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Monsoon Geopolitics: The Urgency of Emerging Humanitarian Operations in Myanmar

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Submitted by Mehmet Burk on Tue, 05/28/2013 - 1:20pm

In the coming weeks, an atmospheric river may be flowing over the Bay of Bengal, and the implications could be nothing short of historic. 

Tornado Takes Dream Home Three Days Before Family Moves In

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Submitted by Blog Moderator on Tue, 05/28/2013 - 12:45pm
GRANBURY, Texas (May 21, 2013) — She was supposed to be Rancho Brazos’ newest Habitat for Humanity homeowner.
 
Olga Hernandez, a mother of four, had spent the past month packing up her family's belongings in preparation for moving out of their crowded rental home and into their own Habitat for Humanity house on Saturday, May 18.
 
But instead of moving into their dream home, the family was unpacking their boxes and preparing to stay in their rental house a while longer.
 

Calling on Congress, U.S. Government to Make Food Security a Higher Priority

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Submitted by Erin Stock on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 3:56pm

Congress should commit the United States to a global food and nutrition security strategy, and the vice president should oversee it, a new report from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recommends.

Brazil and Food Security: A "Remarkable Story" with Lessons for Others

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Submitted by Erin Stock on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:47am

In 40 years, Brazil went from importing most of its staples – such as rice, beans and milk – to being a major exporter of food worldwide. How?

Antonio Lopes, the president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, points to “government decisions” – decisions to strengthen universities, hire and send researchers around the world for training, and create an enabling environment for the development of tropical agriculture.

InterAction's Food Security Pledge: $1 Billion of Potential Leverage

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Submitted by Sam Worthington on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:37pm

Last fall InterAction pledged that its member NGOs would spend more than $1 billion in private resources on food security, agriculture and nutrition work over the next three years.  It may come as a surprise that U.S.-based NGOs have this amount of private resources to commit to ensuring more families worldwide have the food they need. Thanks to support from the individuals, foundations and corporations who believe in their cause and approach, they do. 

For Syrian Refugees, the War Behind, the Recovery Ahead

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Submitted by Blog Moderator on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 1:06pm

Aicha gazes out the window, her crystal blue eyes taking in the gray sky outside a hospital near the Syrian border in Jordan, where she has been recovering for a month now. She was badly injured after her house in Dara’a, Syria was destroyed in a mortar attack.

Can G8 Leaders be Accountable at Lough Erne?

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Submitted by John Ruthrauff on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 2:30pm

Next month, the heads of state of the Group of Eight (G8) countries will meet at an exclusive golf hideaway on Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. At their annual meeting at this isolated luxury lake front resort, the leaders of the most powerful countries in the world should take steps to improve the conditions of those less fortunate. A good start would be if leaders addressed three core areas: accountability; anti-corruption and transparency; and food security and nutrition.

Getting a Read on Youth and Adult Literacy

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Submitted by Alison Cohen on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 10:28am

Teaching literacy is difficult in war-torn, impoverished countries such as Liberia, where an alarming number of youth dropped out of school before grade three – or never attended school at all. But improving literacy among those who missed the chance to learn to read and write early on can be a critical part of improving their abilities to earn a sustainable livelihood.

Protection Standards Updated: What You Need to Know

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Submitted by Andrea Aramburu on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 3:22pm

InterAction welcomes the launch of the newly-revised Professional Standards for Protection Work, and encourages humanitarian and human rights actors worldwide to adopt and integrate them into their work. The first version of these Professional Standards was published in 2009, and the shifting challenges that humanitarian and human rights actors face have prompted an update.

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