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'All Our Children'-- Church World Service sharpens focus on next generation
23 Nov 2009 18:29:00 GMT
Source: Church World Service
November 20, 2009 NEW YORK CITY/PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA -- In tribute to Universal Children's Day (November 20) international humanitarian agency Church World Service says it is intensifying its ...

CWS tells Food Summit, 'Spend already promised funds on child malnutrition'
23 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT
Source: Church World Service
November 17, 2009 NEW YORK -- With no specific financial commitments made at this week's international food summit in Rome, humanitarian agency Church World Service is urging world leaders to " ...

Stop the killing in the Congo
23 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT
Source: Oxfam International
Crisis in Congo: a new approach is needed The crisis in Congo is often known as the 'forgotten conflict', yet this war has killed over 5 million people. We need your help right now to help ensure ...

Taking the fight for climate justice to the Capitol and to Copenhagen
23 Nov 2009 17:38:00 GMT
Source: Church World Service
November 18, 2009 In less than a month world leaders will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to devise a new global agreement to counter climate change. And, for more than a year, Church World Service ...

First aid and disaster training in Papua
23 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT
Source: Johanniter - International Assistance
On November 1, 2009, a project to expand training in first aid and disaster relief began in the city of Jayapura. Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, is regularly shaken by earthquakes. ...

Red Cross and Red Crescent honours remarkable humanitarians
23 Nov 2009 14:14:39 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Nairobi/Geneva (ICRC and IFRC) – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement paid tribute to the remarkable work and achievements of five of its members by awarding them the Henry Dunant Medal at a ceremony in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday night.

Pakistan: ICRC and Pakistan Red Crescent supporting health-care services for victims of Waziristan violence
23 Nov 2009 14:13:57 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
The ICRC is supporting mobile health units of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society operating in Dera Ismail Khan and Ministry of Health facilities in Waziristan, an area where the ICRC itself does not at present have direct access.

Irish Red Cross responds to floods around the country
23 Nov 2009 12:59:21 GMT
Source: Irish Red Cross - Ireland (Crois Dhearg na h�ireann)
Sunday 22 November 2009 Members of the Irish Red Cross remain on standby in most areas affected by floods. In Cork where the Irish Red Cross distributed blankets to people who had lost their homes as well as transporting Health Service staff to nursing homes, five 4x4 ambulances and their volunteer crews from Kinsale, Bandon, Middleton, Fermoy and Kanturk remain on standby to further assist in Cork City if required.

Irish Red Cross responds to floods
23 Nov 2009 12:32:27 GMT
Source: Irish Red Cross - Ireland (Crois Dhearg na h�ireann)
Friday 20 November 2009 The Irish Red Cross is responding to floods in Cork and Waterford, in fulfilment of its role as an auxiliary to the State. In Cork, a number of Irish Red Cross ambulances, minibuses and volunteer members of the Irish Red Cross were deployed yesterday evening and in the early hours of this morning, at the request of the HSE and the Gardaí to help nursing staff get to and from their places of work and to assist evacuees from flooded residences. The Red Cross is also responding to a request to provide blankets to some of those who have been forced from their accommodation due to flooding. A Red Cross 4 x 4 unit also responded yesterday to a flooding incident in Co. Waterford.