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Update on the earthquake in Indonesia. A message from Angelo on behalf of World Wide Help – calling out to volunteers.
In response to the Java Quake of 27th May, 2006, we have set up the Java Quake Help Wiki (http://javaquake.worldwidehelp.info) and since it was set up, in the past 24 hours we are coordinating disaster [...]
Posted on May 30th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
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World Wide Help continues to follow the emergency situation in Suriname. Maya Matawlie has been sending her personal reports via email and they’re on the blog. Meanwhile, GVO has a pretty comprehensive post on the floods and reactions. Also
If you speak Dutch, you can help the team at World Wide Help by translating to information [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
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There’s heavy flooding in parts of Suriname. The President of Suriname declared a state of emergency for the affected areas. The situation continues to deteriorate, the airstrips are inundated and this poses a big obstacle to getting aid out. The World Wide Help blog is collating information on the emergency. This post is an example [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
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