News Articles: November 2007
HIV: What's the story?
More than 33 million people are living with HIV worldwide, making it one of the world's most serious humanitarian crises. The British Red Cross has launched a major campaign to raise awareness and spark debate about HIV among young people overseas and in the UK. Visit www.redcrosshiv.org to find out more and join the campaign....
NEWS FLASH Disaster Emergency Committee
The DEC launched the Bangladesh Cyclone Appeal on the 22nd November 2007. Every year, Southern Bangladesh is hit by cyclones, but Cyclone Sidr is the most destructive storm in more than a decade. The devastation left people desperate for help with over 3 million people evacuated; 500,000 houses destroyed across 30 districts of southwest Bangladesh and another 1.1 million houses partially destroyed. The southern area of Bangladesh is a densely populated coastline housing some of the country’s poorest people. Whe...
