Thursday, February 15, 2007

Reuters AlertNet - WITNESS-Rolling up my sleeves after the tsunami

Reuters AlertNet - WITNESS-Rolling up my sleeves after the tsunami: "ADAPAKKAM, India, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A laptop, notebook and pens are my usual travelling tools. I never expected to be packing a hard hat, steel-capped boots and a pile of dust masks.

But they were on the 'must bring' list for 20 Reuters employees who had volunteered to spend a week building houses for a community devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami."

Monday, February 12, 2007

Money on the way for flood victims in Indonesia - New Europe News: #1 The European News Source

Money on the way for flood victims in Indonesia - New Europe News: #1 The European News Source: "The European Commission on February 7 said it was sending some 600,000 Euro in emergency aid to help the victims of ongoing floods in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. EU funds will be used to provide some 340,000 most affected people with food, clean water, emergency shelter and health services."