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 Philippines: working to ensure safe housing and water for victims of Typhoon Fengshen
More than a week after Typhoon Fengshen ravaged a huge part of the Philippine archipelago causing shortages of safe drinking water and disrupting food supplies, the terrible experience, for many survivors, remains quite vivid. "It's like all of that occurred only this morning -- the howling wind and sheets of rain, the rampaging waters that swept people, trees, cars and entire houses away – it’s all still fresh in my mind," recalls Melecio Beso, whose house in the village of Bakaw in Mandurriao District, was destroyed at the height of the storm. |
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|  Ethiopia: Battling the green drought
The green drought hit Wolayita just like earthquakes do. Some houses collapse entirely while the house next door ironically continues to stand. Here, fields of maize are barely 50 cm high while on one or two plots the same crop has managed to mature. There, the lucky farmer will not eat the fruit but rather attempt to sell it along the road side to get some money and eventually buy more food.
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 Zambia: “They stopped laughing at us!”
“This time, stigma has been reduced and people have stopped laughing at us! They admire our gardens and what we are doing.” Florence Mulenga is a member of the Kutemwa HIV support group in Chishamwamba, a group set up by the Mporokoso branch of the Zambia Red Cross Society.
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