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Haiti: Relief slowly reaches survivors
By Bertin Meance, Posted 17 January 2010 See more by this blogger
Relief is slowly reaching the victims of the quake, 4 days after the quake. Rescue teams are searching for survivors under the rubbles. The people at the camps still looked patient. Several women were already busy setting up their... Keep reading
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“Haiti needs the solidarity of all humankind”: HelpAge reports from Port-au-Prince
By Bertin Meance, Posted 14 January 2010 See more by this blogger
HelpAge's Emergencies Programme Officer in Haiti, Bertin Meance, reports from Port-au-Prince on the destruction caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, which struck on Tuesday 12 January: "The devastating earthquake that violently shook Haiti and destroyed much of the capital,... Keep reading
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Tsunami: The value of human solidarity
By Eduardo Klien, Posted 22 December 2009 See more by this blogger
HelpAge International's East Asia Pacific Regional Representative, Eduardo Klien, looks back at the events that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami... The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami not only took us by surprise - it caught us completely unprepared. I... Keep reading
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Older people can shed light on climate change debate
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 16 December 2009 See more by this blogger
At HelpAge, we are calling for the voices of older people to be heard in the climate change debate. Voices of people like Daisy, below, who is 55 with six children and two grandchildren. She grows crops and looks... Keep reading
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Copenhagen: Climate change debate must include older people
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 11 December 2009 See more by this blogger
The climate change conference in Copenhagen is coming to the end of its first week. 56 newspapers around the world have shown unprecedented solidarity by featuring a shared editorial on the climate change negotiations COP15. "Fourteen days to seal... Keep reading
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