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Ethiopia: Relief Workers warn of another Ethiopia Famine

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: EthiopiaWritten by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org As Ethiopia faces a possible repeat of the 1984-85 famine when at least 1 million people died,...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Famine threat increases

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: EthiopiaStephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Aid agencies are mounting a massive effort to help millions of people in the Horn of Africa...

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Pakistan: Pakistan Drought Threatens Nomads With Famine

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: PakistanCynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.org Ahtar Abbasi, a nomad in Pakistan's remote, barren drylands, has lost more than half of his small herd of...

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Afghanistan: South Asia Drought Continues to Take Toll

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: Afghanistan, India, PakistanCynthia Long, Managing Editor, DisasterRelief.orgThe fourth year of searing drought in South Asia is taking a heavy toll--dead livestock are...

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Afghanistan: Drought drains last Resources from War-Torn Afghanistan

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: AfghanistanWritten by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Already battered by decades of war, Afghanistan now must deal with its worst...

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Afghanistan: Afghan refugees face cold and hungry winter

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: AfghanistanWritten by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reportsJust weeks before the notoriously fierce Afghan winter sets in, tens of...

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Tajikistan: Summer Woes Linger into Tajikistan Winter

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: TajikistanWritten by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Winters in the mountainous former Soviet republic of Tajikistan are notoriously...

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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Prolonged drought takes toll on Iranian farmers

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: Iran (Islamic Republic of)Written by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Three years of extreme drought in Iran have dried up rivers,...

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El Salvador: Drought, food shortage worsens in Central America

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaWritten by Christina Ward, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports Hundreds of thousands of people in El Salvador,...

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El Salvador: Drought continues in Central America

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaVenezuelan troops joined emergency relief efforts in Guatemala by handing out food and medicine on Saturday (Sept. 8) to...

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Afghanistan: Iranian Red Crescent helps Afghan families

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of)Written by Christina Ward, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with reports from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...

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Afghanistan: Remote Afghan villages face starvation

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: AfghanistanWritten by Stephanie Kriner Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with news reports A team of Red Cross relief workers described scenes of abject poverty following...

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Afghanistan: Natural disasters add to labyrinth of hardships in Afghanistan

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: AfghanistanWritten by Stephanie Kriner, Staff Writer, DisasterRelief.org, with report from IFRC While most media coverage of Afghanistan focuses on its history of civil...

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India: Relief community provides aid to India flood victims

Source: DisasterReliefCountry: India, Bangladesh, NepalWritten by Mason Anderson, DisasterRelief.orgIn coordination with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies...

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