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Appeal Target: US$ 949,279 Geneva, 27 May 2004 Dear Colleagues, In spite of a fairly good monsoon in most parts of the country in 2003, large tracts of the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka,...

Appeal No. 16/03; Launched on: 20 June 2003 for six months for CHF 1,292,000 (USD 972,835 or EUR 833,259) to assist 75,000 beneficiaries. Due to lack of funding the operation was scaled down with a...

by Marla Pierson Lester AKRON, Pa. - In 2003, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) sent food or funds for food to 32 countries - providing sustenance for victims of war and natural disaster, those mired...

Appeal Target: CHF 3,400,000 (USD 2,446,214 or EUR 2,336,657) Period covered: July - Sept, 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of...

Appeal No. 16/2003; Appeal launched on 20 June 2003 for CHF 1,292,000( USD 972,835 or EUR 833,259) for 6 months for 75,000 beneficiaries (15,000 families); given the low donor response to date, the...

Appeal No. 16/2003; Appeal launched on 20 June 2003 for CHF 1,292,000(U SD 972,835 or EUR 833,259) for 6 months for 75,000 beneficiaries (15,000 families); given the lo w donor response to date, the...

Appeal launched on 20 June 2003 for CHF 1,292,000 (USD 972,835 or EUR 833,259) for 6 months for 75,000 beneficiaries (15,000 families). Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 100,000 ...

by Pooja Saxena in Delhi A group of children wait patiently on the street for a vehicle carrying water, seemingly unaware of the hot sand under their bare feet. It is a common sight in Rajasthan, now...

Baltimore, July 2, 2003 -- "It has finally started to rain in Rajasthan after four years of drought," Lutheran World Relief's Carolina Castrillo reported from northeast India last week. LWR is...

Wells for India are providing support since October 2002 on a regular basis to over 10,235 most needy households, 57,700 people and 64,000 small animals (sheep and goats) located in 315 settlements...

Geneva, 30 June 2003 - The severe drought that has for more than four years devastated several states in India continues unabated with the state of Rajasthan being the most affected. The...

At least 43 million people in the Indian state of Rajasthan are suffering an acute shortage of food and clean water after five years of continual drought. The drought, which the Indian government...

New Delhi (dpa) - Farmers in the drought-affected southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are packing their bags and heading to the Gulf region in search of jobs, it was reported Thursday. Over the...

Rajasthan, the largest state in India, has an estimated population of 54 million, spreading over 41,500 villages in 32 districts. Out of 32 Districts, 20 Districts have received almost no rainfall in...

The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...

Washington, June 5, 2003 - To help improve the quality and safety of food and drugs in India, the World Bank today approved a US$ 54 million credit to the Government of India. The Food and Drugs...

HYDERABAD, India, June 4 (Reuters) - Indians poured into temples and mosques on Wednesday to pray for rain as a heatwave that has killed over 1,000 people in one state alone swept across the...

By Thomas Kutty Abraham NATWARGADH, India (Reuters) - Ten-year-old Bharti pushes herself through a swarm of people, unmindful of the sweltering sun or the frenetic crowd that tries to beat her to the...

FEATURE By Anindita Ramaswamy, dpa Jodhpur, India (dpa) - A mother of four walks five kilometres every day to collect a pot of water. A young man prays for rain so he can plough his fields, earn some...