Articles for the month of March 09

1. Uganda: Food Crisis in Uganda *
2. Procter & Gamble joins hands with World Vision to fight against cholera in Zimbabwe *
3. Gaza: Family Emergency Kits Enter Gaza *
4. Gaza: Relief target scales up to 100,000 people *
5. Gaza: Psychosocial well-being of children in real danger *

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1. Untold horrors in Congo
2. The Small Voice Within
3. HIV teen looks forward to life
4. Families receive shelter in DRC
5. What will happen to the children if I die
6. 6th Singapore AIDS Conference 2008 Symposium: Role of Religious Leaders in Reducing Stigma and Discrimination
7. Easing the life of a struggling family
8. MediaCorp raises close to $100,000 to help build a school in Shaanxi for earthquake-affected victims
9. Number of sexually assaulted women and children rises
10. World Vision supporters attend talk about microfinance
11. World Vision joins Nobel Peace prize winners and advocates for climate change
12. Walking the stony path
13. It is tough going to school hungry
Catastrophes’
14. Overcoming setbacks through microfinance
15. World Vision launches ‘Planet Prepare: Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia for Future Catastrophes’
16. World Vision International clinches top award at the Singapore Business Events Awards
17. Georgia’s displaced may be unable to return for months
18. World Vision responds as severe flooding wreaks havoc in northern India
19. Same birthday but different lives
20. Join MediaCorp to build "A School for the Children"
21. World Vision helps surviving migrants from Thai-Myanmar trafficking nightmare
22. Myanmar Cyclone Nargis News Update
23. “Life there was unbearable,” cried Sophea. “The men liked girls and I was the youngest…”
24. World Vision supports ASEAN to play a bigger role in disaster relief and preparedness
25. Taiwan celebrity spreads joy and courage to Child Friendly Spaces in China
26. Johnson & Johnson provides scholarships for children in China
27. “This is hard work, I am so tired.”
28. Walking by faith
29. Millions of children rely on G8 promises
30. Sichuan earthquake one-month review
31. Hopes, fears and tears in Sichuan
32. Typhoon Fengshen: Food aid arrives in ravaged Aklan
33. Up close and personal - a Singaporean aid worker shares her experience in China
34. Final relief push for Cyclone-affected as efforts shift towards long-term needs
35. Conducting business the Samsung way
36. Food shortage harsh on Ethiopians
37. World Vision Philippines appeals for USD 2 million to assist 25,000 families impacted by Typhoon Fengshen
38. Outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Mongolia
39. World Vision International President Dean Hirsch encounters hope in wake of Cyclone Nargis
40. One month on: Cyclone Nargis communities survive on resilience
41. Stories of the cyclone: Aut Pyun Village
42. Wang Leehom: “World Vision’s Child Friendly Spaces are like a paradise for children.”
43. World Vision response to international conference on cyclone response
44. Rare chance for fun in Child-Friendly Space
45. Children showed great courage and strength when facing the earthquake
46. Safety a priority for staff and survivors of China earthquake
47. "Thank you for the tarpaulins!"
48. China relief in full swing with rehabilitation planned for days ahead
49. Clarification: Sunday Times Report, 25 May 2008
50. World Vision response in Myanmar strengthened by additional staff and supplies
51. A little rice goes a long way
52. Our medicines unforgotten, our lives remembered
53. World Vision expands China earthquake appeal to USD$14 million
54. Homeless children require special attention
55. Shelter needs remain critical in China's quake zone, says aid agency
56. Nightmare of school tragedy
57. Flood warnings called off: World Vision distributes quilts and tents in Qingchuan county
58. Why World Vision is able to deliver relief to the affected cyclone victims in Myanmar
59. Procter & Gamble and World Vision join hands to make over 20 million liters of safe drinking water available to victims of Myanmar cyclone
60. Thant Zin: ”I want to go home…”
61. World Vision opens centers for cyclone-affected children
62. World Vision China appeals for USD$2 million in relief goods
63. As Asia reels from twin disasters, World Vision expands response
64. Earthquake aftermath 10,000 Chinese survivors to receive aid
65. Hard to bring hope
66. World Vision plans to aid almost half a million cyclone survivors
67. Nyo Mynt: "My story of loss and survival"
68. If aid is not able to enter Myanmar, how will your donation be used?
69. Opinion Editorial By Tim Costello, spokesman and CEO of World Vision Australia
70. Devastated children in Myanmar face special threats after cyclone
71. Conditions worsen in Myanmar
72. Assessment Team Discovers Deadly Impact of Surge
73. “I pray our weeping will be heard”
74. A survivor shares his story
75. World Vision responding to devastating cyclone in Myanmar
76. Regaining the focus of food aid; giving children a chance to live life to its fullest
77. World Water Day
78. DBS Bank unites for World Vision!
79. Malaria a major killer in Mutasa
80. Malnutrition "emergency" in East Nusa Tenggara
81. From bricks to books for child labourer brothers
82. The need for an international plan to reduce hunger
83. DR Congo: Plane crash, war and the media
84. Children welcome World Vision’s mobile libraries
85. Indian children use comics to advocate child rights
86. Myanmar: Remote communities receive food support
87. World Vision’s nutrition programme gives nourishment to needy children
88. Happy to be home where he belongs
89. Better sanitation improves livelihoods
90. Training mothers on proper healthcare for children
91. Anti-trafficking needs greater cross-border collaboration
92. “World Vision helped me to start a grocery store”
93. The life of a Devadasi – one woman’s disheartening story
94. Schools in Papua New Guinea learn about TB Day on March 24
95. Cambodia: Child labourers take time off
96. Children suffering from contagious water diseases
97. Water is gold to us
98. Against all odds
99. Rickshaw puller makes good
100. Gaza: Children showing signs of illness, as water supplies become toxic
101. Asia Tsunami response: What's been achieved in the last three years?
102. Impending food crisis threat: Ravenous rats devour crops
103. Solar cooker keeps women away from dangers
104. Quilt aid reaches snowed-clad Chinese
105. Exchanging violence for Art
106. Korea High Schools adopt WV textbook in their curriculum
107. Snow storms show no sign of easing up: WV China declares LEVEL 1 emergency
108. Interview with Levourne Passirir - National Director World Vision CHAD GMT 17:30 Monday Feb 4th 2008
109. Education is a must for every child, even girls
110. Microfinance Institution helped desperate youths out of abject poverty.
111. A Special Farm for Abused Children
112. Zimbabwe Flood: Health concerns as flooding continues to inundate communities
113. World Vision Balkan Micro Finance Institutions listed in Forbes Top 50
114. Seeing the world in shape and colour – a little boy’s first glasses
115. I will never touch drugs again, even though it is too late to prevent HIV.”
116. Temporary Suspension of Programmes in Pakistan
117. Kenya: Post-Election Violence Kills More Than 100
118. Floods Inundates Bojonegoro, East Java; World Vision Sends Assessment Team
119. Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) Goes Thailand to ‘Meet A Need’
120. Aged 10, HIV victim and orphan, Theara shares his story…
121. Impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic on Africa
122. One-third of adults in rich nations are ignorant about AIDS, UN-backed study finds
123. Wal-Mart announces US$1.2 million grant to World Vision to aid Tabasco’s flood
124. 50,000 in Bangladesh homeless and in urgent need of temporary shelters
125. AIDS to remain top cause of serious illness for a generation, says World Health Organisation
126. Stigma prevents girl living with HIV from attending school
127. Aiding orphaned and vulnerable children
128. World Vision Singapore receives $100,000 from CapitaLand Hope Foundation
129. North Korea Floods: World Vision Delivers Essential Medicine
130. My"home' is on the streets
131. Indonesia: Quake survivors set to receive aid
132. Special UN Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Jan Egeland, Addresses World Vision In Triennial Council in Singapore
133. Police Investigate Death of World Vision Uganda Staffer
134. After the Flood: One Child’s Story
135. One Journey Finished, Another Just Begun
136. World Vision launches S$1.53m South Asia flood appeal
137. VisionFund Cambodia gets Transparency Award
138. Born To Do Charity
139. Making the Grade
140. The journey of an amazing child:From dump yard to schoolyard
141. US first lady promotes WV’s work
142. World Vision leaders meet UN chief
143. Floods Claim 57 Lives, Hundreds Of Thousands Marooned Across India
144. China Flood Update
145. Orphaned, But Not Alone
146. Seeds of Hope in Darfur
147. Trading Children For Cows
148. Family Farm
149. Kicking The Habit
150. My children, My life
151. In The Name Of Justice
152. Heart of darkness
153. Helping girls recover from abuse
154. Rebuilding homes in flood-affected Myanmar
155. World Vision office in Gaza strip open again for business
156. Mongolia then and now
157. World Vision wake-up call to G8 Leaders: Real solution to global poverty must include response to HIV/AIDS
158. Who speaks for the children?
159. Palestinian school boy in World Vision ADP killed
160. A mother's duty
161. I love you mum
162. Women of influence
163. Women survivors
164. World Vision freed illiterate Chunlian to a new horizon
165. A reason to celebrate
166. World Vision relief efforts expand in Solomon Island
167. Burning suicides - The desperation of Afghan women
168. Solomon Islands: World Vision leading aid efforts in violent quake, tsunami aftermath
169. Secret to a happy life: A trishaw full of friends
170. Crisis deepens in Sri Lanka
171. A dream come ture
172. Strong earthquakes kill at least 70 in West Sumatra
173. Half of Palestinians are malnourished, says new report
174. World Vision helps Mongolian boy reunite with father
175. World Vision Singapore helps Laotian village grow food
176. World Vision Indonesia staff escape burning plane

Locals watch as rescue workers search the rubble of their homes in Payakumbuh, Sumatra, after they were destroyed by two earthquakes that hit the region Tuesday. AFP—Getty Images

AT LEAST 70 people are reported dead and many others were injured after strong earthquakes hit West Sumatra province, 900 kilometres west of Jakarta, at 11 am local time, March 6.

The number of victims is likely to increase as rescuers continue to evacuate the victims. The injured victims are in hospitals in nearby towns and Padang, the capital of the province, to get medical treatment.

The epicentre of the first 5.8 magnitude quake was four kilometres below Malalo, around 17 kilometres south of Padang.

The quake destroyed hundreds of houses and buildings, collapsed electricity and telecommunication lines and damaged transportation infrastructures. A second 6.0 magnitude quake two hours later and a strong aftershock that same night added to the damage.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on government officials in West Sumatra to mobilise all facilities to evacuate the victims. He also promised to send aid to the location.

Usman Fadli, World Vision Indonesia’s Humanitarian Emergency Affairs staff, flew to Padang on Wednesday morning to assess the situation and prepare possible aid for the victims.