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Why has the Egyptian authority burn the Palestinian aid?
Nov. 2, 2009 The headlines came in some newspapers two days ago screaming ‘ The poor of Sinai are looting the aid of the poor of Gaza’...this is alarming I thought, the aid was there for a very long time, no one from AlAreesh’s poor ever touched a grain of rice before, what was happening? It was found that at the early hours of dawn, few boys ran towards the sport stadium in AlReesh where tons of humanitarian aid for Gaza was piling up, they have started to loot whatever their hands could reach, and then tens of grownups followed them to take what remained of the food and other urgently needed aid for Gaza.. » read more
The Gaza Strip Continues to Crumble under Electricity Crisis.
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Special Donation Drive for Victims of Typhoon Ketsana
Please support the relief efforts Oct. 15, 2009 Dear Readers, We are coming to you with a special request. At the end of last month, Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) hit the Philippines and surrounding countries with devastating force, causing some of the most widespread damage seen in recent history. Metro Manila was besieged by the record-breaking flood levels and entire settlements have been displaced. Infrastructure and agriculture systems have been severely damaged on a broad scale.. » read more
Textbook injustice in Gaza
Oct. 7, 2009 Schoolchildren are stuck for basics as Israel blocks supplies As the 456,000 schoolchildren in the Gaza Strip start their academic year, they face chronic shortages of everything from paper, textbooks and ink cartridges to school uniforms, school bags and computers, the result of the Israeli blockade. At the same time, severely overcrowded classrooms are having to accommodate students whose schools were destroyed or damaged in the last siege, early this year. The only supplies on the market are smuggled in through tunnels from Egypt. Yet even when materials are available, many cannot afford them: 80 per cent of Gaza's 1.. » read more
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Humanitarian Disaster in the Philippines. In the Cruel Aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana
Oct. 6, 2009 I arrived in Manila barely a week after the disaster struck, affecting the lives of more nearly 4 million people, devastating more than 700,000 households, creating a public health disaster, destroying the lives of population groups, which were already living well below the poverty line. During my visit to Manila, I was hosted by the Ibon foundation and the CDRC, one of the main NGOs involved in relief efforts, in close liason with people's organizations in the affected areas. Under the auspices of CDRC and other NGOs involved in relief work, I visited Marinika, one of the main disaster areas in Metro Manila, where an entire urban area was devastated by the floods, with water levels reaching the second floor of people's homes. There was no government presence, no medical or public health officials on location, no electricity, no drinking water.. » read more
Helicopters drop aid to Indonesia quake survivors
Oct. 6,2009 For more on Asia-Pacific disasters, click [ID:nSP24809] * Rescue attempt over, focus shifts to relief * Hopes dashed after voice reportedly heard in ruined hotel * President calls for Aceh-style rehabilitation drive By Razak Ahmad and Sunanda Creagh PADANG, Indonesia, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Health workers doused the Indonesian city of Padang with disinfectant to ward off disease outbreaks and helicopters dropped aid to survivors six days after a devastating earthquake. The rescue mission in the port city of 900,000, and in surrounding hills ravaged by landslides, has been all but abandoned for a relief effort to help thousands of homeless. Indonesia's official toll from the quake is 704 dead and 295 missing, but the health minister said it could reach 3,000. There was a brief moment of hope when workers reportedly heard a woman crying for help under the rubble of the collapsed Dutch-colonial era Ambacang hotel.. » read more
Mythbuster #3.. More than half the nation lives in counties protected by levees
----- Original Message ----- From: Levees.Org To: bellringer@fourwinds10.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:32 PM Subject: Mythbuster #3.. More than half the nation lives in counties protected by levees October 1, 2009 Dear Patrick FEMA has finally responded to a FOIA request Levees.. » read more
Corps LIed to Public About Pumps Expected Life
----- Original Message ----- From: Levees.Org To: bellringer@fourwinds10.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:01 PM Subject: Corps lied to public about pumps expected life September 23, 2009 The Army Corps of Engineers spent a half billion dollars on pump stations and related structures for the New Orleans outfall canals with 40 pumps that were supposed to last 50 years, but will have to be scrapped after just 5, according to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). And the Corps has apparently been lying about it. Since 2007, Corps spokespersons have been telling the public that the MWI hydraulic pumps are temporary when records clearly show that the Corps went to Congress in 2006 and requested money for improvements, including pumps that would have a 50-year life, not 5.. » read more
Egypt Delivers 1354 Tons Medical Aid to Gaza via Rafah
Sept. 17, 2009 Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - A shipment of medical supplies from the Egyptian Red Crescent arrived at the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip Tuesday, and was sent through the following day, Egyptian government sources reported. According to official at the North Sinai Governorate Ahmed Kamel, 135 tons of medicine plus renal-dialysis equipment, was included in the delivery. Patients in Gaza City receive dialysis [MaanImages] www.maannews.. » read more
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