International Appeals
CWS Emergency appeal: Bihar, India, floods
September 4, 2008 More than 2 million people have been affected by floods in
Bihar, India -- the worst flooding to hit the north eastern Indian
region in decades.
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CWS Emergency appeal: Georgia crisis
August 21, 2008 Bombing and hostilities earlier this month in the disputed Caucasus
region of South Ossetia, Georgia, has led to tens of thousands of
people fleeing, causing a humanitarian emergency.
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CWS appeal update: Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Nargis response (update to May 5 appeal)
August 20, 2008 Relief efforts continue as the second stage of the response to Cyclone Nargis moves forward.
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Ethiopia drought and food crisis
July 30, 2008 The southeastern pastoral areas of Ethiopia are experiencing
drought conditions following the failure of two previous rainy seasons, with
resulting food insecurity.
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to this appeal]
Assistance
to Iraqi refugees and displaced
July 28, 2008 The population in Iraq has suffered for years as a consequence
of the US-led war in 2003 and, earlier, sanctions that were imposed after the
Gulf War in 1991. The widespread insecurity due to the collapse of the
regime of Saddam Hussein and the absence of adequate security forces
forced large parts of the population to take refuge in other parts of
Iraq and in neighboring countries, in Europe and North America.
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Indonesia:
Yogyakarta & Central Java Rehabilitation Program
July 29, 2008 Since a devastating earthquake struck Indonesia's Central
Java and Yogyakarta provinces in May 2006, Church World Service and long-time
CWS partners Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) and Yayasan Tanggul Bencana
di Indonesia (YTBI) -- all members of the worldwide alliance Action
by Churches Together -- have been providing relief and rehabilitation
assistance to people in affected villages.
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to this appeal]
Gaza/West
Bank Humanitarian Response
July 24, 2008 Since the beginning of the second Intifada in September
2000, political, economic and social conditions have continued to deteriorate
for the 3.8 million Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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to this appeal]
CWS
appeal: China earthquake (updated)
June 24, 2008 The death toll from the May 12 earthquake centered
in Sichuan province, China, now stands at 69,197, Chinese government
authorities said today, with 18,209 still missing and 374,176 injured,
with nearly 1.49 million residents relocated.
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to this appeal]
CWS appeal update: Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Nargis response
May 8, 2008 As the first few flights of relief supplies have
reached the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) the scope
of the disaster is starting to take shape.
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Burkina
Faso flood recovery
February 21, 2008 Heavy rains in July and August 2007 caused
flooding and adversely affected communities throughout the northern sections
of the West Africa country of Burkina Faso, with numerous villages experiencing
serious agricultural losses.
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to this appeal]
Balkans
housing and reconstruction program
February 11, 2008 At least 106,000 people remain displaced by the war that ravaged the
former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 1995, according to recent figures.
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China winter storm response
February 6, 2008 Since Jan. 10, central, eastern and southwestern parts of China have been inundated
with the heaviest levels of snowfall and icy rain in 50 years, resulting in
at least 40 deaths.
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Mozambique
floods
February 5, 2008 At least 80,000 persons have been displaced
because of floods in central and southern Mozambique that have killed
at least 20 people in recent weeks.
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to this appeal]
Kenya
post-election civil unrest
February 4, 2008 The humanitarian situation in Kenya remains uncertain and tense in the wake of continuing violence that has displaced more than 300,000 persons and killed at least 800 following the disputed December 27 national elections.
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Emergency aid for displaced Afghans in Ghazni Province
January 23, 2008 A deteriorating security situation in the Hazarajat
(central highlands) region of Afghanistan -- caused by both a growing
Taliban presence and the onset of a harsh winter -- has resulted in increased
numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout the area, with
IDPs leaving their communities from within Ghazni province and other
neighboring provinces, such as Uruzgan.
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Darfur
(Sudan) humanitarian response
January 11, 2008 The humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese
region of Darfur is now entering its sixth year -- becoming, in effect,
a "chronic" emergency.
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to this appeal]
Bangladesh
Cyclone
January 4, 2008 Cyclone Sidr hit the southern coast of Bangladesh
November 15, leaving behind an enormous trail of devastation.
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Caribbean
storms
December 21, 2007 Noel struck the Caribbean in late October
as a slow-moving tropical storm, growing into a Category-1 hurricane,
leaving 118 people dead. Hardest-hit were the Dominican Republic and
Haiti, where 116 people were killed in floods and landslides –87 in the
DR alone.
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to this appeal]
Post-tsunami
rehabilitation for Dalit communities (India)
November 30, 2007 The December 2004
tsunami that struck the southern Indian coastal belt heavily affected
the state of Tamil Nadu, with the majority of those affected being
fisher-folk who lived close to the sea.
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to this appeal]
Nicaragua floods
November 19, 2007 Torrential, and in some cases record, rains hit the western Pacific region of Nicaragua from Oct. 10-15, causing serious flooding that affected some 5,000 persons, about 2,119 of whom had to be evacuated from their homes.
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Burma (Myanmar) humanitarian assistance
November 16, 2007 The continuing humanitarian crisis in Burma (Myanmar) has, over several decades, provoked a range of increasingly serious life-threatening issues linked to escalating poverty.
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Zimbabwe food aid
October 30, 2007 Ongoing humanitarian problems in Zimbabwe continue
to prompt concern and needed responses by the international community
to help alleviate serious food shortages.
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Somalia (Mogadishu) Humanitarian Assistance
October 12, 2007 As the Somali Transitional Federal Government
(TFG), backed by Ethiopian troops, aims to exert control into southern
and central Somalia, opposition groups are fighting back.
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to this appeal]
Pakistan
2007 flood response
October 3, 2007 Floods throughout Asia over the summer have
disrupted the lives of more than 66 million - a number larger than the
population of France.
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more] [Donate
to this appeal]
Chad Refugees
June 29, 2007 Members of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) International
network are beginning an emergency relief operation in eastern Chad near
Koukou, in the conflict-affected region bordering Darfur, Sudan.
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more] [Donate
to this appeal]
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
June 25, 2007 United Nations figures indicate 3.5 million people
have been displaced by DRC’s decades of war, even though the country
is home to the U.N.’s largest peacekeeping force.
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to this appeal
Colombia
(Nariño) displacement / food insecurity
April 10, 2007 Recent fighting in southern Colombia between
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) and the
Colombian Army in the remote rural area of Rio Tapaje, in the department
(province) of Nariño, has in recent weeks forced hundreds of families
to leave their villages.
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to this appeal]
Southern Sudan Returnees
December
7, 2006 The population of Juba, in southern Sudan, is growing at
unprecedented rates as a result of the large numbers of returnees either
settling or migrating through Juba following a 21-year civil war. Juba
is considered a way station for almost all returnees moving from southern
to northern Sudan and also remains a final destination for some.
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more] [Donate
to this appeal]
Middle East
November
28, 2006 2006 has been a year of continuing chaos and
uncertainty in the Middle East. The Israeli-Palestinian stalemate continues
with no end in sight, as does the war in Iraq; tensions in the region
worsened during the summer of 2006 with the war between Israel and factions
within Lebanon that uprooted hundreds of thousands from their homes both
in Lebanon and Israel.
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to this appeal]
Southern
Asia Earthquake (Rehabilitation)
September 12 , 2006 It has been nearly a year since the devastating
Oct. 8, 2005, earthquake affecting Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province,
the Pakistani-controlled Azad Kashmir region and Islamabad, the capital
of Pakistan, killed at least 73,000 and injured, according to latest
estimates, some 200,000 people.
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more] [Donate
to this appeal]
Lebanon Crisis
September 8, 2006 After more than a month of fighting between
Israel and Hezbollah in July and August 2006, families have attempted
to returned to their homes and villages.
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to this appeal]
Indonesia Earthquake
May 30, 2006 The death toll from the May 27 earthquake that hit
south of the ancient city of Yogyakarta, on the Indonesian island of
Java, now stands at nearly 5,700, with many of the survivors living in
shacks near the ruins of their homes, the Associated Press (AP) news
agency reported today.
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to this appeal]
Tsunami/Earthquake
Response
December 12, 2005 The massive earthquake and resulting
tsunami that was centered near the northwestern coast of Sumatra,
Indonesia in December 2004, affected over a dozen countries on
the Indian Ocean.
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to this appeal]