The following is reprinted with permission from the author, Saundra Schimmelpfennig. The original can be found here on Saundra’s excellent blog Good Intentions Are Not Enough.
Imagine that you’re at work when whatever natural disaster is most probable in your state strikes. For me it would be an earthquake, for you it might be a flood, volcanic eruption, or hurricane. The [...]

With the major rescue efforts being called off in Haiti and those resources being diverted to the continuing provision of emergency relief and care, alongside efforts to stabilise the country another pressing problem is becoming of increasing concern, child trafficking.
Child trafficking in Haiti was already a problem with several NGO’s noting a sharp increase in the number of children being [...]

The following images from Sri Lanka include a few from within the war zone during the last days of the civil war and the defeat of the Tamil Tigers (they are the images towards the end). We also have images from the war zone that we chose not to include due to their graphic nature – they are heart breaking. The [...]

Tens of thousands of people, trapped in ’safe zones’ in the north eastern Wanni region are at increased risk from the escalation in attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Amnesty International said today.
via ReliefWeb » Document » Sri Lanka: Thousands of civilians under attack as fighting intensifies.
TEAR Fund’s Easter Focus this [...]

Article by: Ian McInnes – Country Director World Concern Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s three decade old conflict between the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) and the Sri Lankan Government is at its fiercest. 70,000 have already lost their lives in a separatist struggle for control of ‘Eelam’, a self-designated homeland for Tamils by the LTTE. Having lost control of the East of the [...]

Thoughts after a recent trip to Myanmar.
When Cyclone Nargis hit the southern most end of the Irriwaddy Delta in Myanmar, on May 2nd most of us were fast asleep. Some may have heard news of that a cyclone was bering down on the country from the Andaman sea. Just another bit of weather news in a far flung part of [...]

Just prior to the second round of presidential voting in Zimbabwe, NGO’s (Non Governmental Organisations – aid organisations) were banned from the country with anti government bias being cited as the reason for the ban. This and the nation’s dire economic situation has resulted in around two million people being in critical need of food assistance.
Thankfully, just hours ago that [...]