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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. I was in Bangladesh earlier this week, and as I left on Tuesday they
were preparing themselves for the worst. It is predicted that the situation could
deteriorate further in the coming days.
Also this month, read about my visit to Tanzania,
and learn about our new campaign, Unheard Voices.
Thank you
for your support.
Lyndall Stein
Executive Director, Concern Worldwide (UK)
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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 |
Having helped to front
the DEC's Darfur and Chad Crisis Appeal, actor Nathaniel Parker
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 |
Thanks to Concern Tanzania's
food security programme, Hamisa Ali Luyenda 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. He is proud of his achievements, but also angry that
he is stuck using old fashioned tools.
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Giving marginalised farmers a voice |
More than 75 percent of the
world's hungry and malnourished live in rural areas. Most of them are
marginalised smallholder farmers; more than two thirds are women.
Concern Worldwide plans to highlight the marginalisation and
exclusion of the poorest smallholder farmers through our campaign 'Unheard Voices' -
with the aim of influencing review of the government's agriculture
policy in 2008. Please sign up now and add your voice in support of poor farmers.
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Read more and add your voice...
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