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25/04/08 |
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Sudan (Southern Sudan)
Cholera Intervention in Yei
On 10 April 2008, a two-person Medair Health Services Emergency Response Team (ERT) began working actively in Yei and surrounding villages, after receiving a request for assistance from another NGO.
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14/02/08 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Impact Of Conflict In West Darfur
Medair is greatly concerned by reports concerning the impact of recent fighting on the clinics and water & sanitation activities it supports in two towns in West Darfur.
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04/02/08 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Newly Displaced Persons in Need of Urgent Relief
Medair is coordinating with other international agencies in an attempt to provide humanitarian assistance to the Abu Zuruj region in West Darfur, where thousands of people have reportedly fled from insecurity.
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31/01/08 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Outbreak Of Whooping Cough In West Darfur
Medair health staff are responding to an outbreak of whooping cough in two remote West Darfur communities, despite difficulties in reaching the affected population.
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12/11/07 |
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Pakistan
Earthquake Relief Programme Successfully Concludes in Pakistan
Two years after the devastating earthquake, the NGO Medair has now departed Pakistan, having completed all of its relief and rehabilitation objectives, including the construction of 11 earthquake-resistant schools.
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07/11/07 |
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Southern Sudan
New Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) Opens in Melut
Medair has now completed construction of a permanent PHCC that will provide access to a wide range of health services for up to 50,000 vulnerable Sudanese.
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22/10/07 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair Health Clinic Looted In West Darfur
The Swiss-based NGO Medair is greatly concerned by reports concerning the looting of a primary health care clinic it supports in the village of Bir Dagaig in West Darfur, Sudan.
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03/09/07 |
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Iran
Medair receives enthusiastic evaluation from Swiss Solidarity (CdB), one of its major donors
Two years and eight months after the Bam earthquake, CdB travelled to Iran to conduct a post-evaluation of Medair’s relief and rehabilitation efforts.
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14/08/07 |
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Southern Sudan
Emergency relief brought to flood-affected people of Renk
Medair brings life-saving relief to vulnerable residents in two displacement camps, providing safe drinking water and increasing access to hygienic sanitation.
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27/07/07 |
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Southern Sudan
Emergency relief being sent to flood-affected people of Renk
Medair is sending an emergency response team to the town of Renk, Upper Nile, after severe flooding resulted in two deaths and left thousands homeless.
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24/07/07 |
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United Kingdom
Medair receives “Top Ranked Charity” rating
On 16th June 2007, Medair UK was declared a “Top Ranked Charity” by Intelligent Giving, an organisation working to help donors give effectively.
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13/07/07 |
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Uganda
Medair Expands Assistance To War-Affected Children
Medair has received nearly €336,000 EUR from the European Union (EU) to continue its work with internally-displaced children in Northern Uganda.
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12/07/07 |
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Afghanistan
Medair To Improve Emergency Obstetric Care in Ragh Region
Medair has received $106,000 from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to increase and improve emergency obstetric care in the remote Ragh district, Badakhshan province, over the next two years.
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10/05/07 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
8,000 families gain access to vital medical care
Medair has been given permission to open a mobile health clinic in a second location in Khartoum State.
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30/04/07 |
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Congo (D.R.)
Medair supporters race for Congo
Switzerland - Twenty-two runners took part in Saturday’s Lausanne 20km race to try and raise 12,000 CHF for Medair’s Congo (D.R.) programme.
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16/03/07 |
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Madagascar
Hygiene and sanitation improving in Madagascar’s flood-affected IDP camps
Medair has responded to the national emergency in Madagascar by providing latrines and other essential water and sanitation services to over 20,000 people living in displacement camps.
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08/03/07 |
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Sudan (Southern Sudan)
Update of a successful response to an urgent crisis in Malakal
In November, violent clashes in Malakal precipitated a potential outbreak of cholera in the city. A Medair team installed two emergency water treatment systems, which provided clean water to thousands of residents each day.
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06/03/07 |
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Mozambique
Medair to maintain a watching brief on Mozambique
After conducting a careful assessment, Medair has concluded that the government of Mozambique and existing relief agencies are well-positioned to respond effectively to beneficiary needs in this flood-ravaged country.
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21/02/07 |
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Sudan (Southern Sudan)
Medair treats deadly meningococcal disease outbreak in Southern Sudan
Medair has quickly mobilised a response to the outbreak of meningococcal disease in Southern Sudan, providing direct patient care and health education in Bahr-el-Ghazal, one of the worst-affected states.
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20/02/07 |
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Mozambique
Medair responds to flooding in Mozambique
With torrential floods displacing 120,000 people in Mozambique, Medair has initiated an emergency response to provide essential supplies that will help prevent the spread of disease in displacement camps.
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12/02/07 |
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United Kingdom
Medair UK joins world’s first scheme to help public give with confidence
Medair UK today (12 February) announced that it has joined a new self-regulatory body for fundraising in the UK, a world first.
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09/02/07 |
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Mozambique
Medair to assess flooding in Mozambique
Medair is to send an Emergency Assessment Manager to Mozambique on Monday after heavy rains threaten to cause massive flooding along the Zambezi River.
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19/01/07 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair Provides Urgent Assistance To Newly Displaced People In West Darfur
Medair, together with other international agencies, is participating in a coordinated response to provide urgent relief assistance to displaced people who have recently arrived in camps around El Geneina, West Darfur, having fled attacks on their villages.
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15/12/06 |
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Southern Sudan
Medair sends an emergency water team to help prevent an outbreak of cholera.
After the recent violence in Malakal, Medair sends an emergency water team to help prevent an outbreak of cholera.
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13/12/06 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair Distributes Essential Household Items In South Kordofan
Medair has recently distributed mosquito nets or essential household items to over 6,000 vulnerable families in the Nuba Mountains area of central Sudan.
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11/12/06 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Truck carrying Medair medical supplies attacked in West Darfur
A commercial truck hired by Medair has been attacked by armed men in West Darfur. The vehicle was carrying essential medical supplies for displaced people in the region. No Medair staff were involved, although a number of passengers travelling with the truck are reported killed.
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30/11/06 |
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Southern Sudan
Medair forced to suspend operations in Malakal after violent clashes
Three members of Medair staff were evacuated and operations suspended in Malakal, Southern Sudan, after heavy gunfire erupted in the streets on Monday.
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17/10/06 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Carjacking in West Darfur
A Medair vehicle has been stolen at gunpoint in West Darfur . The vehicle was being used to support essential health services for displaced people in the region.
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04/10/06 |
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Congo (DRC)
Suspected plague epidemic in Congo (DRC)
Medair leads an emergency response to control a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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20/09/06 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair Assists Chadian Refugees In West Darfur
Refugees fleeing from growing insecurity in eastern Chad have found safety and shelter in West Darfur, thanks to assistance provided by Medair and other partners.
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15/08/06 |
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Congo (DRC)
Severe Humanitarian Crisis in Gety Village
Medair responds to a severe humanitarian emergency in the DRC, providing support to thousands of recently displaced Congolese villagers.
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26/07/06 |
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Lebanon
The crisis in Lebanon
After serious consideration, Medair has decided not to start an emergency programme in Lebanon at present. Medair continues to monitor the humanitarian situation in the region very closely and is in regular contact with its Middle Eastern partners. This decision is subject to continuous review as events unfold.
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07/07/06 |
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Uganda
Medair builds airstrip and deeds it to the community
Medair has built an airstrip to serve a displacement camp in northern Uganda. The Patongo airstrip, in south-east Pader district, will ensure continuous humanitarian access to the camp.
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06/06/06 |
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Uganda
Fun and Games
Medair invests in playing games, with serious results
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31/05/06 |
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Uganda
Answers in the Sand
Medair’s simple provision of exercise books, pens, and pencils makes a huge difference for children in Uganda’s primary schools.
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06/04/06 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair Sends Relief Flight To Darfur
The Swiss relief agency Medair has just despatched another plane loaded with relief supplies to help war-affected people in Sudan’s Darfur.
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04/04/06 |
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Uganda
UN Humanitarian Affairs Chief visits camps in northern Uganda
The Pader District of northern Uganda, UN Humanitarian Affairs Chief Jan Egeland took the opportunity to speak to Medair relief workers about conditions in the camps.
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28/03/06 |
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Southern Sudan
Cholera outbreak continues to spread
Medair is responding to Choldera outbreak and Meningitis Type A in Southern Sudan
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02/03/06 |
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Pakistan
Relief to Recovery - Medair begins the transition towards rehabilitation of schools, clinics and livelihoods in Kashmir
Medair begins the transition towards rehabilitation of schools, clinics and livelihoods in Kashmir
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20/02/06 |
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Southern Sudan
Cholera outbreak response in Southern Sudan
Cholera has been confirmed in two southern Sudanese cities (Yea and Juba). At the request of UNICEF, Medair’s WatSan Mobile Response Team (MRT) is installing at least two Mobile Emergency Water Treatement Systems.
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22/12/05 |
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Iran
Medair closes Iran emergency assistance and reconstruction programme
Hope is once again flourishing in Bam, Iran. Thanks to Medair, homes and livelihoods have been restored just two years after a massive earthquake plunged the region into a state of emergency.
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14/12/05 |
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Pakistan
Medair beneficiaries personalise their temporary shelters
The pride of ownership and quality of construction displayed by the families has been a great encouragement to the Medair staff. It is also an indication of the well developed...
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21/11/05 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair to participate in vaccination campaign in Nuba mountains
The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan has recently confirmed, through the World Health Organisation (WHO), that the outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in South Kordofan and the Nuba Mountains is in fact Yellow Fever. Yellow Fever is a potentially fatal disease, that is spread by mosquitoes, and can kill up to 50% of patients who develop the severe form. South Kordofan is situated in centre of Sudan, Africa’s largest country, and during the last month, over 448 suspected cases have been reported in the region, of which 117 people have died.
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04/11/05 |
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Congo (D.R.)
Medair empowers world’s poorest women in Congo to be self sufficient
There is a peaceful revolution stirring deep in the heart of the Congolese jungle. Once invisible, voiceless and powerless, women in the North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are speaking up and stepping out of the shackles of poverty to better their lives. Thanks to Medair, these women of the forest are now property owners, entrepreneurs and mothers better equipped to see their children reach their first birthday.
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24/10/05 |
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Pakistan
Preparing For Winter
Our shelter advisors have been working with survivors of the earthquake to develop a simple, locally built, temporary shelter to see families through the winter. The shelter consists of...
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15/10/05 |
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Pakistan
Time is running out to distribute emergency shelter before winter sets in
“Schools and homes are extensively damaged in Rawalakot district and we only have until the end of November to distribute winter tents before...
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13/10/05 |
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Pakistan
Medair assessment team on the road to Rawalakot with blankets & plastic sheeting
Reports from other aid agencies indicate 90% of the buildings in Rawalakot were affected by Saturday’s earthquake. Early indications suggest huge needs as the population of the District is 500,000.
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12/10/05 |
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Pakistan
Medair coordinating on the ground with key agencies in Pakistan
Kathleen Pearce, Medair’s Emergency Response Team Leader is coordinating, with key aid agencies and UN agencies in Islamabad, before heading up to the earthquake zone 80km north. She will be joined tomorrow by Medair’s Logistician who will begin setting up a logistics pipeline for emergency relief supplies.
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11/10/05 |
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Pakistan
Medair releases USD 75 000 for Pakistan earthquake response
Medair has released a significant increase in initial funding today as the statistics of devastation in Pakistan and India continue to soar. Along with a four-person team of emergency response experts, Medair has pledged a total of USD 75 000 from its Emergency Fund to assess the region’s most urgent needs.
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08/10/05 |
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Pakistan Earthquake
Medair dispatches staff to Pakistan earthquake for emergency needs assessment
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck northern Pakistan and India on Saturday, killing hundreds and possibly thousands, with reports of mountain villages wiped out. Medair is responding by sending experienced staff already located in the region to Pakistan...
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30/08/05 |
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Sri Lanka
South Asia Emergency - Operations Update
Medair has successfully implemented an emergency relief programme in Ampara district, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, which focused on critical needs in the areas of; water & sanitation, temporary shelter, rebuilding livelihoods, health education and distribution of essential relief items. The overall cost of the project over 7 months was $2.9 million USD. Institutional funding for the project was provided by Swiss Solidarity (Chaîne du Bonheur).
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03/08/05 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair staff safe despite riots following Garang's death
Following the tragic death of the First Vice-President of Sudan, Dr John Garang, in a helicopter accident on 30th July, Medair wants to offer its condolences to all the Sudanese people
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27/06/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Tsunami: 6 months review of Medair’s activities
The overall size of the project over 7 months is $2.6 million USD, with 7 international staff and 400 local staff.
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17/06/05 |
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Congo DR
Repeated violence against humanitarian organisations:
Medair protests by reducing its activities in the Congo
Medair strongly condemns the repeated acts of physical aggression, looting and hostage taking that the humanitarian community of Ituri has been subjected to by armed groups operating in this region, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Medair will reduce its humanitarian activities for 9 days as a sign of protest against this violence.
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26/05/05 |
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Angola
Beginning of the 2005 voluntary repatriation of Angolan Refugees from Zambia back to Lumbala N’guimbo in southern Moxico Province.
We expect just over 500 people to arrive by plane from Zambia this Friday and Saturday. Partnering with UNHCR and IOM our team will be providing care for the returnees in their first few days back in Angola. For many it will be...
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18/03/05 |
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Angola
A special day in the maternity hospital in Luena
Like many days, one Thursday in February was very busy with many women having complications during their delivery. We found four women in the delivery unit when we arrived to join the nurses...
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17/03/05 |
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Sri Lanka
South Asia Emergency - Operations update
Medair is implementing an emergency relief programme in Ampara district, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, focusing on water & sanitation, essential relief item distributions, temporary shelter and rebuilding livelihoods.
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04/03/05 |
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Iran
Zarand earthquake, Iran: Medair is distributing survival kits to the victims
Medair is implementing an emergency relief programme in North Kerman Province, in the south east of Iran, following the earthquake on Tuesday 22nd February. Medair released $40,000 from the emergency fund...
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01/03/05 |
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Congo
Plague Epidemic in the north-east of DR Congo:
Medair starts an emergency response
On February 7th in Isiro, Medair received an alert concerning an unidentified epidemic bearing all the signs of pneumonia. Patients were complaining of high fever, coughing up blood-stained sputum, difficulties breathing...
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22/02/05 |
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Iran
Earthquake in Iran: Medair is on ground assessing the needs
A powerful earthquake with a 6.4 magnitude shook south-eastern Iran on Tuesday 22nd February 2005, destroying villages, killing at least 270 people and injuring hundreds more
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27/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Day of Mourning in Sri Lanka
Yesterday marked 1 month since the tragic Tsunami tidal wave hit the east coast of Sri Lanka. The Medair team in Akkaraipattu, joined local villagers in a procession
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26/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Tidal wave in Asia: Medair is re-establishing livelihoods by launching fishing cooperatives
Medair is working hand-in-hand with the local communities in Ampara district, on the east-coast of Sri Lanka,
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17/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
451 wells cleaned by Medair in Addelachenai, on the east coast of Sri Lanka
The team have been operational for 2 weeks now. They are concentrating their efforts on Addelacchenai, a town in Ampara district which was worst affected by the devastating tidal waves. There are at least 4,000 displaced...
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11/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Tsunami tidal wave: Medair training Sri Lankan well cleaners
Medair is working hand-in-hand with the local community training teams of local staff to clean contaminated wells.
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10/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Asian tidal wave: “The sea turned against them and became their enemy”
“A generation of Sri Lankans may have a traumatic relationship with the sea”, says Joshua Rey, Medair’s representative on the east coast of Sri Lanka...
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06/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Asian tidal wave: Medair restoring clean water supply in Sri Lanka
Medairs' water and sanitation engineers are repairing wells contaminated by sea water and digging emergency latrines along the east coast of Sri Lanka. Our engineers are also testing the quality of water
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04/01/05 |
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Asian tidal wave
Medair supporting Tsunami victims to return to their devastated villages
10 days on, villagers are returning to pick up the pieces of their lives. Medair is rapidly assessing...
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03/01/05 |
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Sri Lanka
Medair begins water and sanitation interventions along the east coast of Sri Lanka
Medair is distributing sachets of water purification chemicals to 14’000 families, which are suitable for domestic use. The team will begin to drill for fresh water...
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31/12/04 |
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Sri Lanka
Medair report a 2km destruction zone along the east coast of Sri Lanka
Ampara is one of the most remote and worst affected areas in the region. Joshua Rey, the Medair team leader, reports there is a 2km destruction zone all the way along the coast...
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30/12/04 |
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Sri Lanka
Medair dispatch emergency medical kits and water drilling equipment to Sri Lanka
Medair has today dispatched 4 emergency medical kits which will treat a total of 40,000 people for 3 months, water purification equipment and supplies to provide clean water for 14,000 people for a week...
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29/12/04 |
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Sri Lanka
Medair Operational in Sri Lanka
A needs assessment has begun and will cover several sectors including water, health, sanitation, shelter and food. Medair has procured chlorine...
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28/12/04 |
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Southern Asia
Medair is helping the needs of tsunami crisis victims in Sri Lanka
Medair has operational staff on the ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A Medair team of experts has been dispatched to give further support to the relief effort...
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16/12/04 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair responds to a serious outbreak of Dysentry in West Darfur
In early December we received reports of a suspected outbreak of Shigella Dysentry amongst these displaced people...
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26/11/04 |
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Zimbabwe
Medair forced to leave Zimbabwe in spite of worsening humanitarian crisis
On the 15th of November the Famine Early Warning System Network for Zimbabwe (FEWS) reasserted their prediction that 2.2 million rural households ...
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22/11/04 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Darfur: “2.5 million people will require food aid in 2005”
The humanitarian situation remains precarious with 1.5 million displaced from their homes, due to fear and violence. Vulnerability will increase dramatically over the next year, with the lack of cultivation and harvesting...
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24/09/04 |
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Zimbabwe
Medair in Zimbabwe: Future in doubt
After working in Zimbabwe since March 2003, Medair's time in the country may be coming to an end. With the government having declared the emergency that has crippled the country for the past 2 years over
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22/09/04 |
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Madagascar
Innovative technique successful
A Medair team constructed 50 new water points within only one week in the remote Maroantsetra region in north-east Madagascar, which was hit by an intense cyclone earlier this year.
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07/09/04 |
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Medair staff injured by mob
The Medair compound in Faizabad was attacked today by a mob demonstrating about an issue unrelated to Medair staff or activities in Afghanistan. Several other NGO compounds were also attacked.
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09/07/04 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Thousands of settled IDPs made homeless in Sudan
One could assume that such a headline refers to the crisis in Darfur. It doesn’t, tens of thousands of settled IDPs living in camps around Khartoum have had their homes destroyed. Late last year...
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15/06/04 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Acute crisis West Darfur: Medair is responding to 180,000 internally displaced people
Medair has been operational in West Darfur for nearly three years and is responding now to the basic needs of over 180,000 internally displaced people as well as the host population in the West Darfur...
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28/04/04 |
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Iran
Iran crisis
Click here for an update of Medair's activities in Bam as of 28th April 2004 :
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21/04/04 |
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Sudan (Northern States)
Medair tripling their response to the humanitarian crisis in West Darfur
people in large numbers have fled their homes, villages and traditional lands and are gathered around the larger towns of Darfur seeking safety, water, food, medical assistance, and shelter. All testify...
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21/04/04 |
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Soudan
Medair triple ses efforts pour faire face à la crise humanitaire au Darfour occidental
Actuellement, un nombre impressionnant de personnes ont fui leurs maisons, leurs villages et leurs terres pour se rassembler autour de grandes villes du Darfour et trouver un refuge...
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22/03/04 |
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Madagascar
Réponse immédiate aux passages des cyclones Elita et Gafilo
Medair est actuellement présent à Maintirano et Maroants...
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10/03/04 |
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Madagascar
Cyclone Gafilo, emergency survey and response underway
As the tropical storm Gafilo hit the country last week-end, Medair wants to survey the area of Maroantsetra immediately.
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10/02/04 |
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Iran
Citizens Of Bam Receive Clothing
Survivors of the devastating earthquake in Bam, Iran have been receiving new underwear from Medair
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21/01/04 |
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Iran (Bam)
Medair répond aux besoins urgents dans le domaine de l’hygiène et des biens de première nécessité
Medair a commencé à répondre aux besoins les plus urgents des habitants de Bam, en Iran, suite au terrible tremblement de terre qui a frappé la ville le 26 décembre dernier
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