At 7am our team of volunteers met to head off in to the jungle and visit one of our villages called Ba Mak. It is only 2 hours drive away from Hua Hin but very remote. We need 4×4 trucks to reach the...
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At 7am our team of volunteers met to head off in to the jungle and visit one of our villages called Ba Mak. It is only 2 hours drive away from Hua Hin but very remote. We need 4×4 trucks to reach the...
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Turkish Red Crescent responses to countrywide disasters with the coordination of National Directorate General for Disaster Management, through 9 District and 24 Local Disaster Management & Operation...
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Preface Don’t stop the momentum of the society for change Hiroshi Taniyama President, JVC 2 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear acci- dent...
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Écouter Gros plan sur l'humanitaire en 2012, une année qui a connu son lot de drames et de crises qui ont affectés des populations suite aux conflits armés, aux catastrophes naturelles ou encore au...
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Link: Disaster Risk Reduction – East Asia and The Pacific Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
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Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines about 3 weeks ago. Nearly 834,000 people remain displaced, of whom almost 12,000 are in 43 evacuation centers. The rest are staying...
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FACT SHEET U.S. Embassy Rangoon To date, the United States has provided approximately $5 million in assistance to IDPs in Kachin State, including funding for food, water and sanitation, shelter,...
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Britain will provide additional humanitarian support to those displaced by the ongoing conflict in Kachin State, Burma. Making the announcement, International Development Secretary Justine Greening...
Muslim group languishes in makeshift homes with no work, no schools and no citizenship rights from Burmese government. Read the full report on the Guardian.
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By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Dec 20 2012 (IPS) - As Thailand braces itself to combat drug-resistant malaria, a spread of small, nondescript buildings scattered close to corn and rice fields along...
Background Malaria is still one of the major public health concerns in Myanmar as some 1.5 million cases and over 3,200 malaria deaths were estimated in the past two years.Several factors contribute...
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Message from the Dean Dear Readers, The Year in Review series has been gaining in readership since the first issue was published in 2009. Each year, we strive to improve the Year in Review, to make...
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Counterfeit drugs are a growing scourge around the world. They're generating millions of dollars in revenue for organized crime and fueling the rise of drug-resistant parasites. Read and listen to...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:17 Mizzima News A team of scientists coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced groundbreaking research into the spread of malaria in Burma. Funded...
The Red Cross partnered with the Myanmar Ministry of Health in March 2012 on a nationwide measles vaccination campaign. Myanmar Red Cross volunteers went door to door in rural communities to educate...
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Tropical cyclone Evan hit Samoa and Fiji on 13 and 16 December. As a category 4 storm, Evan caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure on both islands. 3,500 people were evacuated to...
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Africa Working with Germany to improve water and sanitation services in Zimbabwe, benefiting 1.65 million people. With the UK, working to reduce extreme poverty, vulnerability and hunger by...
Following the Myanmar government’s announcement that the ICRC is to resume prison visits, Alain Aeschlimann, head of ICRC operations for East and South East Asia and the Pacific, explains what this...
Yangon, 9 December 2012 - The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Nigam, returned yesterday from a two day visit to Rakhine State organized by the Government of the Republic of...
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This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Six months after inter-communal violence broke out in western Myanmar’s Rakhine...