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UN, HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS SOUND GLOBAL ALARM ON BEHALF OF SYRIAS CHILDREN

New York, Feb 24 2014 2:00PM - Moved by the dire plight of more than 5 million war-traumatized Syrian children – both inside and outside the country – United Nations…

Fallen coconut trees hamper recovery in typhoon-hit central Philippines

TACLOBAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three months after Typhoon Haiyan devastated central Philippines, land ownership regulations and a lack of equipment are hampering the clearance of millions of fallen coconut…

Thousands still lack basic services in typhoon-hit central Philippines

GUIUAN, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Heavy rain lashes the damaged school building, and the tarpaulin roof of the classroom is barely holding the weight of the pool of water…

SYRIANS INTERNALLY DISPLACED BY WAR EXPECTED TO NEARLY DOUBLE TO 6.5 MILLION BY YEARS END

New York, Feb 5 2014 4:00PM - The number of people displaced by the civil war inside Syria is expected to nearly double from some 3.5 million today to 6.5…

SYRIA: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF DECRIES INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS IN ALEPPO

New York, Dec 31 2013 2:00PM - The top United Nations humanitarian official today expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where hundreds of people…

SYRIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY RISE IN ABDUCTIONS, DISAPPEARANCES

New York, Dec 13 2013 2:00PM - Syrians continue to fall victim to a callous indifference towards human life and disregard for safety, exemplified by the increasing trend of abductions…

SYRIA: AS HARSH WINTER SETS IN, UN REFUGEE AGENCY BEGINS AID AIRLIFTS FROM IRAQ

New York, Dec 10 2013 3:00PM - As the Syrian crisis passes the tragic 1,000-day mark, the United Nations refugee agency is working hard to meet the “immense needs” of…

1000 days of war in Syria

Author: Danish Refugee Council - Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. December 9, 2013 marks the 1000th day of…

PHILIPPINES: UN AGENCIES SAY NEEDS ARE IMMENSE ONE MONTH AFTER TYPHOON HAIYAN

New York, Dec 6 2013 5:00PM - One month after Typhoon Haiyan churned through the Philippines, the breadth of the damage is still unfolding and the needs for the millions…

Update from Dr. Glo in the Philippines

NOTE: This is the latest update from Dr. Glo, who is in the field in Tacloban. Dr. Glo herself is a typhoon Yolanda survivor and lost all her belongings during…

HUNDREDS OF SYRIAN FAMILIES FLEE INTO EASTERN LEBANON

New York, Nov 22 2013 3:00PM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said that it is assisting nearly 500 Syrian families who have arrived in the eastern…

Over 11,000 children killed in Syria

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - More than 11,000 children have been killed in Syria since the conflict there began over two and a half years ago, many of them summarily…

Report from Ding, local team member

On 24 November 2013, Dr. Edita Miguel, Executive Director of Agape Rural (Health) Program, wrote to us to say that Inamok, Samar is 95% destroyed. This village used to have…

UN AGENCY LAUNCHES PLAN TO PROTECT GIRLS, WOMEN IN PHILIPPINES TYPHOON AFTERMATH

Two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, more than 3.2 million women and girls of reproductive age are still in need of urgent care and protection, the United Nations…

Jaya’s Second Life

Sent by Cris Uy, a volunteer with the relief efforts in the Philippines, just returned from Tacloban and Ormoc and this is what he writes... "On our way to Barangay Dolores,…