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One Sixth of Humanity Is Hungry - UN
World  (tags: hunger, relief, united nations, world hunger, farmers, solutions, small farmers, food, hungry, starvation )

Susty
- 174 days ago - us.oneworld.net
World hunger is estimated to reach historic highs in 2009 with more than 1 million people going hungry every day -- but there are solutions, reports the UN food agency.
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Sign Petition: Help Promote the Roadmap to End Global Hunger!
World  (tags: world, hunger, poverty, refugees, relief, food, human, rights, aid, africa, asia, europe, middle-east, UN, obama, government, politics )

Tom
- 184 days ago - change.org
Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) and its coalition partners developed the Roadmap to End Global Hunger that will guide Congress and the new administration in establishing a comprehensive strategy to address global hunger.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress the World's Poorest Need Clean Water
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, human, rights, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 197 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies.
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Sign Petition: 61 Years of UN Peacekeeping - Send a Letter Thanking Peacekeepers for Their Service.
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, war, violence, UN, peacekeepers, middle-east, africa, darfur, zimbabwe, congo, sri lanka, human, rights, starvation, food, medicine, conflict, politics, terrorism, freedoms, death, humanrights )

Tom
- 197 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
Take a minute to watch the message from George Clooney below. Then sign this letter and join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world.
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Sign Petition: End the Conflict - Bring Peace to Sri Lanka!
World  (tags: world, UN, refugees, relief, Sri Lanka, war, violence, humanrights, conflict, children, politics, suffering, humans, civilians, hunger, men, women, freedoms, culture )

Tom
- 218 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Target: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Please join the Better World Campaign in thanking the UN for the critical humanitarian and diplomatic work they have done thus far - and urge them to do everything in their power to end the suffering in Sri Lanka.
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Africa Border Opens for Gaza Aid Convoy
World  (tags: viva palestina, Viva palestina aid convoy, gaza aid, George Galloway, relief, morocco, algeria )

Cheryl Su
- 293 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The border between Morocco and Algeria, closed for almost 15 years, has been temporarily reopened for an aid convoy heading towards the Gaza Strip.
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Viva Palestina - a Lifeline From Britain to Gaza-George Galloway-Lifeline for Gaza Aid Convoy Leaving on Saturday 14 February 20
World  (tags: gaza, send aid to gaza, send valentine to gaza, relief, aid, Palestinian human rights, media, george galloway humanrights, freedoms, goodnews, ethics )

Cheryl Su
- 323 days ago - vivapalestina.org
a major initiative in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I will be leading an aid convoy from London to Gaza leaving on 14 February and travelling through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and through Rafah and into Gaza.
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1 Million Homeless in Haiti
World  (tags: Haiti, human rights, poverty, hunger, death, relief )

Leigh
- 456 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Hurricanes and tropical storms have added to the suffering in Haiti: More than 500 have died, thousands are injured and 1 million are now homeless. Food is scarce and many are starving. fotcoh.org is trying to help.
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Relief Reaches All Bangladesh Cyclone-Hit Areas, Donors Pledge Hundreds of Millions in Aid
World  (tags: world, deaths, floods, children, humans, aid, relief, bangladesh, Cyclone )


- 754 days ago - voanews.com
Relief workers in Bangladesh say they have reached the last remaining pockets of the country devastated by last week's cyclone that killed some 3,500 people and displaced millions others. The military is flying helicopters and cargo planes to deliver
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Food Aid to Resume in Burmese City
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', burma, protest, relief, aid )

Patricia
- 806 days ago - news.com.au
AUTHORITIES in Burma have allowed emergency food distribution to resume from the north-eastern city of Mandalay, the UN World Food Program said today.
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Political Prisoner: Lori Berenson and the Devastating Peruvian Earthquake Update Aug 2007
World  (tags: Lori Berenson, Political Prosoner, earthquake, politics, Relief, ethics, freedoms, world, unjust, health )

Barb
- 841 days ago - care2.com
Lori is incarcerated in northern Peru. As you know, last week the city of Ica and the coastal town of Pisco, south of Lima, were hit by a horrific earthquake that measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. As a result, approximately 500 Peruvians died.....
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