CBC News: Hundreds missing in Philippine landslide: "Hundreds missing in Philippine landslide
Last Updated Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:07:46 EST
CBC News
Rescue workers and sniffer dogs are frantically searching for survivors on an eastern Philippine island on Friday after a mudslide roared down a mountainside, wiping out an entire village.
About two dozen bodies have been recovered from the farming community on Leyte island, about 670 kilometres southeast of Manila. About 30 more people are injured.
A child is carried from a landslide on Leyte island in the eastern Philippines, Friday, Feb. 17. (AP Photo/ABS CBN via APTN)
Initial estimates said 1,500 people are missing, but Global Radio News reporter Dean Bernardo told CBC Newsworld that about 3,000 people live in the Guinsaugon village area of St. Bernard town."
Friday, February 17, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
BJORK - INDONESIA CHANGED BJORKS CHARITY OUTLOOK
BJORK - INDONESIA CHANGED BJORKS CHARITY OUTLOOK: "INDONESIA CHANGED BJORK'S CHARITY OUTLOOK
Icelandic singer BJORK has changed her outlook on large-scale charity fundraising following her emotional visit to Indonesia last month (JAN06).
The ALL IS FULL OF LOVE star had always been suspicious of centralised organisations because she felt too much money was wasted before it reached the needy.
The 40-year-old says, 'I always felt a bit funny about it because I didn't know where the money was going and the people come and I don't know them.
'And (you hear) scandal stories about charities where most of the money pays for champagne to help with celebrities.'
Icelandic singer BJORK has changed her outlook on large-scale charity fundraising following her emotional visit to Indonesia last month (JAN06).
The ALL IS FULL OF LOVE star had always been suspicious of centralised organisations because she felt too much money was wasted before it reached the needy.
The 40-year-old says, 'I always felt a bit funny about it because I didn't know where the money was going and the people come and I don't know them.
'And (you hear) scandal stories about charities where most of the money pays for champagne to help with celebrities.'
Senators hear 'shocking examples' of FEMA waste - Yahoo! News
Senators hear 'shocking examples' of FEMA waste - Yahoo! News: "FEMA has let nearly 11,000 unused manufactured homes deteriorate on old runways and open fields in Arkansas, and the agency spent $416,000 per person to house a few hundred Hurricane Katrina evacuees for a short time in Alabama last fall, government investigators told the Senate on Monday."
CNN.com - Anderson Cooper 360° Blog
CNN.com - Anderson Cooper 360° Blog: "Monday, February 13, 2006
Katrina mobile homes immobile in Arkansas
I've lived in New Orleans 13 years now, a Yankee who got sucked in by the smell of gardenias in February and couldn't pull away.
My house is in the part of New Orleans we've started to call the 'sliver by the river,' the narrow strip along the Mississippi that didn't flood. So I'm typing this from the study of my 100-year-old home, with its hardwood floors and high ceilings, feeling lucky and guilty and numb.
Katrina mobile homes immobile in Arkansas
I've lived in New Orleans 13 years now, a Yankee who got sucked in by the smell of gardenias in February and couldn't pull away.
My house is in the part of New Orleans we've started to call the 'sliver by the river,' the narrow strip along the Mississippi that didn't flood. So I'm typing this from the study of my 100-year-old home, with its hardwood floors and high ceilings, feeling lucky and guilty and numb.
PressZoom.com - Global News Service -Students recognised for £10k South Asian Earthquake relief support
PressZoom.com - Global News Service - News and Press Release Distribution: "Students recognised for £10k South Asian Earthquake relief support
Two Pakistani students from the University of Bradford were recently given an accolade for their fundraising efforts in support of the South Asian earthquake relief.
(PressZoom) - Rafat Farid, President of the University's Pakistani Society was accompanied by his Vice-President Asad Ali in a visit to Islamabad late last year to hand over £10,000 worth of fundraising they had gleaned from generous supporters in Bradford.
As a token of thanks, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry awarded the pair a commemorative plaque on their visit. It was handed to them by Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, the Federal Minister of the Interior for Pakistan.
Rafat, a final-year Pharmaceutical Management student at the University of Bradford, said: 'We were amazed that we managed to raise so much. We were initially aiming for around two or three thousand, but to get ten thousand was incredible.
'We mainly fundraised through out society contacts at the University but we also got very generous donations from members of the Bradford community. "
Two Pakistani students from the University of Bradford were recently given an accolade for their fundraising efforts in support of the South Asian earthquake relief.
(PressZoom) - Rafat Farid, President of the University's Pakistani Society was accompanied by his Vice-President Asad Ali in a visit to Islamabad late last year to hand over £10,000 worth of fundraising they had gleaned from generous supporters in Bradford.
As a token of thanks, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry awarded the pair a commemorative plaque on their visit. It was handed to them by Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, the Federal Minister of the Interior for Pakistan.
Rafat, a final-year Pharmaceutical Management student at the University of Bradford, said: 'We were amazed that we managed to raise so much. We were initially aiming for around two or three thousand, but to get ten thousand was incredible.
'We mainly fundraised through out society contacts at the University but we also got very generous donations from members of the Bradford community. "
New Orleans CityBusiness -- The Business Newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans
New Orleans CityBusiness -- The Business Newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans: "Nonprofit unity keeps services going
by April Capochino
02/13/2006
Ronn Humbles of the Traveler’s Aid Society, left, reviews paperwork while Covenant House Executive Director Stacy Horn Koch talks to Traveler’s counselor Marlon Parker. Traveler’s employees have been working out of Covenant’s House offices since Hurricane Katrina.
Ronn Humbles of the Traveler’s Aid Society, left, reviews paperwork while Covenant House Executive Director Stacy Horn Koch talks to Traveler’s counselor Marlon Parker. Traveler’s employees have been working out of Covenant’s House offices since Hurricane Katrina.
By April Capochino
Staff Writer
april.capochino@nopg.com
The Covenant House has always been bustling with teens, young adults and babies. But in October, the youth homeless shelter on the outskirts of the French Quarter reached out to small nonprofits and state offices damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Traveler’s Aid Society of Greater New Orleans, a nonprofit tasked with preventing homelessness in New Orleans, is working at the building as is the Tulane Hospital Adolescent Drop-in Center, the Metropolitan Human Services District, the Office of Family Support, the Food Stamp Program and Tulane Hospital’s walk-in clinic.
Stacy Horn Koch, Covenant House executive director, decided to invite the groups because she believes all nonprofits benefit by such collaboration.
“I hope this will last,” Koch said. “There’s a real opportunity for nonprofits to work together. There’s no room for people to have turf wars.”"
by April Capochino
02/13/2006
Ronn Humbles of the Traveler’s Aid Society, left, reviews paperwork while Covenant House Executive Director Stacy Horn Koch talks to Traveler’s counselor Marlon Parker. Traveler’s employees have been working out of Covenant’s House offices since Hurricane Katrina.
Ronn Humbles of the Traveler’s Aid Society, left, reviews paperwork while Covenant House Executive Director Stacy Horn Koch talks to Traveler’s counselor Marlon Parker. Traveler’s employees have been working out of Covenant’s House offices since Hurricane Katrina.
By April Capochino
Staff Writer
april.capochino@nopg.com
The Covenant House has always been bustling with teens, young adults and babies. But in October, the youth homeless shelter on the outskirts of the French Quarter reached out to small nonprofits and state offices damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Traveler’s Aid Society of Greater New Orleans, a nonprofit tasked with preventing homelessness in New Orleans, is working at the building as is the Tulane Hospital Adolescent Drop-in Center, the Metropolitan Human Services District, the Office of Family Support, the Food Stamp Program and Tulane Hospital’s walk-in clinic.
Stacy Horn Koch, Covenant House executive director, decided to invite the groups because she believes all nonprofits benefit by such collaboration.
“I hope this will last,” Koch said. “There’s a real opportunity for nonprofits to work together. There’s no room for people to have turf wars.”"
Monday, February 13, 2006
Katrina fraud, waste; dozens arrested - Hurricanes' Aftermath - MSNBC.com
Katrina fraud, waste; dozens arrested - Hurricanes' Aftermath - MSNBC.com: "MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 1:17 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2006
WASHINGTON - The scope of fraud and waste tied to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts widened Monday, as officials announced charges against 212 people and investigators questioned decisions ranging from $438-a-day lodging to unoccupied mobile homes that are now sinking in mud."
Updated: 1:17 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2006
WASHINGTON - The scope of fraud and waste tied to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts widened Monday, as officials announced charges against 212 people and investigators questioned decisions ranging from $438-a-day lodging to unoccupied mobile homes that are now sinking in mud."
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