silent disasters
Silent Disasters is a series of reports made in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The idea is to focus on the difficulties that countries and communities hit by disasters face after the world's media has left to cover other hotspots. Earthquakes, wars, epidemics, floods and droughts end, but the suffering continues.
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24/05 18:18 CETBolivia: Tupiza after the floods
It rained for weeks here in January this year, then for three days the rains intensified melting the surrounding snow caps and swelling the San Juan de Oro river in the province of Tupiza in…
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24/05 18:17 CETBolivia: Rubber floors, strong cocita and breathtaking scenery
The pilot offers a warning to passengers as they arrive at El Alto…
Bolivia
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13/06 18:28 CETAustralia: Dreamtime in Down Town
The Aboriginal communities of Australia are caught in a vortex of the ancient and modern. A modern world full of racism, unemployment, poor education and rampant substance abuse. All these…
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13/06 18:26 CETAboriginal souls in an age of modernity
Qantas claims to be the "spirit of Australia," it's a smart piece of advertising, but the spirit we encountered in Australia was of a more…
Australia
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03/05 17:48 CETSri Lanka: A9 to reconciliation
The Northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi acted as the de-facto capital for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for more than a decade. In November 2008 the Sri Lankan army launched sustained…
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03/05 17:58 CETSri Lanka: Curry for breakfast and no bloody war
Spicy prawn curry, dahl and paratha washed down with a cup of sweet milky tea certainly gets the day off to a flying start. As the Sri Lankan…
SriLanka
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05/03 08:42 CETLiberia: Crossing the Cavalla
After the Ivory Coast exploded into civil war in Feburary 2011 thousands of displaced and terrified people crossed into Liberia to escape the bloodshed. This is a story of how two war torn communities came together in a time of crisis.
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07/03 13:46 CETLiberia: The trials and tribulations of travel in the West African state
Liberia bears the scars of its two brutal civil wars; burnt out and…
Liberia
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08/02 10:46 CETUlaanbaatar: Mongolia's capital under pressure
Mongolia is the most sparsely populated independent country on the planet, vast unspoiled steppes stretch as far as the eye can see. But, the country is undergoing major changes: the…
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08/02 11:17 CETMongolia: Another world far, far away
As a child I remember some places were out of reach: places of mystery, places where great and dreadful deeds occurred, where dragons roamed…
Mongolia
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10/01 14:59 CETHaiti: coping with catastrophe
The reality of Haiti two years on after the cameras have gone. Hundreds of thousands of people remain in camps with no education, no work and little investment. Also read : "Reporter’s blog: Dog eat dog in downtown…
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09/01 15:00 CETReporter's blog: Dog eat dog in downtown Port-au-Prince
Haiti is both beautiful and blighted; access to housing, education…
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05/09 23:23 CETUN orders enquiry into rape claims against Haiti peacekeepers
The United Nations has ordered an immediate investigation into claims…
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06/01 14:41 CETECHO from Haiti
Humanitarian emergency response, getting what's needed to a disaster zone fast... One year after the Haiti earthquake, European Union support…
