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• Stoessel: Oxfam Continues Relief Efforts in Haiti

  Posted by Tarra Quismundo on 16 March 2010

    Amid criticism on the slow flow of aid into Haiti, an official of international charity Oxfam said that aid delivery has increased after the initial phase of relief operations in the quake-ravaged country, “with more people receiving assistance every day.”   In a blog post, Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam humanitarian lead in Haiti, said: “I had read the media reports on aid being slow, and the immensity of the needs made me understand that it is never q...

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  • Tags: Oxfam, Haiti, earthquake, relief, humanitarian assistance, aid delivery, Marcel Stoessel
  • Posted:03/16/2010 04:31:22 AM | Email | Permalink
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• UK Climate Change Minister Seeks UNFCCC Reforms

  Posted by Tarra Quismundo on 16 March 2010

    The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change would work better if streamlined into a smaller group with annual leaders’ meetings led by climate change experts and diplomats instead of politicians, British climate change secretary Ed Miliband told the British Parliament last week.   Proposing UNFCCC reforms in the wake of weakly concluded emission target negotiations in Copenhagen, Miliband also suggested that the U.N. create a security council for climate cha...

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  • Tags: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ed Miliband, British Parliament, UN Security Council, climate change, Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
  • Posted:03/16/2010 04:30:22 AM | Email | Permalink
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• ACTED Continues Food Rations, Prioritizes Shelter for Haitians

  Posted by Tarra Quismundo on 16 March 2010

    The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development continues to supply humanitarian supplies in Haiti two months since the 7.0-magnitude quake destroyed its capital, Port-au-Prince.   ACTED has been rationing food to 96,000 quake survivors in Haiti, including women and children. The organization had distributed food to some 430,000 people in the earlier phase of the humanitarian effort.    Sharing the concern of other aid organizations operating in Haiti, ACTED sa...

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  • Tags: Agency for Technical cooperation and Development, Haiti, earthquake, humanitarian relief, shelter, food rations, water and sanitation
  • Posted:03/16/2010 04:29:05 AM | Email | Permalink
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• AfDB Funds Tunisia Rural Development Projects

  Posted by Tarra Quismundo on 16 March 2010

    The African Development Bank granted some USD6.45 million to Tunisia to fund water, sanitation and flood vulnerability surveys in the country’s rural villages, Tunisia Online News reports. The funding agreements, signed by Tunisia and AfDB officials March 12, will also cover health services development and a micro-credit system for farmers.  

  • Tags: African Development Bank, Tunisia, water and sanitation, rural development, microfinance
  • Posted:03/16/2010 04:27:43 AM | Email | Permalink
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• Ikea Helps Send African Kids to School

  Posted by Tarra Quismundo on 16 March 2010

    Children in some of the world’s poorest countries are able to go to school through support from donors like home furnishings retailer IKEA, currently UNICEF’s largest corporate donor. IKEA has raised some USD6 million through its “soft toy” drive in branches around the world to fund the education of children in six African countries through teacher training, construction of new school buildings and water and sanitation facilities, and provision of classroo...

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  • Tags: IKEA, UNICEF, education, “soft toy” drive, corporate donation, corporate social responsibility
  • Posted:03/16/2010 04:26:42 AM | Email | Permalink
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