GenevaLunch » aid http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Bern gives transalpine rail cargo aid to offset high Swiss franc http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/31/bern-gives-transalpine-rail-cargo-aid-to-offset-high-swiss-franc/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/31/bern-gives-transalpine-rail-cargo-aid-to-offset-high-swiss-franc/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:52:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66154 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Four rail groups are receiving CHF21 million in aid from the Swiss government to offset some of the losses they suffered in 2011 due to the rapid increase in the value of the Swiss franc during the year. All four provide transalpine shipping and use combined or piggyback cargo transport, carrying trucks [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/31/bern-gives-transalpine-rail-cargo-aid-to-offset-high-swiss-franc/feed/ 0 Pregnant women in peril from Pakistan’s floods http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/pregnant-women-in-peril-from-pakistans-floods/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/pregnant-women-in-peril-from-pakistans-floods/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:25:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62645 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The massive flooding that has affected large areas of Pakistan for months is straining humanitarian agencies budgets, stretched thin by falling donor contributions as economies weaken. Care International Thursday issued a plea for more funding despite the economic situation, for a particularly vulnerable group, pregnant women. The Geneva group notes that “of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/pregnant-women-in-peril-from-pakistans-floods/feed/ 0 Geneva-based aid groups gear up for Pakistan flood victims http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:40:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61677 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – United Nations groups based in Geneva, already under enormous pressure to meet demands for help in the Horn of Africa, are increasing their efforts to help Pakistan’s flood victims. Pakistan has been hit hard by floods for the second year in a row. Some 6 million people have been affected by this [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/geneva-based-aid-groups-gear-up-for-pakistan-flood-victims/feed/ 0 Global Fund given boost by The Netherlands http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/13/global-fund-given-boost-by-the-netherlands/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/13/global-fund-given-boost-by-the-netherlands/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:08:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59690 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Netherlands Wednesday threw its support soundly behind Geneva-based Global Fund, agreeing to invest €163.5 million to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. Perhaps more critically, the Dutch government made the announcement with a firm message of support for the organization’s financial credibility. The Global Fund suffered a sharp if possibly temporary reduction [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/13/global-fund-given-boost-by-the-netherlands/feed/ 0 Africa could be Japan earthquake’s latest victim http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/25/africa-could-be-japan-earthquakes-latest-victim/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/25/africa-could-be-japan-earthquakes-latest-victim/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:07:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55712 GenevaLunch.com Japan’s trade with and financial aid for Africa are likely to fall, in the wake of the massive earthquake in early March, a new report from Standard Bank in South Africa says. It notes that bilateral trade between Africa and Japan in 2010 totalled $24 billion, up 30 percent from 2009. South Africa is most [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/25/africa-could-be-japan-earthquakes-latest-victim/feed/ 0 Geneva UN groups scramble to aid 240,000 leaving Libya http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/geneva-un-groups-scramble-to-aid-240000-leaving-libya/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/geneva-un-groups-scramble-to-aid-240000-leaving-libya/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:35:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55031 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The numbers are daunting, whether the size of the crowds fleeing Libya’s battlegrounds, or the amount of aid needed, in kind and in cash, to help them. A roundup of the latest news and appeals from Geneva-based humanitarian and emergency aid teams: ICRC (International Red Cross) Two ICRC medical teams, 10 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/08/geneva-un-groups-scramble-to-aid-240000-leaving-libya/feed/ 0 Pakistan shelter situation critical despite receding waters http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/01/pakistan-shelter-situation-critical-despite-receding-waters/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/01/pakistan-shelter-situation-critical-despite-receding-waters/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:17:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46393 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One-fifth of Pakistan is under water and while floodwaters are receding in some places, the need for basic shelter in flooded areas in Pakistan has become critical, say Geneva-based humanitarian organizations, who are launching appeals for more public support. International Office for Migration (IOM) Director General William Lacy Swing, who has [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/01/pakistan-shelter-situation-critical-despite-receding-waters/feed/ 0 UN groups make urgent appeal for Congo aid http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/09/un-groups-make-urgent-appeal-for-congo-aid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/09/un-groups-make-urgent-appeal-for-congo-aid/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:40:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38360 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several United Nations offices appealed Tuesday morning 9 March in Geneva for an urgent infusion of aid money to meet the needs of 110,000 refugees in northern Republic of Congo’s Likouala province. Eighty-two percent are women and children who fled fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Equateur Province. UNHCR is asking [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/09/un-groups-make-urgent-appeal-for-congo-aid/feed/ 0 Attacks force UN food agency to stop Somalia deliveries http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/06/attacks-force-un-food-agency-to-stop-somalia-deliveries/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/06/attacks-force-un-food-agency-to-stop-somalia-deliveries/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:40:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34756 GenevaLunch.com The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is suspending operations in southern Somalia, it announced Wednesday 6 January, saying that a spate of attacks have made it too dangerous to work there. More than one million people in the region are going hungry, according to the WFP. Reuters NewsAlert says that children are likely to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/06/attacks-force-un-food-agency-to-stop-somalia-deliveries/feed/ 0 Cartagena opens with US still considering landmine treaty http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/cartagena-opens-with-us-still-considering-landmine-treaty/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/cartagena-opens-with-us-still-considering-landmine-treaty/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:45:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32528 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The United States heads into the Cartagena Summit, which opens Sunday 29 November in Colombia, now saying that it is continuing to review its policy on signing the international Mine Ban treaty. The US is sending a sizeable official observer team to the summit, with groups from the State Department, Pentagon, [...]

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