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Women wade through flood waters with their children while evacuating from Nowshera, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province courtesy of www.alertnet.org [REUTERS/Adrees Latif ]
Women wade through flood waters with their children while evacuating from Nowshera, in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province courtesy of www.alertnet.org [REUTERS/Adrees Latif ]

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Niger Update: "People are so poor it's hard to tell who is suffering the most"

The extreme poverty caused by the drought in Niger continues, and many of the country's poorest people go for days without food.

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Going home: Haiti six months on

Marie Josette Delorme-Pierre talks about going back to Haiti, as a citizen and a humanitarian worker.

CAFOD honours humanitarian workers on world's first Humanitarian Day

Thursday 19 August 2010 is the first annual World Humanitarian Day. Here are just three of the many people who make our humanitarian and emergency response work possible

Pakistan floods: CAFOD increases aid to Pakistan

CAFOD has increased its aid pledge to Pakistan, as the scale of the disaster continues to emerge.

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Goldcorp staff face criminal charges over mine pollution after CAFOD investigation

Authorities in Honduras last week filed criminal charges against senior officials of Entremares based on evidence from aid agency CAFOD of severe water contamination.

Related Article: Unearth Justice Campaign: tough action on pollution>>

Communities in Honduras living alongside the Entermares mine

Unearth Justice campaign: tough action on pollution

Mining is often a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. Since 2006, you have been calling on companies and governments to end this injustice, and give poor communities a greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits, as part of our Unearth Justice campaign. Find out how our actions are seeing results.

Published on 04/10/2006, last updated on 18/08/2010
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