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Sudan: aid agencies bear brunt of Khartoum's IRE

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Duration: 5:34
Published: 2009-03-05
Uploaded: 2010-12-05
Author: france24english

IN THE FIELD: Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, confirmed that 10 foreign aid agencies had been expelled, accusing them of violating the law. Thierry Durand, of French NGO Doctors Without Borders, says his medical organisation is being wrongly accused.

Benedict XVI Addresses Aid Agencies to the Eastern Churches

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Published: 2010-06-25
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Author: vatican

"I ask you to contribute your activities to keeping alive the hope that never disappoints among Eastern Christians." These were the words of the Pope in his address this afternoon to participants in the Meeting of ROACO, the society of aid agencies for Eastern Catholic Churches. He said the small flock they form is already the future work of God, and the narrow way that they are taking is described in the Gospel as a way of life. Benedict XVI also spoke about how to achieve peace in the Holy Land and Iraq. Peace comes from respecting the rights of persons, social justice, stability, and respect for religious freedom, he said. The Church is near to all in these countries who suffer because of the Gospe ...

Aid agencies struggle with Darfur crisis - 10 May 09

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Duration: 2:30
Published: 2009-05-10
Uploaded: 2011-01-29
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

As Sudan's Darfur crisis drags on, its refugee camps are having to be extended to cope with the increasing number of displaced people. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Zam Zam camp in Northern Darfur, where humanitarian officials are struggling to cope with the growing number of people seeking their help.

Aid agencies struggle after Haiti storm - 06 Aug 08

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Duration: 2:40
Published: 2008-09-06
Uploaded: 2010-08-25
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Aid has started to arrive in Haiti, but agencies are struggling to get supplies to all of the tens of thousands of people affected by tropical storm Hanna. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Gonaives, Haiti's third-largest city and one of the worst-hit areas in the country.

Struggle to reach Bangladesh cyclone victims - 20 Nov 07

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Duration: 3:16
Published: 2007-11-20
Uploaded: 2011-01-02
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Bangladesh has called for increased foreign help to tackle the aftermath of the worst cyclone to hit the country in a decade. Al Jazeera's Owen Fay reports from the aid-agency frontline as relief agencies attempt to reach some of the most remote areas struck by Cyclone Sidr.

Aid agencies push cash for climate change - 03 Nov 09

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Duration: 2:59
Published: 2009-11-03
Uploaded: 2010-08-26
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

A prolonged drought in Kenya - blamed heavily on climate change - has plunged hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. The worst affected are cattle-herders in the country's northeast. Communities that used to be self-sufficient, are now dependent on cash hand-outs from aid groups. Mohammed Adow reports on a new approach to aid in the town of Takaba.

Aid agencies fear Somalia famine - 18 Jul 08

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Duration: 2:36
Published: 2008-07-18
Uploaded: 2010-11-28
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Somalia has the worst humanitarian disaster in Africa. By the end of this year, 3.5 million people will be tottaly dependent on n food aid. Adding to the problems, Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries. Now the Dutch Navy, which has been escorting shipments, is ending its role. The World Food Programme says it may have to pull out.. because it can't protect its workers Zeina Awad reports.

Aid agencies tackle North Korean floods - 17 Sep 07

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Duration: 3:22
Published: 2007-09-18
Uploaded: 2010-08-25
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

North Korea has suffered its worst flooding in 40 years, with crops destoryed, sanitation systems damaged and roads and bridges washed away. Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng, reporting from Pyongyang, looks at the relief efforts, speaks to local Red Cross officials and visits a "model" North Korean farm.

Aid agencies in Kyrgyzstan face challenges

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Duration: 3:34
Published: 2010-06-15
Uploaded: 2010-08-10
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Thousands of people are trying to escape fighing between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgz in southern Kyrgyzstan, but many remain trapped at the border with Uzbekistan. To hear more about the challenges of getting aid into the country, Al Jazeera spoke to Pepijin Trapman from the Inter-Church Organisation for Development Co-operation, a group of Christian aid agencies working in Central Asia. Speaking from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, he said his organisation and others were struggling to get basic aid such as food, water, shelter and medicine into the country.

Legal Aid Agencies Cutting Jobs, Services

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Duration: 3:52
Published: 2008-11-22
Uploaded: 2010-02-20
Author: lawcrossing2008

www.Employmentcrossing.com Funding sources for legal aid agencies are drying up, and firms that provide legal services to low-income people are cutting staff and decreasing the services offered. Patricia Kaplan of New Haven Legal Assistance of Connecticut, says her organization has 32 employees, including 20 lawyers and seven paralegals. She estimates that eight of the professional positions will be cut, along with one secretary's job. Because New Haven is unionized, any cuts in jobs, benefits or working hours will have to be worked out through collective bargaining. Kaplan acknowledged that some of her people are already looking for new jobs and she's written them letters of reference. Connecticut Legal Services, the largest of the state's legal services organizations, has 87 staff members, 56 of whom are lawyers. Executive Director Steven Eppler-Epstein said the organization may have to lay off between 20 and 30 people. He also plans to cut hours and pay significantly. The end result is that the group may serve 30 percent fewer clients than the 6000 it served in the past year. In a dismal economy, legal aid agencies are even busier than usual. Poor people are struggling to keep their homes during a nationwide foreclosure epidemic. As unemployment rises, so do episodes of domestic violence. And impatient creditors step up efforts to collect overdue bills.

Humanitarian Aid Agencies Expelled from Darfur

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Duration: 1:17
Published: 2009-03-11
Uploaded: 2010-11-13
Author: NTDTV

STORY: The Sudanese governments decision to expel thirteen humanitarian aid organizations including Doctors without Borders. Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, says it will see a cut of sixty per cent of aid into war afflicted Sudan. The move came after the International Criminal Court charged President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with war crimes in Darfur. Sudan's President threatened to expel diplomats and more aid groups, on suspicion that they were clandestinely working for the International Criminal Court, a claim that has been strongly refuted. The director of the Holland division of Doctors Without Borders, Hans Van de Weerd, told a news conference in Nairobi that the Sudanese government had been raising obstacles to humanitarian aid agencies for some time. Van de Weerd said all assets were being liquidated and computers stripped. [Hans Van de Weerd, Doctors Without Border, Holland]: "Like I said we are being expelled right now, expatriates are leaving the country, our assets are being liquidated, our computers are being stripped. Basically if we hear tomorrow we could go back it will take us a substantial time to get our operations back together." Doctors Without Border says its expulsion would expose over 450000 Darfurians to disease and death.

More rains hit Pakistan as aid agencies boost relief efforts

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Duration: 2:31
Published: 2010-08-25
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: NoteworthyNews

Donors begin reaching Pakistan with aid. On Sunday, August 8, another bout of heavy rains added to the burden of the country's already worst-ever floods, which have affected over 15 million and claimed more than 1600 lives. Additional fatalities were reported as landslides pummeled northern regions and the entire northwestern Swat valley as well as parts of Punjab and Sindh, which were isolated. (Pushto language) Ajmal, 16 years old (M): Flood waters came at 3 am. All we could do was save ourselves. Most of our stuff is buried under the rubble and our house is destroyed. Witnessing the devastation in some areas he visited, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani requested international aid, saying that the disasters had become too vast for the government to handle. International neighbors have thus responded, with countries such as Germany doubling her contributions to €2 million, while the French and Malaysian governments each donated US$1.4 million and US$1 million respectively. In a response to a television appeal by several UK-based humanitarian aid agencies, the British public sent £4 million in addition to 2000 all-weather tents, while a £10 million donation was made personally from British ministers. The US is donating US$10 million and has sent six helicopters to assist with rescue and relief efforts, while His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has also sent eight planes of humanitarian aid thus far. Sri Lanka has also dispatched a ...

Aid agencies in Darfur - 05 Sept 07

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Duration: 1:45
Published: 2007-09-05
Uploaded: 2011-01-29
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

As UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon visits Sudan on a mission to kickstart a peace dialogue, Mohammed Adow reports on the problems that aid agencies are facing at refugee camps.

[CNN] Violence against aid agencies causes food shortage in Somalia 2009.01.29

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Duration: 2:37
Published: 2009-01-29
Uploaded: 2010-08-21
Author: NewsRevue

Escalating violence against international charities causes them to reconsider their operations.

Darfur refugees plead for foreign aid - 22 Mar 09

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Published: 2009-03-22
Uploaded: 2010-08-27
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Refugees in Sudan's western Darfur region have refused to accept food and medicine from local authorities, instead asking for the return of expelled international aid agencies. Despite international calls for Sudan to reverse its decision, officials say only local agencies will carry out relief operations. Now, Sudan is blaming rebels for telling refugees not to accept aid from local agencies. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from South Darfur.

The Impact of Aid Agencies on the Dev't of Mindanao Part 2

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Duration: 8:58
Published: 2007-11-03
Uploaded: 2008-05-18
Author: lesterjohnl

September 26, 2007 Wednesday

UN aid agencies expand relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan

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Duration: 1:35
Published: 2010-08-03
Uploaded: 2010-09-14
Author: unitednations

United Nations, New York, 3 August 2010 - United Nations humanitarian agencies warned today of the possibility of waterborne disease outbreaks emerging in north-western Pakistan, where an estimated 1400 people have already died in the region's worst flooding in living memory and more heavy rains are forecast. The agencies are stepping up their relief efforts as thousands of people remain trapped by flood waters, awaiting rescue and evacuation by boat or helicopter. Food, clean drinking water, tents and medical services are among the priorities for survivors, many of whom have lost their homes. News Story: www.un.org

World rallies to aid stricken Haiti after quake

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Duration: 1:57
Published: 2010-01-13
Uploaded: 2010-11-13
Author: timesofearth

timesofearth.com WASHINGTON - Governments and international aid agencies have pledged assistance to Haiti after a massive earthquake levelled buildings and caused an unknown number of casualties. Struck by the strongest quake in more than 25 years, hundreds of people are feared dead in what has been described as "a catastrophe of major proportions". In a statement Barack Obama, the US president, said his government stood "ready to assist the people of Haiti," as the state department, the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and the United States Southern Command sent search and rescue teams to the Caribbean nation. Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said both military and civilian disaster assistance would be sent to Haiti. "The United States is offering our full assistance to Haiti and to others in the region. We will be providing both civilian and military disaster relief and humanitarian assistance and our prayers are with the people who have suffered, their families and their loved ones," she said in a speech in Hawaii. USAid said it was sending disaster response teams made up of 72 personnel, six search-and-rescue dogs and up to 48 tonnes of rescue equipment. "This is a tragic situation and we will work alongside the Haitian government to provide immediate assistance in the rescue effort," Rajiv Shah, USAid chief, told the AFP news agency. Aid agencies have said speed is essential in helping survivors, although the first full assessments of the ...

Tsunami Hits Thailand & South East Asia!

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Published: 2007-10-08
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Author: aliceangel7

Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing Day Tsunami Victims, families,those injured, and those otherwise affected. The terrible devastation and the aftermath of this catastrophe caught on tape. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the north-west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It killed 230000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, 170000 of them in Indonesia's Aceh province alone. Sri Lanka and Thailand were severely impacted by the tsunami on December 26, 2004. Tsunami Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Surprisingly, some islands right in the middle of the tsunami were not badly affected. It turns out their atolls, or coral reefs, absorbed much of the wave. The coral ridges protected them. In many regions of the Asian waters, there is a practice some fishermen use, of dynamiting the natural coral reefs to bring up fish. These barriers to the tsunami were no longer in place to deflect the water. The disaster promoted a global outpouring of sympathy, with governments, individuals and corporations pledging more than $13 billion in aid. According to UN database, nearly two years after donors pledged billions to help the victims only half the money had been spent. Of the half a million people left homeless by the disaster, only a third have been permanently rehoused. The ...

Riz Khan - Aid under Fire

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Duration: 22:30
Published: 2010-11-11
Uploaded: 2011-01-12
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

How can aid workers fulfill their humanitarian mission when they themselves are perceived as legitimate targets?

Thriving black markets in Haiti aid

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Duration: 2:23
Published: 2010-02-07
Uploaded: 2010-11-01
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

International efforts to help Haiti recover are still gaining pace as the World Food Programme distributes about 680 tonnes of food each day. But aid agencies believe that 10 per cent of the donations are being sold on the black markets in Haiti - including donated second-hand clothes and aid items meant to be distributed for free. As a result, food prices, including those of rice, have doubled. Indeed, the economic situation is so difficult that a lot of donations are not reaching their destinations. Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports from Port-au-Prince. [February 7, 2010]

Burma Aid Effort Hampered By Military Junta

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Duration: 2:53
Published: 2008-05-09
Uploaded: 2010-07-28
Author: skynews

video.news.sky.com Aid agencies in Burma are saying that a second wave of deaths brought on by a disease epidemic and starvation is now, in their own words, 'extraordinarily probable'. Sky's Stuart Ramsay reports from an aid distribution point.

Islamic charities provide Pakistan aid

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Duration: 3:04
Published: 2010-09-10
Uploaded: 2010-09-17
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

The Pakistani government and international aid agencies have been criticised for their slow response to the flood disaster response, leaving room for local Islamic charities to step in and help those suffering. Some of them have links to groups banned by the government. But as Zeina Khodr reports from Karachi, what matters for flood victims is not who they are getting help from but that they are getting any help at all.

UNICEF: Aid to earthquake survivors begins to arrive in Haiti

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Published: 2010-01-15
Uploaded: 2010-08-23
Author: unicef

www.unicef.org NEW YORK, USA, 14 January 2010 UNICEF is part of a massive international relief effort now under way to assist up to 3.5 million people affected by Tuesdays 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti. But while essential supplies from UNICEF, its UN partners and other humanitarian agencies have started arriving in quake-shattered communities, the survivors dire needs severely outpace available resources on the ground. UNICEF has released a total of $3.4 million in emergency funding for Haitian quake relief, while the United Nations as a whole has released $10 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund. Even more funding will be needed for relief and recovery in the coming days and weeks, however. Meanwhile, aid agencies themselves have suffered significant losses of staff and facilities. For the first time today, UNICEF was able to contact all of its staff members in the country. They are safe and sound, said UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault. But its very, very dreadful for them, because they are all sleeping on the floor. They have very little capacity to operate.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Coast Guard Capt. John Little conducts a port coordination meeting with various agencies, Feb. 1, 2010. The Coast Guard is working diligently with other agencies to provide aid to Haitian earthquake survivors. U.S. Coast Guard photo. (771421) ( Port Coordination Meeting )

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Palestinians receive food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009.

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