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Monday, 22 June 2009
June 20th, the international community marked the 9th annual World Refugee Day, acknowledging the suffering of the 42 million people driven from their homes.
-"Dorcas has been assisting IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) from South Sudan for the last 15 years. We continue rendering them a helping hand and providing them with tools to help them build up a better life and a promising tomorrow. We are helping the IDPs to resettle though water &... continue
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Thursday, 18 June 2009
He's 20 years old. His name is Temesgen and he comes from Addis in Ethiopia. Today, he earns his own money as a taxi-driver, an occupation that always fascinated him. He provides for himself and his family, earning 1500 Ethiopian birr (about € 97) per month.
But - Temesgen has not always had food on the table, he has known difficult times and hunger: When Temesgen was six years old, he lost his father. His mother was very poor and could not take proper... continue
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Dorcas, through local partner organization Koinonia, will support 2,500 families (12,500 persons) with food this month.
The families are victims of the recent cyclone AILA (which means Dolphin) that hit the south-western coast of Bangladesh in the afternoon of May 25, 2009.
The powerful cyclone tore across parts of coastal Bangladesh and eastern India, triggering tidal surges and flooding that killed at least 275 people and left millions marooned by floodwater... continue
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