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Somalia: Overwhelming needs in Mogadishu August 25, 2011
I just got off a Horn of Africa emergency response team phone conference involving dozens of colleagues in at least five different countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Haiti: Tatie’s Home, a bakery in Port-au-Prince August 24, 2011
Tatie grew up in a family of seven children, and wanted to own her own business since she was a little girl. While just a young student, Tatie's mother passed away and Tatie began raising her younger brother and god-daughter.
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Ethiopia: Helping more than 647,000 Ethiopians survive drought August 23, 2011
Our emergency response efforts in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali Regions — two of the areas hit hardest by the region's worst drought in 60 years — continue to expand. We're now reaching 647,005 people, about 22,000 more than reported in our last update from Ethiopia.
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Somalia: Heartbreaking visit to Mogadishu hospital August 23, 2011
I visited a Mogadishu hospital last week and found overcrowded conditions, children with measles and cholera — but also some signs of hope.
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia: Horn of Africa disaster didn't happen overnight August 23, 2011
Photos and stories from the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa — a region that includes Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia — have brought to light suffering on an almost unimaginable scale.
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Libya: Humanitarian response continues as rebels enter Tripoli August 22, 2011
As events in Libya's capital continue to unfold, Mercy Corps is monitoring the situation closely in anticipation of meeting urgent humanitarian needs after the conflict ceases. And we continue to aid Libyans in several other conflict-affected areas.
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Kenya: Clean water for nearly 200,000 people in drought-parched Kenya August 22, 2011
Over the last week, our emergency response team in northeastern Kenya has reached more than 9,700 more people with clean water. The total population to which we're delivering and ensuring water has risen to 197,749.
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What a humanitarian aid worker is and is not August 19, 2011
On this World Humanitarian Day, I'm thinking about what humanitarian aid workers are — and what they are not.
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Somalia: Benti and her family in a Mogadishu displacement camp August 19, 2011
Benti and her family walked for more than 30 days to reach the displacement camp in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, where they now live in this makeshift shelter alongside thousands of others.
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Somalia: Walking for weeks to reach Mogadishu's sprawling camps August 19, 2011