Archive for August, 2011

Drought – the view from the ground

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Latest News: “ Hola-Mwingi, Kenya (IRIN) – In the drought-affected lower eastern and coastal regions of Kenya, accessing water is an arduous and sometimes dangerous task. “In some places, you have six people lining down [forming a human ladder] into a well to draw water,” Henry Obino, the Tana River District Commissioner, told IRIN. “The [...]

Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – British Columbia sent 56 more firefighters over the weekend to Ontario to help douse the 141 forest fires in the Canadian province. BC Fire Information Officer Alyson Couch said BC was responding to a request for more manpower as over 500 [...]

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