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The Impact of Truth-seeking on Mental Health in Cambodia
On February 3 judges in the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts in Cambodia (ECCC) – more commonly known as the Khmer Rouge trials – sentenced Kaing Guek Eav (“Duch”), the former chairman of the Khmer Rouge’s Tuol Sleng security prison, to life...
Time Running Out for Displaced Farmers
Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according...
Rescue Effort for Landslide Survivors Continues in Papua New Guinea
Rescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation’s worst landslides ever. How People Arrived Here: disaster relief for papau new guinea...
Tea Rich But Nutrient Poor
Tea in Sri Lanka is one of the country’s biggest cash crops, but families working on tea estates are among the nation’s poorest in terms of earnings as well as nutrition, say experts who back regional approaches to tackle nutrition disparity.
Avalanches Cut Off Parts of Drought-hit Northeast Afghanistan
Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of people already at risk of hunger due to drought, opening the door to a potential humanitarian crisis if aid cannot reach them, says a provincial official. How...
New Emergency Powers Aim to Cut Casualties in the Philippines
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed an executive order overhauling the country’s rules on closing government offices and schools during natural disasters.
Rohingyas in Southern Bangladesh Wary of Burmese Reforms
While the Myanmar government takes significant strides in political reform, Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh fear their condition may not change any time soon.
Rice Harvests Lost in Myanmar’s Kachin Conflict Zones
The annual harvest season in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State has come and gone but much of the rice crop has not been harvested or was never planted after fighting between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) erupted on June...
