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Aid to Indonesia Hampered; 'Miracle Baby' Found

(Oct. 29) -- A boat shortage is slowing efforts to ferry global aid to remote Indonesian islands hardest hit by this week's tsunami, but poignant survival stories are emerging amid all the destruction, including that of an 18-month-old boy found clinging to a tree three days after his parents were washed away. The toddler...

New bin Laden Tape Rips Pakistan's Relief Efforts

(Oct. 1) -- Osama bin Laden takes Pakistan to task for not providing enough humanitarian aid for flooding victims in a new audio tape posted today on the Internet. The latest message attributed to bin Laden comes amid indications that the al-Qaida leader is behind the recently discovered plot to launch terrorist attacks...

US Pledges Additional $60 Million for Pakistan Flood Relief

(Aug. 19) -- After weeks of disastrous floods that have left a fifth of Pakistan underwater, the world has begun to take notice. Though private donations are not yet keeping pace, governments are stepping up their promises of aid to the devastated country. On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. pledged an additional $60 million,...

Pakistan: Vignettes of Misery

(Aug. 18) -- The flood catastrophe in Pakistan is worse than the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, one United Nations official has said. The Montreal Gazette reports that the U.N. has appealed for $460 million in aid for the estimated 20 million who have been...

World Aid Gap Imperils Starving Millions in Niger

(Aug. 18) -- Despite months of warnings, aid agencies have fallen badly short in raising funds to head off a hunger crisis imperiling more than 10 million people in some of Africa's poorest countries on the southern edge of the Sahara. This week the World Food Program said that because of a massive funding shortfall, it...

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06/02/12 Inter-Faith Food Shuttle fights hunger in Wake and... Source: Eastern Wake News - Zebulon NC The Triangle is well known for its upscale lifestyle that includes good schools and universities, consistently low unemployment, an ample housing stock and quality health care.
06/02/12 Denmark continues to provide emergency aid to IDPs Source: Daily Times - Pakistan The Danish government, through its implementing partners Danchurchaid (DCA) and Church World Service (CWS) are providing urgent food supplies to more than 1,100 displaced families, who have fled their homes due to terrorist conflicts in their area.
06/02/12 All-Star Build continuing work on Joplin homes Source: MLB - St. Louis Cardinals Thanks to a collaborative effort between Habitat for Humanity, Major League Baseball, the Players Trust, State Farm and volunteers, three families were a step closer Saturday to moving into their new homes in Joplin, Mo. The group of volunteers gathered at Connor Street in Joplin, located in the middle of the tornadoes' damage, to continue working on the three homes that volunteers had begun constructing on May 11.
05/31/12 Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Vacation Source: The Huffington Post Summer is upon us and for many this means carefree days of fun in the sun.
05/29/12 William Brindley: The Next Leapfrog for Development:... Source: The Huffington Post Two years ago at the NetHope Global Member Summit, NetHope co-founder Edward G. Happ pushed our member organizations to collaborate more to run more efficient operations.

Background on humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster.

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