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News stories covering HelpAge International's work in current and past emergencies. For further information, contact the emergency team.
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04/07/2008 NGO ban puts older people at risk of starvation in Zimbabwe Severe food shortages and the continuing ban on non-governmental organisation’s activities are placing hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in Zimbabwe at critical risk of starvation.
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21/05/2008 From the field: Latest on Myanmar cyclone HelpAge International’s Asia Communications Officer, Chattip Soralump, reports from one of the villages severely affected by Cyclone Nargis.
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13/05/2008 HelpAge International steps up Myanmar response HelpAge International is supporting the efforts of the YMCA to bring relief to those affected by Cyclone Nargis. Some 3,000 people have already been reached in the districts of Hlaingtharya, Bogalay and Labutta, where the YMCA has set up three community kitchens and are providing health check-ups and basic medicines.
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08/05/2008 HelpAge International to work with YMCA in Myanmar HelpAge International is to work with its partner in Yangon, the YMCA, to deliver aid to older people affected by Cyclone Nargis.
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07/05/2008 HelpAge International ready to respond to Myanmar cyclone HelpAge International is coordinating an emergency response team to assess the situation of the estimated 170,000 older people in Myanmar affected by Cyclone Nargis. The team will arrive in the capital, Yangon, over the next few days.
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02/04/2008 UN endorses key emergencies recommendations New recommendations for meeting the needs of older people affected by disasters have been endorsed by the most senior policy-making body of the humanitarian system, in response to a report from HelpAge International.
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15/02/2008 Cyclone Sidr: Three months on The devastation caused by Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh is similar to that seen in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. But funds for rehabilitation work following this second Asian disaster are insufficient for the scale of the crisis.
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24/01/2008 Responding to severe flooding in Mozambique HelpAge International is ensuring that the needs of older people are at the forefront of the emergency response to severe flooding in Mozambique.
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16/01/2008 Kenya: Helping older people in the wake of violence HelpAge International is working in partnership with Help the Aged (UK), HelpAge Kenya and the Kenya Red Cross Society to alleviate the plight of older people caught up in post-election violence in Kenya.
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20/12/2007 DEC tsunami funds help 200,000 older people HelpAge International's three-year post-tsunami rehabilitation programme, funded by the Disaster Emergencies Committee (DEC), highlights the positive role of older people in emergencies.
