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2 years on Haiti still needs attention

2011 has been a year of transition for Haiti. Humanitarian aid and the commitment of NGOs in Haiti continued all along the last 12 months, but the 12...

The 5th Convergences 2015 world Forum to discuss innovative solutions to alleviate poverty

The Convergences 2015 world Forum is a major event for all professionals interested in exchanging on and discussing innovative solutions in order to a...

Looking back at a year of commitment

Horn of Africa, Libya... Throughout 2011, ACTED has been on the frontline of a year struck by humanitarian emergencies in our countries of interventio...

Communities spearhead their own recovery

The Batha region in central Chad has the highest food insecurity rate in the country, with a global acute malnutrition rate of 33.7%, mainly due to un...

2012/01/27

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2012/01/27

Cote d'Ivoire | Rehabilitation

Concern about Abidjan school dropout rate

Thousands of Ivorian children have dropped out of school because of pillaging and destruction of school buildings, a majority of which are located in economic capital Abidjan. In [...]

2012/01/18

India | Development

Making communities stronger against flooding where it matters most

Every year, riverine and coastal areas of West Bengal state in Eastern India are flooded during this year’s monsoon; thousands of people lose their homes and personal items, as [...]

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2012/01/27 (All day) - France

REACH Assessment Fact Sheet #1 - Philippines

Click here to download the reportAccording to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Tropical Storm Sendong entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility as a tropical depression on 15 December 2011 and shortly intensified into [...]

2012/01/23 (All day) - Uganda

Tourism helps lead the recovery of Uganda after years of conflict

KAMPALA [ACTED News] – Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guide book, has named Uganda “the Pearl of Africa” as the best tourism destination for tourists in 2012. This and other awards such as National Geographic Magazine voting Mt. Rwenzori one of the [...]

2012/01/23 (All day) - Cambodia

‘You’re the Man!’ Season 3 continues to address negative gender stereotypes

PHNOM PENH [ACTED News] – Taking an innovative approach to public education, the USAID-funded ‘You’re the Man!’ (YTM) program, of which ACTED-PSF is an implementing partner, launched an eponymous reality television show 2 years ago. The premise: ordinary [...]

2012/01/18 (All day) - Niger

Humanitarian actors urged to watch price rises in Sahel

NIAMEY [ACTED News] - The joint report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme, “Food security and humanitarian implications in Western Africa and in the Sahel”, published in December 2011, reports that the [...]

2012/01/17 (All day) - Indonesia

Floodwaters rising in West Java

JAKARTA [ACTED News] - Heavy seasonal rains have inundated Banten, the westernmost province of Java adjacent to Jakarta, in recent days. Over 10,000 families in three districts across the province have been affected with thousands evacuating their residences [...]

2012/01/17 (All day) - France

Philippines: support to shelter cluster assessments

GENEVA [ACTED News] - In the aftermath of tropical storm Sendong in the Philippines, an assessment advisor was deployed on 13 January through the REACH initiative, in support of the Shelter cluster and shelter coordinator the International Federation of the [...]

2012/01/13 (All day) - Uganda

Nodding Disease kills more than 200 Children in Alcholi

KAMPALA [ACTED News] – In a recent story released by the Ugandan Parliament, Nodding Disease has killed more than 200 children since it was first reported two years ago, and has spread to all seven districts of the Alcholi Sub-region in Northern Uganda. It is [...]

2012/01/12 (All day) - Somalia

Food insecurity remains at emergency and famine levels across South Somalia

NAIROBI [ACTED News] – Food insecurity remains at emergency and famine levels across much of South Somalia, in spite of recent gains in food availability and falling prices, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has reported. While three regions [...]

2012/01/11 (All day) - Indonesia

Strong quake off Aceh generates tsunami alert

JAKARTA [ACTED News] - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck about 200 miles off the west coast of Sumatra in the early morning hours of Wednesday followed by several small aftershocks. According to newspaper reports, residents in nearby Banda Aceh reported at [...]

2012/01/11 (All day) - Kyrgyzstan

Medical equipment and furniture provided to a medical center in southern Kyrgyzstan

OSH [ACTED News] – On 28 December 2011, ACTED handed over medical equipment and furniture to the Medical Center in Moynok village, just outside Osh city in southern Kyrgyzstan, improving health and sanitation services for the village’s population of 4,000 [...]

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