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Pakistan: Survivors' stories

Pakistan: Survivors' stories

Aug 19, 2010

Pakistan survivors tell stories of the flood and how ACT support is helping them recover

Pakistan: Why food alone is not enough

Pakistan: Why food alone is not enough

Aug 19, 2010

People in Balochistan are pleased with ACT food distributions. But they still face tough choices

World Humanitarian Day video

World Humanitarian Day video

Aug 19, 2010

Today is World Humanitarian Day, a chance to celebrate humanitarian workers around the globe - and those who have lost their lives.

Profile of a humanitarian worker: Dr Shailendra Awale

Profile of a humanitarian worker: Dr Shailendra Awale

Aug 18, 2010

Skills for humanitarian work can be developed but the heart must be in the right place, says an Indian doctor.

Profile of a humanitarian worker: Claudia Gonzalez

Profile of a humanitarian worker: Claudia Gonzalez

Aug 18, 2010

Claudia Gonzalez's call of duty in Colombia goes well beyond her profession as an agronomist.

Pakistan: Children suffering fear, illness

Pakistan: Children suffering fear, illness

Aug 18, 2010

Of the six million Pakistani children affected by the floods, nearly half need urgent health care

Pakistan: Water rose a metre a minute

Pakistan: Water rose a metre a minute

Aug 16, 2010

In just minutes, whole villages in north Pakistan were washed away. Hundreds of others remain submerged.

Pakistan: 14m affected but still worse to come

Pakistan: 14m affected but still worse to come

Aug 12, 2010

Devastating floods across Pakistan that have killed 1600 and disrupted the lives of one in eight Pakistanis, are set to worsen in places with widespread rains and heavy showers forecast.

Brazil: ACT responds to Alagoas floods

Brazil: ACT responds to Alagoas floods

Aug 12, 2010

ACT members have delivered life-sustaining goods, food and water, to people affected by floods in Alagoas State of northern Brazil

Pakistan: floods in Swat

Pakistan: floods in Swat

Aug 12, 2010

These photos were taken in one of the worst-affected areas of Swat

Pakistan: cycle of loss and destruction tests resilience

Pakistan: cycle of loss and destruction tests resilience

Aug 12, 2010

Since the 2005 earthquake devastated parts of Pakistan, not one year has gone by in which Pakistanis have not suffered disaster.

Pakistan: floods in Balakot

Pakistan: floods in Balakot

Aug 12, 2010

Flood damage in the Balakot area, images by ACT member CWS

Niger drought

Niger drought

Aug 12, 2010

Very poor rains in 2009 and late rains this season have led to severe food insecurity in many areas of Niger

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

Aug 09, 2010

We celebrate International Day of the World's Indigenous People with a focus on the Embera people in Colombia

Consultative meeting for Sudan

Consultative meeting for Sudan

Aug 09, 2010

ACT Alliance Consultative meeting for Sudan held in Juba Sudan on the 6th and 7th July 2010. At the Oasis Camp conference Hall