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  • Myanmar: Leaders need to step up publicly and defuse the tension,...
    28 March 2013 - 4:15pm
    Operations Director John Ging expressed alarm today over continued inter-communal tensions in Myanmar, calling the security situation in Rakhine State “very tense and difficult.”  “There is serious intimidation of aid workers,” said Mr. Ging briefing the press after a four-...
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  • Philippines: Meeting people’s needs must not fall off the...
    27 March 2013 - 5:17pm
    OCHA Operations Director John Ging concluded his first visit to the Philippines on Monday, urging the international community to step up their efforts to help the Government meet the needs of people affected by Typhoon Bopha. The typhoon, which was the deadliest storm anywhere in the world in 2012, hit the...
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  • Darfur: Displaced families returning home find help rebuilding their...
    26 March 2013 - 4:58pm
    In the village of Btoata in western Darfur, Jamiya has found a sustainable way to store her family’s newly harvested crops after returning home from years of displacement. She uses a dabanga, which is a large storage vessel used to preserve food. In the nearby village of Shushta, Ashta has started...
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  • Interview: Humanitarian Coordinator for the Philippines
    22 March 2013 - 11:10am
    The Philippines was recently ranked the third most disaster-prone country in the world. Every year, the country is hit by powerful typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The ongoing conflict in the southern island of Mindanao adds to the hardship. Luiza Carvalho took up the post of...
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  • Humanitarian Issues: A new way to access information
    21 March 2013 - 11:03am
    What is Humanitarian Kiosk? One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information.   New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it...
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