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UNFPA Assists Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers Affected by the Drought in Moldova
CHISINAU, Moldova, 20 October 2007 —Relief has come for women living in regions suffering from the severe drought of 2007, which has already affected 80 per cent of this country. The lack of rain has been an especially drastic impediment to grain production in a country heavily dependant on agriculture. more...
Severe Drought Alters the Face of Poverty in Moldova
PLOP-STIUBEI VILLAGE, Moldova, 06 November 2007 — A cold, autumnal drizzle fell outside as 15 women huddled around an improvised electric plate in a small room in the Healthcare Centre in this small village in the Causeni rayon (or district). The cold rain has been grating on their nerves for the past three days, the rain that they had waited for so desperately during the hot summer months, when it might have saved their crops. more...
UNFPA Somalia Supports Football Tournament in Hargeysa
SOMALIA, 4 October 2007 — One of the least developed countries in the world, Somalia has been fraught with chronic instability and civil war since the fall of the government in 1991. Since then, Somalia has never had a central government.  There are few opportunities for education, health, or diversion.  Against the backdrop of this divided landscape, young footballers and their supporters have shown the potential of their generation.  By coming together peacefully in the spirit of competition, youth who have known only insecurity have set an example for the region. more...
Dispatches from Darfur: Caring for the Ones who Care for Others
DARFUR, Sudan, 30 August 2007 — Since the conflict began in the Darfur region of western Sudan in 2003, over 200,000 people have been killed and more than two million have been displaced. Altogether, some 4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid and protection. more...


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