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This is by no means a complete list of the organizations that are involved in reporting about natural disasters, on in aiding relief, rescue and rebuilding. Instead, here are some sample organizations. Please visit these to see links to additional resources and organizations.
This web page has the following sub-sections:
News and up-to-date Information
The standard mainstream news organizations will typically provide a lot of information as natural disasters unfold. Some will be a bit too centric on impacts of people of their own country, while others may give a more rounded or different perspective:
Other development/poverty/social justice/global issues-oriented sites include:
Relief, Aid, Rebuilding Organizations
A sample of organizations and charities involved in bringing aid and relief to affected areas, and providing essential humanitarian and other services include:
- Various UN organizations and projects:
- World Food Programme
- World Health Organization
- Relef Web, a Project of the UN and OCHA
- UNICEF
- Oxfam International
- International Medical Corps
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Rescue Committee
- Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
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Anup Shah, Natural Disasters Links for More Information, GlobalIssues.org, Last updated: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
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