GenevaLunch » UNOCHA http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +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 Geneva aid groups seek Haiti children’s family ties http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/01/geneva-aid-groups-seek-haiti-childrens-family-ties/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/01/geneva-aid-groups-seek-haiti-childrens-family-ties/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:42:49 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=36272 GenevaLunch.com Geneva UN and Red Cross groups work on sanitation, health problems Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The arrest of 10 Americans accompanying a busload of children being illegally carried out of Haiti and into the Dominican Republic 30 January by a US religious organization has raised fears that children may be separated from members of their [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/01/geneva-aid-groups-seek-haiti-childrens-family-ties/feed/ 3 Geneva organizations appeal for Haiti aid http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/14/geneva-organizations-appeal-for-haiti-aid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/14/geneva-organizations-appeal-for-haiti-aid/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:08 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=35311 GenevaLunch.com Several Geneva-based organizations are appealing for funds to help Haiti

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/14/geneva-organizations-appeal-for-haiti-aid/feed/ 0 Harrowing plight of thousands to flee fighting in South Waziristan http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/27/harrowing-plight-of-thousands-to-flee-fighting-in-south-waziristan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/27/harrowing-plight-of-thousands-to-flee-fighting-in-south-waziristan/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:53 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30483 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Thousands of people displaced by the two-week old conflict in South Waziristan, in Pakistan’s northwest, are arriving in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) districts of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan, sometimes fleeing the fighting by difficult, dangerous and expensive routes. Their escape from the middle of a war zone, access to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/27/harrowing-plight-of-thousands-to-flee-fighting-in-south-waziristan/feed/ 0 Race against time in search for Sumatra quake survivors http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/02/race-against-time-in-search-for-sumatra-quake-survivors/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/02/race-against-time-in-search-for-sumatra-quake-survivors/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:47:23 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29006 GenevaLunch.com Assistance from around the world is arriving in the western city of Padang, Sumatra in Indonesia as time runs out for the thousands of people believed still trapped underneath buildings and houses after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck 30 September. The official death toll exceeds 1,100 according to UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, John Holmes. Rescue efforts [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/02/race-against-time-in-search-for-sumatra-quake-survivors/feed/ 0 Swiss Rescue team heads for Sumatra quake area http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-rescue-team-heads-for-sumatra-quake-area/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-rescue-team-heads-for-sumatra-quake-area/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:04:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=28944 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - An advance team of seven earthquake experts was scheduled to leave Zurich for Sumatra at noon today Thursday 1 October, to be followed Friday by 120 members of Swiss Rescue, who will provide search and rescue operation aid. The team will also undertake emergency relief work and help assess the needs [...]

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