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Somalia - It Happened Again
Posted by: Bea at 10:04AM EST on October 10, 2008
It happened yet again. This time it was on a Friday evening, just before the weekend. Usually, it happens around the holidays. Either right before or smack in the middle of it. Sometimes you wonder whether it is a coincidence or it is a strategy. Maybe it is both.
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Sunday September 28, 2008
Haiti report 2: No Comment
Facts
A woman gives birth in a temporary shelter, the bare ground covered in trash.
Without medicine.
Millions of barefooted people in mud laden with sharp objects.
Without shoes.
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Friday September 26, 2008
Haiti report 1: The Punishing Rain
A clammy heat that clings to your skin, a blazing sun that withers you to the core, I’m at the Télecom sans Frontières tent to send the latest news to CARE’s network. At the entrance, an alert announces that a storm system has formed from the ensuing rains and unfavorable winds in the Caribbean area. We have been following the weather development since yesterday, which we hope will not announce its lot of torrential showers on the country.
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Making a Difference - Seeing Results from Our Work on the Hill
Returning from the Delta
Below, Chris Northey continues her reflections from the field while working as CARE's Emergency Team Leader in Myanmar, following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. Chris was one of the first international aid workers permitted into the Irrawaddy
Delta, after the government's announcement that it would allow
foreign emergency teams access to all cyclone-affected areas.
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Why Do I Care?
Sean Camoni offers insight and reflection following his advocacy efforts on the Hill for CARE's 2008 National Conference.
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What a Waste
I had every intention of eating the tomato - I could see myself cutting it up into slices for salad, using it for grilled cheese or a bacon/lettuce and tomato sandwich. But good intentions aren't enough.
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