brownroundboi:

i love STP Emergency Relief Fund Campaign because they have direct contact with the Moro Peoples Core and inform people who are donating about the progress of their work, continuation of struggle and are transparent with where donations go. they are in the hands of the communities and people most affected! 

pakkageek:

A man saving his dog after Typhoon Sendong

Typhoon Sendong has left more than 927 dead, hundreds missing, and 47,000 crammed into evacuation centers. Perform an act of kindness this holiday season by donating to the victims of this tragedy through the STP Emergency Relief Fund Campaign. Your funds will go directly to the people affected.

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fyeahafrica:

[Pictured: A Somali father sits with his daughter at the head of the line at a refugee camp registration center in Dabaab in northeastern Kenya, Aug. 2, 2011. International aid agencies are struggling to bring in more supplies to drought-stricken Somalia and neighboring Kenya.]

In Somalia’s Famine, Aid Groups Race Against Time

As aid groups battle the famine in the Horn of Africa, the news is mixed. More food is getting through and security has improved for now, but tens of thousands of children have already died and many more are at risk.

Aid group were pleased last week when al-Shabaab, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization, pulled out of the capital, Mogadishu. That made a dangerous country a little bit less so for aid workers.

“It’s too early to tell whether it is a good and lasting sign, but it does offer the possibility of getting more assistance in through Mogadishu,” said Gayle Smith, a top White House official.

The move comes at a time when Somalis are rushing into the city from outlying areas. United Nations officials say that 100,000 Somalis have flooded Mogadishu in search of food and shelter. Valerie Amos, who runs the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, says U.N. agencies are providing help, but are moving in cautiously.

“The refugee agency managed to get three plane loads of supplies into Mogadishu in the last few days because we urgently needed supplies of tents,” said Amos. “We’ve had food deliveries in Mogadishu, so all of this has been happening. But I do think it is important that we all remember that there are still 2.2 million people in the south and center who require aid and support.”

Al-Shabaab controls south and central Somalia and those are the areas worst hit by the famine. The U.S. government recently agreed to ease its restrictions on private American relief groups that want to deliver supplies to parts of Somalia run by the Islamist militant group.

Donald Steinberg of the U.S. Agency for International Development says the U.S. government won’t prosecute aid groups if some aid inadvertently falls into the hands of al-Shabaab. “When you move food in, there are going to be, we understand, the possibilities for diversion.”

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biebswagga:

This is so touching. A homeless who is barely able to take care of himself, taking care of a dog. Sometimes, you just need a little love, not just things.

Reblog if you care.

I will always reblog this.

This is beautiful. I would reblog it a million times.

I just…

3rd time reblog.. :’(

i cannot not reblog this, its so touching, i cant scroll past this, ill reblog every time i see it.

It always make me cry

always reblog

HOW COME BIEBER HAS MORE NOTES THAN THIS?! :o

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-witheverything:

Babar Ali lives in Murshidabad, West Bengal. He attends the Raj Govinda School, which is 10km away.  Every day he catches an auto-rickshaw part of the way and walks the rest.  Babar Ali is the first person in his family to go to school.  He is 16 years old. 

At 14, Chumki Hajra has never been to school.  Instead, she washes dishes and cleans houses for 200 rupees (£3) a month.  If she does not work, her family will not survive. But now Chumki can go to school.

When he gets home at 4 o’clock each day, Babar Ali rings a bell.  At first they came in a trickle, but now 800 children from poor families line up in the yard behind his house, for lessons from Babar Ali and 10 friends from his school.  After singing the National Anthem, the students settle down to their studies.  There is no charge and no trouble.  Between her shifts, squeezed on a rough wooden bench with 12 others, by the light of 2 bulbs (when the electricity holds), Chumki scribbles her notes and dreams of becoming a nurse.

Babar Ali is called the youngest headteacher in the world.  He knows that without an education these children stand little chance.  Babar Ali is creating change in the community weaving hope and love with his life. 

Need surrounds us all.  How will you help? 

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-witheverything:

Livestock lost to drought.
A shepherd with no livestock, in Toricha, near the Ethiopian border. All of his livestock has died during the recent drought.

There are reports of children starving to death whilst begging for water on the side of the road. Famine has spread across east Africa because of rising food prices as the region experiences the driest growing conditions for crops in 60 years. It is estimated that 10 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance because of this -the worst food security crisis in the world today.

We cannot comprehend their suffering and these conditions will only continue unless we step up and raise awareness. To help directly click here. 

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-miraculous:

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