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In this newletter:
The Right to Survive
Crisis in the DR Congo
Myanmar cyclone 1 year on
Somalia: piracy takes news
G8 admits failure on hunger

Act now: tell the IMF to put its gold to work for the poorest countries

Thanks to the more than 1,500 people who sent an email last week to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF. You have the golden touch, as it has helped keep the vital issue of $5 billion in gold sales on the table. We'll meet with the IMF again in a few weeks, so please tell your friends and networks to take action now.

Add your name to The Big Read

Write your name for those who can't. Join the millions of people who took part in this year's Global Campaign for Education Week of Action.

Right to survive climate disasters

In six years time the number of people affected by climate crises is projected to rise by 54 per cent to 375 million people, threatening to overwhelm the humanitarian aid system. Behind the headlines, we find the real stories of climate change. And we explain how the world needs to re-engineer the way it responds to, prepares for, and prevents disasters.

Manena Walet Issafeytane works tirelessly to help the community to get more children into school. Credit: Ami Vitale/Oxfam

Crisis in DR Congo continues

At least 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since January. We're providing water, sanitation and life-saving hygiene promotion. Read the latest stories, video, and photos.

30 April 2009

Building a better future in Myanmar

One year after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, our humanitarian response has supported around half a million people so far. But $690 million more is needed to rebuild the devastated Ayeyarwady Delta region.

23 April 2009

Somalia: Piracy must not overshadow humanitarian crisis

The piracy issue that has grabbed international headlines is a symptom of deeper issues that have gone unaddressed ever since the collapse of the government in 1991.

20 April 2009

G8 Agriculture Ministers admit failure on hunger

G8 leaders have admitted that they will probably fail to deliver on promises to halve world hunger by 2015.


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