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Global Lessons from the Pakistan Flood Catastrophe
Aug 24, 2010 (The Huffington Post)
Western Donations Lag for Pakistan Flood Victims
Aug 19, 2010 (The New York Time)
Food Crises Push Governments to Empower Women Farmers
Aug 19, 2010 (Change.org)
A New Beginning for Haitians
Aug 13, 2010 (International Herald Tribune)
Haiti now has the opportunity to build foundations for a new society based on human rights, equitable justice and a fairer distribution of wealth.
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
Jun 25, 2010 (Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge)
G8 Must Not Count Patrol Ships and Flu Control as Aid to Fight Hunger Warns ActionAid
Jun 18, 2010 (ActionAid)
ActionAid released its research just one week before the G8 summit in Canada, where world leaders are expected to report back on last year’s $20 billion pledge to tackle the global food crisis.
Interview with Ramesh Singh, Chief Executive of ActionAid International (CSPO Exemplar)
May 20, 2010 (The Rightful Place of Science)
Ramesh Singh, Chief Executive of ActionAid International, recent interview with Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University (CSPO).
Voices for Haiti- Concert at Lawton, Oklahoma
Apr 28, 2010 (The Lawton Constitution)
Lawtonians with ties to the quake-ravaged nation plan a concert fundraiser on Saturday (May 1st, 2010) at Great Plains Coliseum, OK.
Climate Funds for Poor Nations Still Unresolved After U.S.-Led Meeting
Apr 22, 2010 (Solve Climate)
A $30 billion pledge by wealthy nations to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change, but there was scant new progress to report.
Women Farmers Can Play Big Role in Reducing World Hunger, says New Report
Apr 21, 2010 (Voice of America)
Women farmers hold the “key” to sharply reducing world hunger, according to a new report from ActionAid.
HAITI-US: Washington Aid Policy May Be Shifting
Apr 19, 2010 (IRIN News)
Former US President Bill Clinton, now a UN Special Envoy to Haiti, has pledged to foster the country's self-sufficiency after expressing regret for implementing policies during his administration that damaged its agricultural capacity and ability to feed itself.
Of Biofuels, Land Grabs and Food Prices
Apr 6, 2010 (The New York Times)
ActionAid, an antipoverty group, has stepped up a campaign against European Union policies aimed at encouraging consumers to use fuels grown from crops to power their cars.
With Cheap Food Imports, Haiti Can't Feed Itself
Mar 30, 2010 (The Huffington Post)
The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food.
IMF Proposes 100-Billion-Dollar Climate Fund
Mar 26, 2010 (IPS Inter Press Service News Agency)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the first details of a proposed financing framework, dubbed the 'Green Fund', intended to mobilise 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with the consequences of climate change and mitigate further emissions.
Contributions to UU Haiti fund near $1 million
Feb 16, 2010 (UU World Magazine)
Unitarian Universalists have contributed almost $1 million to a relief fund created by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association to help victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.
Haiti quake: Aid workers' diaries, Monday 18 January
Jan 19, 2010 (The BBC)
Nearly a week after the Haiti earthquake struck, tens of thousands of victims are still waiting for aid, despite huge international efforts.
Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti
Jan 18, 2010 (Baltimore Chronicle)
In her book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," Naomi Klein explores the myth of free market democracy, explaining how neoliberalism dominates the world with America its main exponent exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, competing ideologies, tectonic political or economic shifts, and natural disasters to impose its will everywhere.
Haiti's Earthquake Survivors Face Massive Risk of Disease as Bodies Litter the Streets, Says ActionAid
Jan 15, 2010 (Common Dreams)
Survivors of the Haiti earthquake will be at risk of disease unless the tens of thousands of victims' bodies are cleaned up, international aid agency ActionAid warned today.
Agencies scramble to respond as scale of Haiti calamity becomes clear
Jan 14, 2010 (The Guardian)
Specialist search-and-rescue teams from the US, Britain, Canada, France, Venezuela and Iceland were today scrambled to join the international relief effort in Haiti as charities launched urgent appeals following the devastating earthquake.
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