“Thousands of children remain trapped by the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka, putting their lives at serious risk. It is unacceptable that children continue to be the innocent victims of this ongoing conflict. “Children caught in the crossfire lack adequate access to medicine, water and food....
Statement By Executive Director Of UNICEF On The Situation Of Children In Sri Lanka
New Waves Of Displaced In Pakistan: WFP Now Reaching 650,000 In Need
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced plans to double the amount of emergency food needed to help thousands of families fleeing their homes due to fighting along Pakistan’s troubled border region with Afghanistan. “WFP has mobilized in-country stocks and is prepared to feed...
Main Federal Disaster Relief Law Has Fallen Behind Modern Threat Levels, NYU Professor Finds
In new research published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New York University Professor Mitchell Moss explains that the cornerstone Federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, is dangerously out of date, and must be reformed to provide for rapid relief...
Should California Consider Australia’s ‘Prepare, Stay And Defend’ Wildfire Policy?
Even as debate rages over the safety of Australia’s “Prepare, stay and defend, or leave early” policy of wildfire defense, fire researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in Australia say that the strategy is worth consideration in California and other regions in the...
Hudson River Rescue Aided By Science
As heroic emergency workers briskly pulled US Airways Flight 1549 passengers from the cold, hard waters of the Hudson River, experience told them just how dire the conditions were. But, so did cold, hard facts. Thanks to the availability of data streaming in straight from the river, rescuers were able...
Bushfire Victims In Our Thoughts - Australian Nursing Federation
The national office of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) today expressed its deepest condolences and sympathy to those people affected by Victoria’s ongoing bushfires. “The ANF sends our thoughts to those people, including many nurses, directly and personally affected by this horrific...
WFP Hands Out Ready To Eat Meals To The Hungry In Gaza
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has widened its emergency relief programme in the occupied Palestinian territory by distributing ready-to-eat meals to feed sick and injured patients in hospitals across Gaza. This is in addition to WFP’s normal distributions of standard rations such...
Lack Of Protection For Civilians Under Attack In North-East Congo
As the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continues to unleash violence against the people of Haut-Uélé in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the intensity of the targeted violence has prompted the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans...
Red Cross Caring For People In Eight States As Winter Storm Leaves Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power
Almost 5,000 people escaped their frigid homes last night in American Red Cross shelters in areas where utility companies are working to restore power to more than 770,000 homes and businesses still in the dark after this week’s storm. With new snow on the ground and a chilly weekend approaching,...
UNICEF Appeals For Just Over $1 Billion To Help Children And Women Suffering In Emergencies
UNICEF’s 2009 Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) highlights the plight of children and women around the globe in humanitarian emergencies. The Humanitarian Action Report is UNICEF’s annual funding appeal for protracted emergencies and is seeking just over $1 billion to assist children and women...