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   Different approach needed for Niger to bounce back from current crises

   23 August 2012 13:17 BST | Comments ( 0 )

   Rheal Drisdelle | Aid Worker Diaries

   The Sahel is a tough place for tough people. But I have fears for survival of the poorest unless aid strategies are changed.
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   Children on the brink of death can be saved - but at what cost?

   21 August 2012 06:33 BST | Comments ( 0 )

   Rohan Kent | Aid Worker Diaries

   I ask our host how much does it all cost to send a child at death's door to a situation of life. The answer was shocking.
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   Feeding the thirsty: Why we need integrated thinking on water and food security

   20 August 2012 10:40 BST | Comments ( 0 )

   Anders Jägerskog SIWI | The Battle for Water

   In 1974 US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said hunger would be beaten in a decade. Millions of children are still waiting
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   Radio Dinamica: How community radio helped after Chile's 2010 quake

   19 August 2012 13:18 BST | Comments ( 0 )

   Jesse Hardman | Aid Worker Diaries

   A husband-and-wife community radio station was instrumental in sourcing medicines for Chileans after the 2010 quake

5. "Cuban Juban" doctor fights for better health care for S. Sudan women

   19 August 2012 12:26 BST | Comments ( 0 )

   Alexandra Sicotte Levesque | Aid Worker Diaries

   Sent to Cuba by rebel leader John Garang as a kid, Martha Martins decided to come back because she had a vision for South ...
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   Sports visionary helps Haitian kids overcome quake trauma

   19 August 2012 12:17 BST | Comments ( 4 )

   Lilianne Fan | Aid Worker Diaries

   Involving kids in sports can go a long way in building back confidence and overcoming trauma