In the wake of the recent tsunami that has taken nearly 150,000 lives abroad, the world’s relief organizations and governments have stirred millions of dollars into action, propagating rescue efforts on a massive scale and beginning the process of understanding how we might better prevent such disasters in the future.
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WORDS have consequences. They can hurt and drive people to despair. WORDS have consequences.
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Rolling back malaria really is possible! Between 2005 and 2007, the authorities in Rwanda and Ethiopia succeeded in reducing the number of cases of malaria and deaths from the disease on their territory by 60%. This victory is the result of close coordination with international sponsors.
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Southern African leaders began an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss Zimbabwe’s crisis and Kenya stepped up African pressure for intervention, saying the country risked a Rwanda-style disaster.
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One of Stephen Harper’s senior cabinet members called Louise Arbour “a disgrace” on the floor of the House of Commons yesterday.
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With no clean drinking water available, villagers risk contamination from the water in the drains.
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Before I stepped inside the building, I looked at its setting, so close to the river.
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Judd Traffics in Humanitarianism at the U.N. Wed., Jun. 4, 2008 10:12 AM PDT by Gina Serpe Jemal Countess/WireImage.com With Angelina Jolie otherwise engaged, the job of global do-gooder has temporarily fallen to fellow big-hearted star Ashley Judd .
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