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August 2007 |
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Dear
Friend,
Up to 20 million people have been made homeless
by devastating floods that have hit Nepal, India and Bangladesh in the last
few days. Villages have been cut off and many people are without food and shelter.
It is predicted that the flooding could get worse in the coming days.
Also, you can read actor Nathaniel Parker's diaries from his visit to Chad,
and how children are teaching their parents about health in Liberia.
Thank you
for your support.
Tom Arnold
Chief Executive, Concern
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Bangladesh hit by the worst floods in years |
Devastating floods have displaced
up to 20 million people in South Asia. It has now been raining in northern
India, Bangladesh and Nepal for more than 20 days. Along with local partners,
Concern is using eight boats to conduct search and rescue missions
in all of the flooded areas of Bangladesh. In addition, we are distributing food to
11,000 families.
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Nathaniel Parker's Chad Diary |
Actor Nathaniel Parker,
along with documentary maker Paul Welsh,
recently visited Chad with Concern to see the conditions there for himself. Whilst there
he visited a camp for displaced people in Goz Beida, where he met Hajida,
a mother of seven who works all day gathering firewood to sell. Nathaniel's
diary, opinions and experiences provide a valuable glimpse into what
life is like for many thousands of displaced people in Chad.
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A Tanzanian tiger |
Lyndall Stein, who heads Concern
Worldwide's UK operations, visited Tanzania recently. She talked to Hamisa Ali Luyenda
who, thanks to Concern Tanzania's food security programme, has doubled the crop yield
from his half-acre plot. The programme has introduced new methods of growing
corn, sorghum and sesame, including planting in rows, using better seeds
and more fertiliser.
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Building Unity Through Diversity |
For the second year running Concern,
in partnership with Suas, presents the 1000 Families exhibition as part
of the Building Unity Through Diversity campaign. The exhibition highlights
the differences, and similarities, of families across the globe. It was launched
in Fitzgerald Park, Cork on 14 July and will run until 12 August, alongside
a range of seminars, workshops and other events.
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