News Articles: April 2010
TeachAManToFish - find out more
Creating Livelihoods: Enterprise & Education "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime."Chinese Proverb Helping people ...
Red Cross seeks superheroes
The search is on for young superheroes – can you help?12 April 2010 "Our annual search for Britain’s real life young superheroes has begun and we’re relying on you to help us find them." Nominations have opened for the 2010 Humanitarian Citizen Awards, which celebrate the valuable contribution young people make to the lives of others – so if you know anyone who deserves this recognition, make sure to let them know by Friday 23 July. The awards recognize both individuals and groups aged under 25 who hav...
Tsunami 5 years on - 2 reports
On the 5th anniversary of the Tsunami, the DEC/ARUP and UNICEF have launched reports on the lessons learned. Lessons from Aceh - Key Considerations in Post-Disaster Reconstruction. (pdf) UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pub_detail.asp?pub_id=220 Tsunami Anniversary Facts and Figures 15.12.09 ...
Save the Children Appeal - China earthquake
We have launched an emergency appeal to help tens of thousands of children who are currently homeless and vulnerable after an earthquake struck the remote and mountainous Yushu county in south-west China on Wednesday 14th April 2010. A father and child rest on the rubble of their collapsed house in Yushu County in south-west China. The earthquake has claimed the lives of 617 people, i...
Operation Florian - who? what? where? why?
Operation Florian, established as a charity in 1995, is a UK Fire Service Humanitarian Charity working to promote the protection of life amongst communities in need, world wide, by the provision of equipment and training to improve fire fighting and rescue capabilities. For more information, visit http://www.operationflorian.com/index.htm ...
Plan UK: tackling family poverty world-wide
Plan, one of the largest child-centred community development organisations in the world, is helping children and their families in 48 of the poorest countries to break the cycle of poverty. Helping children shape their future I'd really like to help villages in my area, the way Plan has helped my village. Kodjo, Togo . Plan's work affects the daily lives of countless ordinary people, from the children, the parents and the villages we hel...
GlobalNet - for budding young journalists
Their Vision The Trust holds the vision that it can contribute to and help create a more balanced and positive media in the future and facilitate better communication between people in all countries, races and cultures. Global News Education Trust works to give young people a platform to express their own ideas for a more positive and sustainable future. They help young, would-be journalists to research, report and publish their own ‘positive’ ...
