UN Accused of Caving In to Khartoum Over Darfur

Agencies said to be reluctant to confront Sudanese government about obstructions to humanitarian aid effort. By Simon Jennings, Katy Glassborow, Tajeldin Adam, Assadig Mustafa -...

Khartoum Under Fire Over IDP Camp Conditions

ICC prosecutors say situation is further evidence of an ongoing genocide campaign in Darfur. By Tajeldin Abdhalla, Assadig Mustafa, Katy Glassborrow, Simon Jennings - International...

Exclusive breastfeeding can save 22.3% infant deaths

1-7 August 2010: World Breastfeeding Week (CNS): Statistics state that 270,000 infants born in Uttar Pradesh (UP) die in the first month of their birth and every sixth malnutrition child lives in UP. "The grim situation of infant mortality and child malnutrition can be...

Do You Love Children? Then Do Something...

Not many know this, but malnutrition is one of the most serious health problems facing India. 46% of all children under 5 years old in India are underweight I.e. 60 million children. In Madhya Pradesh, 60% of children under 5 are malnourished— this exceeds the numbers...

Dr. Mandakini Amte - Blue Print For Love

This article appears in this months' Me magazine published by DNA, Jagaran Group, and edited by Sathya Saran. Do buy a copy and read this inspiring article, among many others. She is not a millionaire, but has treated a million. She is not a high profile socialite, yet...

South Sudan Faces Widespread Crop Failure, Food Crisis

Juba, South Sudan—The threat of a massive food deficit in South Sudan is growing, Action Against Hunger | ACF International cautioned today. The international organization is concerned about the humanitarian impact of a number of troubling developments: high staple food...

No one Deserves to Go Hungry, Especially Children

"This is a very straight forward, no hold barred article. I have not sugar coated anything. The words are plain and simple and often blunt. " Hunger in America is a very real issue that we should all be aware of.

Sri Lanka camp children malnourished

The Executive Director of Sarvodaya reported of high rate of malnutrition at the Menik Farm, Sri Lanka. "Nearly 5000 Internally Displaced children in the Vavuniya camps are malnourished, a charity that works in...

Doctor urge Four nations to drop food and Medicine into Sri Lanka

 No. This is not ethiopiya or Somalia. It is from the island called sri lanka. After the sri lankan terrorist government started using food and medicine as weapon against tamils, the deaths due to...

Sri Lanka: 69 percent kids malnourished

Now the Tamils in Vanni area apart from surviving the sri lanka army shelling, they are also now facing serious malnutrition. The food available in the area is one fifth of what is required for the people. Deaths...

Sri Lankan army safe zone attack kill 90 civililans within 3 days

Sri Lankan army continues the brutal attack on civilians in safe-zone area. In the past three days, totally 90 people are killed and 195 are wounded. Apart from that malnutrition was observed among children in...

India tops world hunger chart

Despite consistent economic growth over last many years, India is failing to provide proper food to its malnourished population. India's 230 million rural people are undernourished. This is the highest for any...

Crisis Worsens in Zimbabwe

The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe is worsening and without increased foreign assistance the crisis will become a full blown health catastrophe according to Medecins Sans Frontieres international president Dr....

World food politics!

"We have the means ... to wipe hunger and poverty from the face of the earth in our lifetime".  President John F Kennedy, 1963. So, what's new? The US still subsidises its farmers,  yet...

INDIA: feed the hungry - invest in their futures! part one.

 "In Africa poverty is a tragedy;  in India it is a scandal". Martin Wolf, of The Financial Times. India is at a crossroads.   It is not sure which way to go!  Growth rates are at an...

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