article / Dezembro 20, 2005
Albania flood response ends but support for education & livelihoods continues
Some 250 families received food for livestock, 200 received food packages and 80 families received mattresses. More than 200 children received clothing, 180 of whom are involved in World Vision activities through the Vlora Area Development Program (ADP).
article / Dezembro 16, 2005
Seeing is believing, learning & understanding needs & concerns of quake survivors
What came next was a three-stage, somewhat treacherous journey with the Colonel and outgoing Operations Manager Isabel Gomes to the high altitude villages of the Ba Sangar Katha Valley above the devastated town of Balakot, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), to better understand the needs of fam
article / Novembro 25, 2005
Universal Children’s Day in Albania focuses on child rights
“Today, on Universal Children’s Day we saw more unity and understanding between children from different areas in Albania.
article / Outubro 31, 2005
Back to Pakistan – Another day, another aftershock
I spent two days in Islamabad to handover from a colleague who had to return to Dubai. I also spent time reading up on Pakistan labour law and getting briefed on current and planned projects.
article / Outubro 28, 2005
Quake mother’s grief knows no bounds
In a matter of seconds the South Asia earthquake erased all the love and laughter from the household of Subba and Rashim Jan Mughal’s 16-member family. Rashim Jan and another daughter in law are the only women among the family’s 10 survivors now.
article / Outubro 28, 2005
Learning to love; quake crushes young couple’s dreams
Gul Mohammad Mughal, 22, was married just two years but they were the best two years of his life, the sweet time in which the two halves of an arranged marriage came to know one another and grow into love.
article / Outubro 24, 2005
A mass eviction & the race against time in Pakistan
This was my day off and I was wondering what I’d write about until the late afternoon when the landlord showed up at our team house in Mansehra, North West Frontier Province. He announced we needed to be gone by this evening. We were evicted.
article / Outubro 24, 2005
When delivering aid in Pakistan feels like triage
His next move shocked us. I cried out, “He’s trying to grab the truck keys!” but I was completely wrong. Our driver was embarrassed. The man was trying to grab his knee like a medieval peasant begging his overlord.
article / Outubro 20, 2005
Sharing tents, aftershocks & landslides in a divided village
Aftershocks always begin with a soft boom that reminds me of distant artillery fire. Then the earth begins to shake, or it used to. Lately, the tremors have been so intense the ground vibrates.