 2006
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Liberia
Africare president visits Liberia

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November, 2006-- Africare President Julius E. Coles traveled to Liberia late November to review Africare's program work in the Bong and Nimba Counties. His visit centered on the status and development of program sites whose focuses coincide with Africare's two principal initiatives on the continent: Health & HIV/AIDS and Food Security & Agricultural. The Improved Community Health Project (ICH) and the Food Support for Community Resettlement & Reintegration Project (CRR) were the highlighted projects on his trip. President Coles also met
10 Jan 2006
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Niger (the)
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Gates Foundation grants two Africare food security projects

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WASHINGTON, January 10, 2006--Africare is pleased to announce receipt of two generous grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which will support responses to drought and food crises in Niger and Zimbabwe. Funding in the amount of $1,022,686.00 will go toward two critical emergency programs which will address drought resistance crop production in both Niger (Improve Agriculture Production and Natural Resource Management) and Zimbabwe (Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action (GIRA)).
The provision of funding for two independent
29 Dec 2005
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Malawi
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Southern Africa food relief

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Help provide critical food and humanitarian relief to people in Southern Africa in the countries of Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia, facing drought and low food harvests.

The regional food crisis in Southern Africare is worsening significantly. Zambia declared a national emergency in December 2005, underscoring the need for increased donations for an estimated 1.7 million hungry people, while Malawi officials say 5 million people face serious food shortages, as staple maize prices are increasing exponentially. In Zimbabwe, where aid agencies estimate that more than

06 Dec 2005
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Malawi
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New approaches to alleviating chronic food insecurity in Southern Africa

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Tiny and landlocked, Malawi sits south of Tanzania between Mozambique and Zambia in Southern Africa. With chronic food insecurity in Malawi and throughout Southern Africa, many assume that such hardship is somehow endemic in Africa. What, then, can people do when the problems seem structural, prolonged, and uniquely African?

To address the underlying causes of food insecurity in Southern Africa, as well as emergency response, Africare partners with local communities, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement effective, long-term solutions in the region. Africare

07 Sep 2005
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Somalia
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Omega Psi Phi donates to East African tsunami relief effort

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On September 7, 2005, Africare welcomed five senior members of the Third District of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. The Third District includes 40 chapters in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Members presented Africare President Julius E. Coles with a generous donation to the Tsunami Relief Effort in East Africa.

Chairman of the Chapter Subcommittee, Brother Charles D. Chambliss, Jr., said, "the effort is a response to the appearance that more attention and resources were needed to address the impact of the tsunami on East Africa and the drain of funding to African

27 Jul 2005
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Niger (the)
Niger emergency food relief

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The people of Niger, West Africa are in critical need of food and other humanitarian assistance.

For months, the hardship of failed harvests -- caused by drought and locust infestation in important growing regions -- has slowly depleted the food supply in-country. The result has been wide-spread hunger and growing malnutrition. The United Nations reports that roughly 3.6 million people, or about 1/3 of the country's total population, is affected. Children are particularly at risk; it is estimated that 800,000 children under the age of 5 in Niger suffer from some degree of hunger

13 Apr 2005
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Rwanda
Africare works to bring improved health and reconciliation to the people of Rwanda

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In April 1994, genocide swept the nation of Rwanda. Africare had begun work 12 years prior to this period, developing communities and lending aid to refugees. And Africare remained in Rwanda after the conflict subsided, providing emergency health care and food to the victims of civil unrest.

Today, Rwanda's transition from crisis to recovery and development is incomplete. The nation still faces tough challenges posed by large numbers of vulnerable people such as widows, orphans, refugees, and people returning after fleeing to neighboring countries.

04 Jan 2005
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Somalia
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Tsunami disaster touches eastern Africa

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The earthquake and tidal wave that decimated many coastal regions of South Asia on December 26 extended a path of destruction all the way to the eastern coast of Africa.

The hardest hit African nation was Somalia, where over 100 people have been killed and many fishermen have been reported missing. Off the coast of Somalia, almost all of the buildings on the island of Hafun were swept away. Thousands of refugees have fled the coastal areas to seek aid inland.

In Seychelles, the tsunami caused considerable damage on two of the country's most populous islands, Mahe and Praslin.

02 Aug 2004
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Chad
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Africare responds to Darfur crisis by aiding refugees fleeing to Chad

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World attention has been turned toward the Darfur region of Sudan, where displacement of local people by militia forces has resulted in a large-scale humanitarian crisis. While this emergency is centered on the Darfur region of western Sudan, the bordering country of Chad has been forced to deal with the consequences of the Sudanese conflict, as hundreds of thousands of refugees stream across the border, seeking assistance and sanctuary inside Chad.
This massive influx of refugees has put the local Chadian population, already living in fragile conditions,
29 Apr 2004
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Uganda
Improving children's health through access to clean water in Uganda

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The need. The lack of safe water for human use is one of the greatest problems affecting the health of children throughout Africa. Contaminated water results in intestinal infections that increase malnutrition and contribute to the severity of other illnesses. Until their partnership with Africare, many communities in Ntungamo District, Uganda, had been using unsafe water from open wells, ponds, streams, and rivers. Africare is providing materials, supplies, and technical assistance in support of community self-help efforts to construct protected springs