Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

Syria conflict: Refugees facing eviction

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014

As the war in Syria enters its fourth year, nearly two and a half million Syrians have fled the country – with almost one million heading to Lebanon. But the burden is growing on both the refugees and those who have taken them in, and now some displaced Syrians are being evicted as aid money fails to make it to landlords. Click here to what the video.

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Thousands displaced by Jakarta deadly floods

Published in Monday January 20th, 2014 In In the media

More than 10,000 Indonesians have fled their homes in the capital due to flooding that has left five dead, an official said on Sunday, with people using rubber dinghies and wading through waist-deep water to reach safer ground.

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Tent City in Central African Republic Swells as Violence Grips Capital

Published in Tuesday January 14th, 2014 In In the media

It has rematerialized in a makeshift town by the airport at the edge of the real city. Almost anything can be bought in muddy paths of the impromptu market that has sprung up: flip-flops, dried fish, a haircut, yams, baguettes, gasoline, cheap handbags, okra, coffee, eggs, manioc fritters, clothes custom made by tailors sitting at old sewing machines. More than 100,000 people have moved to this rough, chaotic tent city in less than a month. In all, two-thirds of Bangui has picked up and moved, according to the United Nations.

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Owning the future: Haitians taking the lead in reconstruction

Published in Tuesday January 14th, 2014 In Social movement news

Four years have passed from the tragic earthquake that killed over 200.000 people and left Haiti in one of the worst crisis of recent times. Although much remains to be done, international aid agency Oxfam acknowledges that there have been positive strides towards reconstruction and development.

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4 years after earthquake, Haiti reconstruction is haphazard

Published in Monday January 13th, 2014 In In the media

Canaan has become a squatters’ paradise of mushrooming construction of makeshift shacks and concrete homes, with quake victims, land speculators and ordinary Haitians seeking opportunities.

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Philippines typhoon rebuilding may cost 50 pct more this year than estimated

Published in Friday January 10th, 2014 In In the media

The cost of typhoon reconstruction this year could reach 138 billion pesos ($3.1 billion), more than 50 percent higher than initially estimated, as the Philippines seeks to build back better and put in safeguards for future disasters, the budget secretary said on Thursday.

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Philippines to Receive $500 Million Loan From World Bank

Published in Thursday November 21st, 2013 In In the media

To aid in rebuilding areas destroyed by typhoon Haiyan, the World Bank is about to mobilize a $500 million loan to the Philippines and the country will receive some serious and much needed help. The Philippines requested the emergency loan, which is still to be finalized, from the World Bank.

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Filipinos start painstaking task of rebuilding

Published in Thursday November 21st, 2013 In In the media

Typhoon Haiyan not only destroyed houses and uprooted trees, it has also affected the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.

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Challenge for the Government: 4 Million Are Displaced, and Hunger Grows

Published in Tuesday November 19th, 2013 In In the media

As the Philippines begins to clean up after the worst typhoon in memory, it is faced with a huge problem of feeding and housing its displaced population. The government says that about four million people have been displaced, with some 350,000 living in about 1,500 evacuation centers.

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Floods kill more than two dozen in Vietnam, displacing tens of thousands

Published in Monday November 18th, 2013 In In the media

On Sunday, television footage showed inundated houses and streets in the town of Hoi An and the former Imperial City of Hue, where authorities have evacuated hundreds of tourists. At least 28 people have died over several days of flooding, the most destructive since 1999. More than 100,000 houses have been flooded and transport by road, air and rail has been severely affected across the region.

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