News from emergencies

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• ACT photo exhibition: The smiling, caring Congo | February 17, 2009
• Gaza hospital under fire | February 5, 2009
• Gaza response continue despite access challenges | January 30, 2009
• Bombed Gaza clinic to rise from the rubble | January 30, 2009
• Sri Lanka: Growing concern for trapped civilians, ACT mobilises response | January 30, 2009
• "People still look at the sky", report ACT medical workers | January 27, 2009
• After Nkunda arrest, DRC situation calm but tense | January 23, 2009
• Gaza: Should Israel pay compensation for destroyed clinics? | January 20, 2009
• Gaza: Food distribution between skeleton houses | January 19, 2009
• Gaza blockade must be lifted | January 18, 2009
• ACT starts risky food distribution in Gaza | January 16, 2009
• Gaza hospitals in horror: Burns from phosphorus bombs | January 15, 2009
• Appeal for 4 mill. US dollars, urgent for Gaza | January 15, 2009
• Much-needed aid reaches Gazans | January 14, 2009
• Gaza: Food and medicines on way | January 13, 2009
• Gaza: Teenager died from fear | January 13, 2009
• Gaza: The poorest lost their only heath care | January 12, 2009
• Gaza clinic destroyed by Israeli missle | January 11, 2009
• Gaza situation report | January 9, 2009
• Gaza situation report | January 8, 2009
• Food, medicines, blankets and trauma therapists headed for Gaza | January 7, 2009
• Israel bomb three mobile clinics | January 6, 2009
• Many injured civilians inaccessible, says Gaza hospital director | January 5, 2009
• Eyewitnesses in Gaza: “They kill our children at home” | January 2, 2009
• ACT warns of further Gaza humanitarian crisis without ceasefire | December 28, 2008
• Still room in the inn: Grassroots hospitality in eastern DRC | December 23, 2008
• ACT International and ACT Development Newsletter Dec. 2008 - PDF | English Spanish
• Situation Report: Myanmar Emergency Response Operation | December 19, 2008
• Flood of the century in Brazil: “Please, don’t help us” | December 19, 2008
• DRC: 'Invisible' displaced and host families at risk, warns ACT, says aid worker | November 10, 2008
• DRC: "People fled in all directions", says aid worker | November 5, 2008
• In war-torn Chad, a focus on 'mind, soul and body' | November 5, 2008
• Pakistan: Balochistan earthquake assistance underway | November 4, 2008
• DRC: ACT members deliver initial assistance | November 3, 2008
• DRC: Emergency work is paralyzed | October 30, 2008
• Floods in Central America: Crops and homes are gone | October 27, 2008
• Winter is coming to Georgia: The homeless are not prepared | October 24, 2008
• India, The Bihar-flood: Millions of traumatized people | October 24, 2008
• India floods: The angry water of Kosi: A ride for life | October 22, 2008
• Poor countries pay their dictator’s debt | October 21, 2008
• Global credit crisis threatens the poorest, says ACT director | October 15, 2008
• India floods: ACT members respond to "absolute disaster" | September 1, 2008
• Myanmar: "I only lost my home," says cyclone survivor | August 21, 2008
• Kenya: Displaced return home in uncertainty | July 17, 2008
• Sudan: As insecurity continues, a concern that the 'Darfur problem' is broader than Darfur | July 17, 2008
• Southern Africa ACT members tackle climate change | June 16, 2008
• ACT International and ACT Development Newsletter - PDF | June 12, 2008
• Overcome humanity’s “greed”: Churches respond to the food crisis | June 5, 2008
• Cyclone Nargis: Young volunteers dedicated to help survivors | June 4, 2008
• Community-based organisations provide ongoing relief in Myanmar (Burma) | May 28, 2008
• Cyclone Nargis -- Immeasurable loss, continued response I May 23, 2008
• China earthquake: ACT member provides rapid assistance to most vulnerable I May 23, 2008
• ACT launches US $5.1m appeal for cyclone survivors in Myanmar (Burma) I May 16, 2008
• China: ACT launches preliminary appeal to support quake-affected families I May 15, 2008
• ACT members mobilise support for cyclone-affected in Myanmar I May 9, 2008
• Kenya: Entering the world displaced I March 13, 2008
• Mozambique: "There are just so, so many people displaced" I March 6, 2008
• Iraqi refugees who leave homes for the safety of Syria still face challenges I March 5, 2008
• Thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon still afraid to return home I February 27, 2008
• Lebanon: A principal's story I February 7, 2008
• Kenya: ACT members address deeper challenges I February 5, 2008
• Kenya: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens I February 5, 2008
• India: Joy of living returns after tsunami disaster I February 1, 2008
• Three years after tsunami, Sri Lanka rebuilds amid worsening war I January 31, 2008
• Kenya: A country and people hanging in the balance I January 22, 2008
• Kenya: Fear overshadows desire to return home I January 17, 2008
• Afghanistan stories I January 11, 2008
  On a wind-swept outskirts of Kabul, a fundamental change (3 of 3)
  As questions about aid continue, working small has its benefits (2 of 3)
  As 2007 ended, progress in Afghanistan proved elusive (1 of 3)
• Kenya: Displaced in their own country I January 7, 2008
• Three Years Later: ACT Tsunami Response Fact Sheet I December 19, 2007
• Joint Newsletter: ACT International and ACT Development: November 2007
  ENGLISH Verion (PDF)
  FRENCH Version (PDF)
  SPANISH Version (PDF)
• Bangladesh: 'I could see trees falling down everywhere around me' I Dateline: December 6, 2007
• Sri Lanka: ACT at Work in Sri Lanka I Photo Essay: December 5, 2007
• Bangladesh: ACT members continue Cyclone Sidr emergency response I Dateline: December 4, 2007
• Bangladesh: Emergency relief in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr I Dateline: November 30, 2007
• Bangladesh: Stories from Cyclone Sidr I Dateline: November 23, 2007
• Dominican Republic: Dominicans work to recover from ‘catastrophic disaster’ I Dateline: November 21, 2007
• Bangladesh: ACT International supporting 35,500 people following Cyclone Sidr I News update: November 18, 2007
• Zimbabwe: ACT launches Zimbabwe food aid and recovery appeal I News update: October 30, 2007
• Uganda Flooding: “Next we will be displaced by a famine” I News update:
  September 28
• Darfur: Three ACT-Caritas staff free after being detained and released into police custody in Zalingei I News update: September 27
• Colombia: Floods leave little behind in already vulnerable communities I News Update: September 21, 2007
• Africa Floods: ACT members respond to worst flooding in “any recent memory” I News Update: September 17, 2007
• Pakistan Floods: Rebuilding homes, health and communities I News Update: September 14, 2007
• ACT International endorses IASC mental health guidelines I News Release: September 14, 2007
• Peru Earthquake: ACT members support vulnerable rural communities I News Update: September 11, 2007
• South Asia Floods: Stories of survival I News Update: August 29, 2007
• Eastern Chad: Critical steps accomplished, much work lies ahead I News Update: August 16, 2007
• Asia: Bangladesh is badly hit I Dateline: August 16, 2007
• Asia: ACT members increase support to flood-affected communities I Dateline: August 15, 2007
• Bangladesh Floods: Major emergency assistance operation underway I Dateline: August 14, 2007
• Photo Essay: ACT members continue India floods response I Dateline: August 9, 2007
• Photo Essa : ACT members continue three-year response to the tsunami I Dateline: August 8, 2007
• Asia: ACT members continue flood responses I Dateline: August 6, 2007
• Darfur: ACT calls for continued commitment to humanitarian response and peace efforts I News Release: August 3, 2007
• Iraq: ACT launches appeal to support Iraqi people displaced by conflict I Dateline: July 27, 2007
• Indonesia: Yogyakarta earthquake, one year later I Dateline: July 23, 2007
• Indonesia: Women reclaiming their lives I Dateline: July 17, 2007
• LWF empowers the most vulnerable in northern Uganda I Dateline: July 10, 2007
• ACT member CWS (Pakistan/Afghanistan) response (off-site link): July 2
• ACT International begins operations in eastern Chad | News Update:June 28
• Sudan: South Sudan: Rebuilding… one harvest at a time… | Dateline: June 20
• India: Empowering flood affected women I Dateline: May 15
• Afghanistan: Rewriting history I Dateline: April 27
• India: Finding courage I Dateline: April 27
• Solomon Islands I Dateline: April 3
• India: Gender justice I Dateline: February 22
• OPT: A call for 'dignified health care' I Dateline: January 16
• Lebanon: Warmth comes during the cold winter I Dateline: January 16
• Pakistan: Continued recovery efforts after 2005 quake I Dateline: January 12
• India: Community-based disaster preparedness I Dateline: January 12

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