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July 2007 |
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Dear
Friend,
I would like to thank everyone who has donated
to our recent appeal for displaced people in Darfur and Chad. We have so far
raised over £700,000, which will help us to provide shelter and other supplies
to families, some of whom have been living in camps for up to four years.
This work would not be possible without the generous support of our donors.
Thank you
for your support.
Lyndall Stein
Executive Director, Concern Worldwide (UK)
Donate to
our Darfur and Chad appeal.
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Helping small farmers in Ethiopia |
A combination of overpopulation
and climate change has caused much of Ethiopia's farmland to become badly
degraded. Small farmers such as Fatima Muher Nur, a 24 year old widow with three
children, find it difficult to produce enough food to feed their families
for the whole year. Concern has set up a new initiative in Fatima's
village, whereby an enclosure of land is left fallow to allow regeneration.
Members each have their own plot where indigenous plants
such as grasses and acacia can grow.
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Tackling deforestation in DPR Korea |
In recent times, major national
shortages of fuel and construction materials in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) have led to areas of forest being cleared for
development. Rural people were also encouraged to farm on steep deforested
slopes, increasing erosion and leaving land vulnerable to flooding.
Rural communities are highly dependent on forests, so Concern has focused
on improving forestry management, reducing soil erosion and regenerating natural forests.
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Win an Olympus camera with My Asia Space |
Concern has
launched an exciting new online photo competition called My Asia Space
in partnership with BBC Asian Network and the London Mela. Young people
aged between 14 and 18 are being asked to take pictures of Asian Britain
today and upload them to the competition website. Eight
finalists will each win the latest Olympus digital camera, a day of
photojournalism training from a renowned Asian photographer, and will
also have their pictures exhibited at the London Mela 2007!
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