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• SITUATION REPORT: NOVEMBER 18, 2009Guatemala: Food Crises Threatens

  A serious food crisis is threatening Guatemala. Change of weather has destroyed the field crops, and stored food from last season is about to finish.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 16, 2009Darfur: A Flying Visit

  For two hours our small plane droned its way south-eastwards from Khartoum towards our destination of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 16, 2009Darfur: Darfur Must Not Become a Forgotten Emergency

  Darfur is in danger of becoming a forgotten emergency, according to Nyika Musiyazwiriyo, the outgoing Head of Programmes for the joint ACT/Caritas Darfur Programme.

• NEWS STORY: NOVEMBER 4, 2009Vietnam: Helping People Be Better Prepared

  Being better prepared for harsher and more frequent disasters is a key aspect of ACT International’s appeal for a typhoon-hit Vietnam province.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 30, 2009Philippines: ACT workers preparing for fourth storm

  ACT International members in the Philippines are bracing for a fourth storm in just over a month as Typhoon Mirinae bears down on already devastated northern regions.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 28, 2009Myanmar: Emergency Drill Tests Village’s Skills

  A drill in emergency preparedness brought an entire Myanmar village together, the first such drill in a country still recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis last year.

• NEWS STORY: OCTOBER 22, 2009West Sumatra: ACT Minding the Gaps - One Thing Less to Worry About

  The tiny village of Palak Pisang consists of eight families separated from the next closest village by about two kilometres. For the people of Palak Pisang, those two kilometres might as well be a thousand.