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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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Ethiopia: “The weather has changed completely”
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 07 December 2009 See more by this blogger
Since stories of the current drought in Ethiopia and its impact have started filtering through in the media, comparisons have been made with the events that inspired Live Aid almost 25 years ago. This time, however, the focus and... Keep reading
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Extreme winter, extreme poverty in Kyrgyzstan
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 10 November 2009 See more by this blogger
With increased numbers of natural disasters happening, such as the current drought in East Africa and the recent succession of typhoons and earthquakes in South East Asia, it is easy to overlook the gradual but devastating effects of climate... Keep reading
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South East Asia: Survivors' stories
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 05 November 2009 See more by this blogger
For millions of people in South East Asia the past two months have been a living nightmare. Typhoons Ketsana and Parma devastated vast areas of Vietnam and the Philippines, and Indonesia has been rocked by earthquakes. Only a few... Keep reading
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