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Haiti: Living in fear of sickness and death
Nov 10, 2010
Knee-deep in filthy water and prey to cholera: Haitians describe life in the wake of Hurricane Tomas
Hurricane Tomas leaves Léogâne in floods
Nov 07, 2010
With water 1m deep in the Haitian city of Léogâne following the hurricane, ACT Alliance is racing against time to prevent the spread of cholera.
Tomas threatens half a million in Haiti
Nov 04, 2010
As tropical storm Tomas hits Haiti, aid network ACT Alliance is working to lessen the blow
Haiti: Tropical Storm Tomas bearing down
Nov 04, 2010
ACT Alliance members are preparing for the force of Tomas tomorrow, as authorities advise the 1.3m in camps to seek shelter elsewhere.
Indonesia: ACT-trained students scramble to help tsunami survivors
Nov 03, 2010
Students of ACT-run disaster training put their lessons into practice when the tsunami hit last week.
Indonesia: Medical care, shelter in wake of disasters
Oct 29, 2010
Medicines, baby kits and health care - ACT goods are reaching thousands of Indonesians forced from their homes by tsunami and volcano
Indonesia: Relief from the heat of Mt Merapi
Oct 27, 2010
ACT Alliance is at the foot of Mt Merapi treating burns victims and offering shelter.
Kyrgyzstan: Healing wounds of conflict
Oct 25, 2010
A Kyrgyzstan doctor struggles through illness to keep her patients in good health.
Kyrgyzstan: Quest for political and ethnic cohesion
Oct 18, 2010
The director of an ACT associate has put her face to election hoardings in Kyrgyzstan in a move of political and ethnic unity.
Pakistan: Relief efforts continue
Oct 12, 2010
ACT members in Pakistan continue walking the long road of relief provision in the aftermath of the flood.
School of hope
Oct 12, 2010
Haiti: an inspiring new school is being built in Léogâne, one of the worst-hit areas in the earthquake.
Pakistan: survivor's story - Anwer
Oct 07, 2010
Answer Saeed lost his house and is keeping his family with the support of aid from ACT members.
Pakistan: survivor's story - Royan
Oct 07, 2010
Royan Bibi, a fifty year old woman from Dubair Nala located in Shangla, lost everything when destructive floodwaters. Now her family is flung far afield because of housing shortages.
Kenya: sustainable drought and famine response
Sep 21, 2010
This short video shows the development of sustainable drought and famine response activities in the Maasai and Ukambani areas of Kenya
Pakistan: A family tries its best to recover
Sep 17, 2010
The questions of where and how to rebuild their lives are causing anguish to a Pakistani family.