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Nigeria: Fao Seeks Urgent Funding to Target 385,000 People with Farming Support in Northeast
Aug 12, 2016$10 million is required to provide emergency agricultural support to internally displaced people and host families 9 August 2016, Rome - Urgent action is needed to provide farming and livelihood support to 385,000 people in parts of ...
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Race Against Time in Drought-Ravaged Southern Africa to Ensure 23 Million People Receive Farming Support
Aug 12, 2016At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
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Race Against Time in Drought-Ravaged Southern Africa to Ensure 23 Million People Receive Farming Support
Aug 12, 2016At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
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Syria Ready to Take Part in Peace Talks in Geneva
Dec 25, 2015Syria has said it's ready to take part in peace talks in Geneva and hopes that the dialogue will help the country form a national unity government. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem made the statement on Thursday during a visit to ...
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Chinese Envoy Calls for Joint Efforts to Protect Women, Children in Conflicts
Dec 18, 2015A Chinese envoy to the United Nations Wednesday called on the international community to make joint efforts to step up protection of women and children in conflicts. Terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram ...
Tags: women, children, human trafficking
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UNDP Distributes Panasonic Donated Solar Lanterns to Ebola Affected Regions
Nov 19, 2015Panasonic Corporation announced that it donated 3,000 solar lanterns to United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for use in Ebola affected regions. These lanterns have started to be distributed in 3 West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, ...
Tags: Panasonic, LED light, Solar LED lantern
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First Batch of Chinese Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Arrives in Sri Lanka
Oct 22, 2015The Chinese government’s first batch of emergency materials, including 40 diesel engines, 100 water pumps and 25 steamboats, arrived in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, on March 3-4, carried by two chartered flights. They were ...
Tags: humanitarian aid, biggest flood
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China Provides the Micronesian Government with US$500,000 Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in Cash
Oct 22, 2015In March 29-April 1, Chuuk and Yap in Micronesia suffered from intense tropical storm, resulting in large-scale disruption of water and electricity supply, traffic and communication, causing a certain number of casualties and severe damage ...
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Chinese Government to Launch the Third Round of Relief Supplies to Nepal
Oct 22, 2015A 7.5 magnitude aftershock struck Nepal on May 12. In accordance with the disaster progress and the Nepal government’s needs, to help the Nepal side fight against the secondary disaster and do the relief work well, the Chinese ...
Tags: earthquake, relief supplies
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The Chinese Government Provides US$ 300 Thousand in Cash to Dominica
Oct 16, 2015At the night of August 26 to August 27, 2015, Dominica was hit by the tropical storm “Erika”. The sustaining high wind and rainstorm hit heavily the whole island of Dominica with most of the rivers flooding, many mountains ...
Tags: rivers flooding, disaster relief
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Ministry of Commerce Plans to Provide Humanitarian Emergency Assistance to the Earthquake Disaster Area of Chile
Oct 16, 2015The Head of the Department of Foreign Assistance of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said a few days ago that the MOFCOM plans to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the earthquake disaster area of Chile as soon as possible and ...
Tags: MOFCOM plans, Earthquake, Chile
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The Chinese Government Provides US$ 300 Thousand in Cash to Chile
Oct 16, 2015On September 16, 2015, a violent magnitude 8.4 earthquake hit the fourth region in North Chile, affecting most regions of the country. The strong earthquake caused large casualties and financial loss to the people of Chile. In order to ...
Tags: earthquake, disaster relief, Chile
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Southern African Apparel Manufacturers Aim to Promote Trade Between US and South African
Feb 11, 2015Leading apparel manufacturers from Lesotho, South Africa, and Botswana, with support from the US government, are participating in the ‘Sourcing South Africa’ pavilion at MAGIC apparel expo to be held from February 16 to 19, ...
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Sealed Air & PCCPI to Supply Potable Drinking Water Encased in Philippines
Dec 26, 2013Sealed Air and Pepsi-Cola Philippines (PCCPI) have joined forces with various other global companies to supply around 300,000 liters of potable drinking water encased in water pouches to the Philippines. The companies have taken the ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Pepsi-Cola
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WHO Said It Is Targeting 22 Million Children in The Middle East for Polio Vaccination
Nov 15, 2013The World Health Organization said it is targeting 22 million children in the Middle East for polio vaccination after 13 cases of polio were confirmed in Syria. In a joint resolution, all countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region ...
Tags: WHO, UNICEF, polio, vaccination
