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British public raises £42 million for East Africa drought victims

03.08.11
The British public has donated £42 million in just over three weeks to help drought victims in East Africa... more

Anti-poverty group attacks G8 over East Africa crisis

11.07.11
G8 leaders have neglected a pledge to fight hunger in poor countries, anti-poverty group ONE says... more

Three to five big urban disasters could strike in next 10 years, experts warn

07.03.11
World should be braced to expect three to five big urban disasters in the next 10 years, the Disasters Emergency Committee warns ... more

Britain's flood aid for Pakistan reaches £40m

27.08.10
Disasters Emergency Committee chief Brendan Gormley praises the “unprecedented” generosity of the British public as donations for Pakistan’s flood victims top £40 million... more

More agony in Pakistan as UN says flood aid will be billions

09.08.10
Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in history, the United Nations says... more

Charities launch Pakistan disaster appeal

05.08.10
British charities launch an appeal to raise money for flood-hit Pakistan... more

Haiti quake bribery: 'You want food? Give us money'

04.02.10
Haitian earthquake survivors accuse officials of demanding bribes for food vouchers... more

VIDEO: Stars sing Everybody Hurts for Haiti

02.02.10
The cover of REM's Everybody Hurts in aid of Haiti earthquake victims received the thumbs-up from fans following its first airplay... more

US restarts airlifts for Haiti earthquake wounded

01.02.10
Emergency evacuation flights that took hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the US before the flights were suspended are to resume... more

Girl, 16, survives for fortnight after Haiti earthquake

28.01.10
A teenage girl becomes the latest miracle story of the Haitian earthquake as she is pulled alive from rubble 15 days after the disaster... more

Thousands of Haiti babies ‘could die from milk donations’

28.01.10
Thousands of Haitian infants are at risk of illness and death because wellwishers are supplying the wrong food, world health chiefs warn... more

Arctic Monkeys are pure poetry, says Laureate Carol Ann Duffy

28.01.10
Poet Laureate praises the pop 'poetry' of rock band Arctic Monkeys ahead of a literary Live Aid for the victims of the Haiti earthquake... more

Mental health fears for Haiti's child quake survivors

27.01.10
Thousands of young Haitians face psychological scars after surviving the quake which devastated most of Port-au-Prince this month... more

Survivor trapped for 14 days pulled from Haiti earthquake rubble

27.01.10
Exactly two weeks after Haiti’s earthquake, US troops pull a survivor from a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince... more

London surgeon heads emergency clinic in Haiti

26.01.10
A London trauma doctor who has worked in the world’s worst war zones has flown to Haiti to head a surgical team... more

Fear of disease in Haiti as doctors run out of supplies

26.01.10
Medical workers warn they might have to stop operating on quake victims because they are running out of basic equipment ... more

Boy raises £50,000 for Haiti in sponsored bike ride

25.01.10
Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from Fulham raises £50,000 for Haiti earthquake survivors... more

REM's Everybody Hurts chosen as Haiti charity song

22.01.10
A cover of REM's haunting ballad Everybody Hurts will be the Haiti charity single and feature the likes of singer Leona Lewis, Coldplay and veteran rocker Rod Stewart... more

London medics get on with saving lives in Haiti

22.01.10
A team of London medics from charity Merlin begin a series of life-saving operations at the heart of Haiti’s earthquake zone... more

Charity: Foreign adoption of Haiti orphans must stop

22.01.10
More orphans are being evacuated from Haiti and sent to live with new parents abroad... more

British rescuers search for missing Haiti children

21.01.10
British rescuers in Haiti are hopeful of finding missing children today as they search the remains of a collapsed school... more

Haiti doctor diary: How can anyone recover from hearing their friends perish?

21.01.10
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Four American students still missing in Haiti

21.01.10
Four students and two academics from an American university are still missing more than a week after the earthquake... more

Second earthquake spreads panic in stricken Haiti

20.01.10
A second earthquake strikes Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people screaming into the streets... more

Miracle rescue brings hope of survivors as Haiti woman pulled from wreckage after a week

20.01.10
Video: Woman rescued after spending week buried under collapsed cathedral in quake-hit Haiti, giving aid workers renewed hope that more people can be saved... more

Haiti aid agencies fear riots at food drops

19.01.10
Charities fear emergency food drops in Haiti could trigger further unrest and start riots in Port-au-Prince... more

US bolsters Haiti relief mission as charities are ‘overwhelmed’

18.01.10
More than 2,000 US troops arriving in Haiti to bolster relief efforts in the quake-devastated country... more

London surgeons fly out to save limbs of Haiti earthquake victims

18.01.10
Specialist surgical team from a London-based charity was flying out to Haiti in a bid to save the limbs of dozens of earthquake victims... more

Fears for two million children alone in Haiti earthquake wreckage

15.01.10
Fears grow for two million Haitian children alone and vulnerable in the earthquake wreckage as aid staff battled to bring them help... more

London woman finds parents in Haiti earthquake shelter

14.01.10
A Haitian woman in London tells of her relief at hearing how her parents escaped unharmed when their house was flattened by the earthquake that devastated the country... more

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