Relief and Aid Organisations

• 'Catastrophic' Middle East, North Africa in urgent need of aid

  By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill

  Posted March 03, 2017 10:51:35 | Updated March 03, 2017 18:47:58

  Foreign aid spending is at its lowest level in eight years under the Turnbull Government and charities are calling for an urgent increase amid warnings of famine across the Middle East and North Africa.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, yemen, somalia, south-sudan

• Famine declared in war-torn South Sudan

  The World Today

  By Anne Barker

  Posted February 21, 2017 22:31:20 | Updated February 22, 2017 01:45:26

  Not since 2011, when Somalia was in the midst of a severe drought, has a country been in famine — but the situation confronting South Sudan today is far worse.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, famine, relief-and-aid-organisations, south-sudan

• Fijians still living in leaky tents a year after Cycle Winston Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 25sec

  Posted February 17, 2017 16:00:00 | Updated February 17, 2017 17:36:16

  One year after Tropical Cyclone Winston struck Fiji, the number of people still living in temporary accommodation, including tents, is frustrating the country's Red Cross organisation.

  Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, cyclones, pacific, fiji

• Ramakrishna Mission continues Fiji relief work one year after Winston Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 44sec

  Posted February 17, 2017 15:15:00 | Updated February 17, 2017 17:36:16

  One year on from Cyclone Winston and relief work is still ongoing.

  Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, cyclones, pacific, fiji

• Tonga's got mail: New technology delivers post to remote communities

  By Lauren Beldi and Kerri Worthington

  Posted February 17, 2017 08:06:36 | Updated February 17, 2017 08:29:47

  The Kingdom of Tonga is joining several other developing countries in getting a formal postal system for the first time.

  Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, tonga, pacific, united-kingdom

• Kenya declares drought a national disaster

  Posted February 11, 2017 06:24:27

  Kenya declares the ongoing drought affecting many parts of the country a national disaster, calling for aid to contain the situation which is posing a major risk to people, livestock and wildlife.

  Topics: drought, disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, kenya

• Help arrives for PNG families displaced by tribal fighting

  By Pacific affairs reporter Liam Fox

  Posted February 09, 2017 16:54:16

  The Red Cross provides assistance to hundreds of families displaced by tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's volatile highlands region.

  Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, territorial-disputes, indigenous-other-peoples, papua-new-guinea

• Red Cross distributes kits to hundreds of families affected by tribal violence Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 49sec

  Posted February 09, 2017 16:30:00 | Updated February 09, 2017 17:44:53

  Hundreds of families displaced by tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's volatile highlands region have been given help to rebuild their shattered lives.

  Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, domestic-violence, pacific, papua-new-guinea

• Islamic State suspected in deadly attack on Afghan Red Cross workers

  By South Asia correspondent James Bennett

  Posted February 09, 2017 08:09:56

  The International Committee of the Red Cross suspends humanitarian work in Afghanistan after six of its staff are killed in a suspected Islamic State ambush.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, disasters-and-accidents, terrorism, relief-and-aid-organisations, afghanistan

• South Sudan's civil war takes heavy toll on civilians Video

  Video
  The World

  4min 29sec

  Posted February 02, 2017 23:22:24

  Beverley O'Connor speaks to World Vision chief advocate Tim Costello, who is in South Sudan to assess the humanitarian needs of people fleeing the war.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, relief-and-aid-organisations, south-sudan

• Aid agencies urge Trump not to turn his back on refugees

  Posted January 28, 2017 08:19:08 | Updated January 28, 2017 08:29:15

  Aid agencies urge the US not to turn its back on refugees as President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order to temporarily halt arrivals from some Muslim-majority nations.

  Topics: refugees, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, relief-and-aid-organisations, united-states

• Aid deals and gender equality at this year's African Union Summit Video

  Video
  The World

  5min 24sec

  Posted January 27, 2017 23:27:30

  Ethiopia is hosting around 4,000 guests for the 28th African Union Summit — among them is Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, ethiopia

• UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to most needy

  Posted January 27, 2017 16:14:43 | Updated January 27, 2017 16:33:27

  The UN humanitarian chief accuses the Syrian Government of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country's most needy people, despite a nationwide ceasefire that has given "a glimmer of hope" that the conflict might be coming to an end.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, refugees, syrian-arab-republic

• Australians asked to stop sending 'unhelpful' donations

  AM

  By Imogen Brennan

  Posted January 16, 2017 10:43:40

  Unsolicited donations given to Australia's Pacific neighbours after disasters may cause more harm than good, a report commissioned by the Australian Red Cross says, with the cost of storing such items often a burden for local governments.

  Topics: international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, australia, pacific

• Nepalese villagers embrace running for earthquake recovery

  By Kirsty Nancarrow

  Posted January 08, 2017 11:08:00

  The urge to run is an instinctive reaction in an earthquake, but Cairns-based Nepalese expatriate Som Tamang has taken that one step further by creating a charity event to raise money for victims of the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, relief-and-aid-organisations, community-and-society, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, cairns-4870, qld, nepal

• Australia's foreign aid program faces fresh scrutiny

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted January 06, 2017 13:16:30 | Updated January 06, 2017 15:57:40

  Australia's foreign aid program is under scrutiny after an audit found publicly available information on aid projects dropped 25 per cent since 2013.

  Topics: foreign-affairs, international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, australia

• UN says it gets daily reports of killings, rapes in Myanmar

  Posted December 17, 2016 06:33:37

  The United Nations is getting daily reports of rapes and killings of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar and independent monitors are being barred from investigating, the UN human rights office says.

  Topics: human, relief-and-aid-organisations, intergovernmental-organisations, burma, asia

• Concerns for those still recovering from TC Winston as rain continues in Fiji Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 35sec

  Posted December 16, 2016 16:45:00 | Updated December 16, 2016 17:40:12

  A tropical disturbance heading towards Fiji is likely to turn into a category 1 cyclone in the next 24 hours, bringing heavy rains and winds over the weekend.

  Topics: cyclone, relief-and-aid-organisations, pacific, fiji

• SI: Damage from quake worse than feared as first fatality confirmed Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 1sec

  Posted December 15, 2016 07:55:00 | Updated December 15, 2016 10:15:40

  Nearly a week after magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Solomon Islands, remote areas in the affected provinces of Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira and Ulawa are only just being reached by relief workers.

  Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, pacific, solomon-islands

• Solomon Islands: Aid arrives in quake-hit Makira Province Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 32sec

  Posted December 13, 2016 07:55:00 | Updated December 13, 2016 09:13:50

  Humanitarian aid has arrived in the Solomon Islands province worst affected by Friday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake, and a series of strong aftershocks.

  Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, pacific, solomon-islands

• Relief supplies arrive in hardest-hit province of Solomon Islands Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 3sec

  Posted December 12, 2016 16:15:00 | Updated December 12, 2016 17:39:01

  A ship carrying relief supplies to the Solomon Islands has arrived in Makira province, the region that was worst hit by Friday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

  Topics: earthquake, relief-and-aid-organisations, pacific, solomon-islands

• 'We are about to die': Pleas for help in Syria go unheeded Analysis

  By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill

  Posted December 08, 2016 18:08:45 | Updated December 09, 2016 13:54:51

  The Syrian regime and the Russian Government ignore calls for urgent humanitarian evacuations from Aleppo, as terrified civilians trapped inside the city send out desperate calls for help.

  Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, syrian-arab-republic

• Nigeria slams UN for humanitarian crisis comments Video

  Video
  The World

  4min 44sec

  Posted December 07, 2016 23:32:27

  The United Nations has warned that more than five million people in Nigeria face starvation if more aid does not arrive in states severely affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, nigeria

• Community unites to provide much needed care packages to Australia's nearest neighbour image

  image
  ABC News

  Posted December 05, 2016 11:44:06

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, relief-and-aid-organisations, health, treaties-and-alliances, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea

• Community unites to provide care packages to PNG treaty villages

  ABC Far North

  By Mark Rigby

  Posted December 05, 2016 11:44:06

  A community linen drive provides more than 18 cubic metres of linen to villagers in some of PNG's most remote areas.

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, relief-and-aid-organisations, womens-health, treaties-and-alliances, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea

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