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News from August 2008

August 31, 2008   Save the Children deploys emergency response team to care for the unique needs of children in Gulf Coast.
August 29, 2008   ZIMBABWE: Ban on NGOs lifted
August 29, 2008   SOMALIA: IRIN interview with Mark Bowden, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
August 29, 2008   VIETNAM: Dramatic rise in child abuse cases
August 29, 2008   Our Development Work: Rewrite the Future — Two Year Check In
August 29, 2008   Deadline is September 1st to Vote for the Strongest American Express Members Project
August 29, 2008   Ongoing Aid Provided to Displaced Children in Georgia
August 29, 2008   WFP assisting more than 200,000 affected by Mindanao conflict
August 29, 2008   Trapped and neglected - trafficked children in South Asia need the law on their side
August 29, 2008   UNICEF Regional Director visits displaced women and children in Georgia
August 29, 2008   The face of cancer is changing
August 29, 2008   Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission
August 29, 2008   Author commends American Foundation for Children with AIDS
August 27, 2008   ZIMBABWE: Doctors' strike adds to country's pain
August 27, 2008   CAMBODIA: Hydropower projects lack transparency, could displace thousands
August 27, 2008   WFP to feed 50,000 flood victims in Eastern Terai
August 27, 2008   Dubai Cares and Save the Children Provide Food Aid in Ethiopia
August 25, 2008   ‘Bee’ system prototypes represent the future of connectivity in emergencies
August 25, 2008   ETHIOPIA: A little money gets big results
August 25, 2008   PHILIPPINES: UN appeals for peace as fighting escalates in south
August 25, 2008   SRI LANKA: Education of thousands disrupted by fighting
August 25, 2008   BANGLADESH: Concerns over earthquake preparedness
August 25, 2008   IllumAlliance and UNICEF Announce Alliance To Help Unite The World With BBiTV
August 25, 2008   Petra Nemcova Fights Child Sexploitation
August 25, 2008   MYANMAR: Dengue fever still a risk in cyclone-hit south
August 23, 2008   UNICEF to set up ‘child-friendly spaces’ in the Sichuan earthquake zone
August 23, 2008   WFP Bangkok relief air bridge for Myanmar completes mission
August 23, 2008   Babyland
August 22, 2008   SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meal planning
August 22, 2008   ETHIOPIA: Thousands displaced by flash flood in Gambella
August 22, 2008   Make A Difference Campaign
August 22, 2008   NEPAL: Over 35,000 displaced by floods in southeast
August 22, 2008   DRC: Health crisis looms as doctors’ strike continues
August 22, 2008   VIETNAM: New threat of flooding in south
August 22, 2008   UN support the Lao Government in its response to the flooding emergency
August 22, 2008   Measles Initiative Statement on recent U.S. outbreaks
August 21, 2008   Summer camp aims to help children in China affected by AIDS
August 21, 2008   Conflict in Georgia: Thousands of children displaced and vulnerable
August 21, 2008   Guinea Bissau: UNICEF provides support to fight cholera epidemic
August 21, 2008   UNICEF offers condolences to the families and colleagues of four aid workers killed in Afghanistan
August 21, 2008   World Water Week 2008 focuses on sanitation, health and hygiene
August 21, 2008   UNICEF, WFP deliver water, food and hygiene kits to residents of conflict-affected town in Georgia
August 20, 2008   WFP continues relief efforts in the Caucasus
August 20, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: UN renews call for food aid funding
August 20, 2008   THAILAND: Government plan to boost domestic rice production
August 20, 2008   UGANDA: Food crisis looms in the north
August 20, 2008   VIETNAM: Employing improved technology against typhoons, flooding
August 20, 2008   BURUNDI: Land remains key challenge in reintegration of returnees
August 20, 2008   COTE D'IVOIRE: UN warns toxic waste still a threat
August 20, 2008   ZAMBIA: Mwanawasa's death a blow to the region
August 19, 2008   Mattel Children's Foundation Continues Signature Partner Collaboration with Total Donation of $2.1 Millon to Six Charities
August 18, 2008   Save the Children Assists Displaced Children and Families Fleeing Georgia Conflict
August 18, 2008   PAKISTAN: New tactics in anti-polio drive as more cases emerge
August 18, 2008   SOMALIA: Five arrested over threats to NGO workers
August 18, 2008   MYANMAR: Cyclone-hit farmers switch to fishing
August 18, 2008   THAILAND: Worst Mekong river flooding in 100 years
August 18, 2008   CAMBODIA: Questions over legality of evictions in name of development
August 18, 2008   EAST ASIA: Saving the "Amazon of the Seas"
August 17, 2008   WFP Ambassadors And Celebrities - Penélope Cruz
August 17, 2008   WFP Ambassadors And Celebrities - Sir Sean Connery
August 17, 2008   WFP Ambassadors And Celebrities - Howard G. Buffett
August 17, 2008   WFP Ambassadors And Celebrities - Drew Barrymore
August 17, 2008   WFP Ambassadors And Celebrities - George McGovern
August 17, 2008   Hungerbytes: Hollywood, Silicon Valley and hunger agency join forces
August 16, 2008   WEST AFRICA: Flood relief efforts continue
August 16, 2008   RWANDA: Better seeds boost food production
August 16, 2008   MYANMAR: May Thet, Myanmar, “I feel like crying when I see my friends going to school”
August 16, 2008   SOUTH AFRICA: Rethinking asylum
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Brad Pitt
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Jerry Weintraub and David Pressman
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Julianne Moore
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Miley Cyrus
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Jessica Lange
August 16, 2008   Look Who's Helping Save the Children - Ben Affleck
August 14, 2008   WFP provides food to thousands displaced by conflict in Georgia
August 14, 2008   Save the Children Issues Urgent Appeal for Children Caught in Georgia Conflict
August 14, 2008   SOMALIA: Street children increase as food insecurity grips region
August 14, 2008   VIETNAM: Relief being delivered to flood victims and damage assessments underway
August 14, 2008   SRI LANKA: Aid reaching IDPs in north though supply lines under pressure - UN
August 14, 2008   MOZAMBIQUE: Long road to successful PMTCT
August 14, 2008   JORDAN: Palestinian refugees to benefit from nutrition programme
August 14, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: Returnees bemoan government’s “empty promises”
August 14, 2008   NEPAL: Analysts warn of rising ethnic tensions
August 14, 2008   LAOS: New veterinary law targets bird flu
August 13, 2008   NIGERIA: New bird flu strain confirmed
August 13, 2008   BENIN: Recurrent cholera still not a priority
August 13, 2008   KENYA: Boosting biofuels without compromising food security
August 13, 2008   PAKISTAN: Monsoon woes aggravated by poor housing
August 13, 2008   WFP: Cash Roll-Out To Help Hunger Hot Spots
August 13, 2008   WFP: Airlifts High Energy Biscuits To Georgia For Conflict Victims
August 12, 2008   SOUTH AFRICA: Alarm over drug recalls
August 12, 2008   VIETNAM: Floods in north leave 145 dead or missing and communities isolated
August 12, 2008   Chairman and NetHope Chief Executive Unveil Collaboration during WCIT 2008 Keynote
August 12, 2008   Knightsbridge International Relief Mission # 1 to Myanmar
August 12, 2008   Georgia Takes a Beating in the Cyberwar With Russia
August 12, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: ICRC assists thousands of displaced people
August 12, 2008   NetHope
August 12, 2008   BURUNDI: Séraphine Ngendakumana - "I have never been home, I know nobody"
August 12, 2008   PAKISTAN: High-tech survey tool offers new hope to disaster-hit communities
August 11, 2008   GLOBAL: High food prices put pressure on HIV programmes
August 11, 2008   MOZAMBIQUE: Living with HIV and an empty stomach
August 11, 2008   Israeli President Posts Peace Song on Website
August 11, 2008   Viral Genetics, Inc. Appoints C. Everett Koop as Special Advisor to Board of Directors
August 11, 2008   A Child Survivor's Story
August 11, 2008   YEMEN: Thousands of IDPs face difficult conditions - ICRC
August 11, 2008   LAOS: First community-run radio station strikes a chord
August 11, 2008   Save the Children Awarded 7th Consecutive 4-Star Rating by Charity Navigator
August 11, 2008   Save the Children USA President and CEO Visits Ethiopia's Emergency Feeding Programs
August 11, 2008   Save the Children Acts Quickly in Georgia Conflict
August 08, 2008   UGANDA: Poor hygiene fuelling Hepatitis in north
August 08, 2008   THAILAND: Sustainable approach to tackle coastal erosion
August 08, 2008   CHAD: Torrential rain floods capital
August 08, 2008   ETHIOPIA: Emergency needs "set to increase"
August 08, 2008   KENYA: Numbers of street children rising in Eldoret
August 08, 2008   CONGO: Free anti-malaria drug campaign gaining ground
August 08, 2008   KENYA: Lucy Chesire: "The three big scars in my life are because of TB-HIV co-infection"
August 08, 2008   SOMALIA: Death threats as UN raises alarm over increase in attacks
August 08, 2008   SRI LANKA: Access to newly displaced "critical"
August 07, 2008   GLOBAL: Children short-changed by AIDS response
August 07, 2008   SOUTH ASIA: Regional food bank gets go-ahead
August 07, 2008   SOMALIA: Aid delivery problems for rural IDPs
August 07, 2008   ZIMBABWE: Coins change fortunes
August 07, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: Severe drought prompts flash floods
August 07, 2008   KENYA: Availability of firearms exacerbating insecurity
August 07, 2008   AFRICA: "Terrifying" new HIV/AIDS laws could undermine AIDS fight
August 06, 2008   RWANDA: "Agricultural transformation can improve food security"
August 06, 2008   NEPAL: IDPs still waiting for help, despite peace accord
August 06, 2008   PAKISTAN: Monsoon rains, flooding leave over 36 dead
August 05, 2008   DRC-RWANDA: Rwandan combatants in voluntary cantonment
August 05, 2008   CONGO: Maternal and infant death rates too high - minister
August 05, 2008   GLOBAL: What we are doing about climate change
August 05, 2008   THAILAND: A model for emergency medical response
August 05, 2008   KENYA: Pastoralist livelihoods hurt by disease
August 05, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: NATO-led forces, aid agencies agree new modus operandi
August 05, 2008   GLOBAL: Is there still hope for an HIV vaccine?
August 04, 2008   KENYA: Dial M for cash
August 04, 2008   SRI LANKA: One in four children under-nourished
August 04, 2008   SUDAN: MSF seeks assurances before returning to North Darfur
August 04, 2008   GLOBAL: Food aid on the back burner as WTO talks collapse
August 04, 2008   MYANMAR: Food shortages "significant"
August 04, 2008   NIGER-NIGERIA: Border on high-alert for bird flu
August 04, 2008   MALI: Efforts to quell illegal migration
August 03, 2008   UNICEF Executive Director launches tetanus campaign in Madagascar
August 03, 2008   UNICEF Executive Director announces $3 million for Mozambican children affected by global food price increases
August 03, 2008   YEMEN: Government body calls for end to child marriage
August 03, 2008   ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Urgent need for dialogue after departure of UNMEE, says analyst
August 03, 2008   MADAGASCAR: Balancing poor communities and conservation

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