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East Africa Famine

Aid Under Attack

Justin Forsyth | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria, Aid, Foreign Aid, UK Impact, World, Save the Children, David Cameron, East Africa Famine, UK Politics News
Justin Forsyth

Recent newspaper coverage would suggest that British aid is being frittered away; squandered on undeserving countries and wasted. It is right that tough questions should be asked about how Britain gets value for its money, and it is spent in ways which help the poorest most. However, we cannot let all the progress that has been made and the potential that could be achieved be drowned out by claims that aid is ineffective, unnecessary or wasted. Because the bigger picture is that aid works. Aid that costs just a penny in every pound.

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African Food Crisis: Our Ability to Save Children's Lives Depends on the Spotlight of the Media

David Bull | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Save the Children, Niger, Famine, East Africa Famine, Horn of Africa, East Africa, Unicef, UK Impact, Oxfam, UK Media, UK News
David Bull

This week Save the Children and Oxfam released a damning report about the failure of the international community to heed the warnings of the spreading nutritional crisis in East Africa quickly enough. This "dangerous delay" they say, cost lives.

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'Dangerous Delay' Over East Africa Famine Cost Lives, Say Aid Agencies

PA | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Somalia, Oxfam, Global Motherhood, Ethiopia, Save the Children, East Africa Famine, UK News

Thousands of lives and millions of pounds were lost needlessly because of a "dangerous delay" in the response to the East Africa famine, a report has ...

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Pictures: Protecting The World's Children In Emergency Disasters Of 2011

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Japan Earthquake, UK Impact, UK News, East Africa Famine, Humanitarian Crisis, Pakistan Floods, Global Motherhood, Save the Children, 2011 Year in Review, UK News

From the Arab Spring to floods in Thailand and droughts in East Africa, children are often the most vulnerable in society to events outside their cont...

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Aid Parcels Flown From UK To Famine Victims In East Africa

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 02.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Disasters Emergency Committee, Dec, Famine, Somalia, Somalia Famine, Baroness Amos, East Africa, Un, East Africa Famine, Aid, Kenya, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Aid parcels aimed at saving the lives of thousands of malnourished children in Africa have been flown out of Britain as the Unite...

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United Nations Declares Famine In Southern Somalia

The Huffington Post | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Somalia, East Africa Drought, Un, Southern Somalia Famine, East Africa Famine, United Nations, UK News

The United Nations has declared a famine in Somalia as east Africa continues to suffer through its worst drought in 50 years. The UN said that in t...

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