Posted in Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, NGOs, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, United Nations, tagged assistance, emergency, food aid, IDPs, infrastructure, reconstruction, resettlement, return, sanitation, Sri Lanka, UN on May 4, 2010|
BBC. 07:10 GMT, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 08:10 UK
In northern Sri Lanka, 80,000 war-displaced people still live in army-run camps, waiting while their devastated land is cleared of mines and jungle. Tens of thousands are now beginning to resettle near the homes they fled from, but it is not easy, says the BBC’s Charles Haviland. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Ground Assault, Health Care, Israel, Middle-East, Military, NGOs, Palestine, Refugee Camps, Rocket, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged ceasefire, Egypt, farming, Foreign Aid, gaza, Government, Hamas, healthcare, infrastructure, Israel, Middle-East, Military, NGOs, Palestine, rocket attacks, security, Terrorists, UN, unemployment, United Nations, UNOCHA on April 18, 2009|
By UN News Centre
Although the devastating Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip against Hamas came to an end three months ago, life for Gazans remains extremely difficult, the United Nations humanitarian chief has stressed.
The three-week offensive Israel launched late last December, with the stated aim of ending rocket attacks by Hamas and other groups, killed at least 1,300 Palestinians and injured some 5,000 others. The heavy bombardment and fighting also reduced homes, schools, hospitals and marketplaces to rubble.
“For the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip to improve, lifesaving assistance must be decoupled from the security and political agendas,” said John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
Posted in Africa, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Diplomacy, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Health Care, Insurgents, Middle-East, Military, NGOs, Peacekeepers, Police, Property Damage, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, World, tagged ACAP, Afghan Civilian Assistance Program, Compensation, disease, Displacement, Government, healthcare, ICRC, infrastructure, innocent civilians, innocent victims, landmines, malnutrition, Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund, Military, NGOs, Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund, Property Damage, public services, rehabilitation services, Senate, UN, UNAMA, United Nations, war victims, WHO, World, World Health Organization on April 7, 2009|
By USAID, U.S. Angecy for International Development
Before the Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
United States Senate
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify before this Committee concerning assistance for civilian victims of war by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Twenty years after the creation of the Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund, we have an important story to tell of changed lives, hopeful livelihoods, and respect for the dignity of women and men who have endured severe physical and emotional trauma.
War and civil strife continue to cause death and destruction around the world. The consequences for civilians are devastating: families lose their breadwinner, and men, women, and children suffer physical injuries that dramatically changed their assumptions about how they will live and provide for themselves and their families. The statistics are alarming:
Posted in Foreign Aid, Israel, Middle-East, NGOs, Peacekeepers, United Nations, tagged basic services, Foreign Aid, gaza, ICRC, infrastructure, International Committee of the Red Cross, Israel, Middle-East, NGOs, OCHA, UN, UNDP, UNICEF, United Nations on April 7, 2009|
By IRIN News
“Our requests via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Israeli military during the conflict to allow shipments of construction materials and spare parts to repair wells and facilities damaged during the war were denied,” Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) director-general Monther Shoblak told IRIN.
Shoblak estimates that 50,000 people lack tap water after losing their homes, while a further 100,000 have dry taps because of damage to the water supply network.
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