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19 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT
Yemen conflict: People living in limbo
Written by Oxfam's field staff member in Yemen.

It's my third week as an Oxfam engineer inside this makeshift city set deep in the mountains of Northern Yemen. This is the Al Mazarakh camp in Haradh - home to 950 families, or nearly 6,000 people, displaced by the ongoing fighting between Al Huthi rebels and government forces in the region. I have come to this place to provide urgently needed assistance for people who have been displaced by the conflict.

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03 Nov 2009 09:59:00 GMT
Milking for a shared future- flourishing co-existence in West Ramallah
By Lisa Abu Shanab, World Vision JWBG

Cows moo softly behind us and olive trees, stone houses, and fields surround us in the village of Aboud in West Ramallah. In any other place the cows standing side by side in the small building structure that serves as a housing shed would not be anything out of the ordinary. But here in Aboud, these cows represent so much more than just the milk they produce.

Sitting and standing with us in the housing shed are some of the 20 women responsible for the cow farm, supported by World Vision's West Ramallah Area Development Programme. Both Christian and Muslim, their presence represents the hope and co-existence that is found here.

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06 Oct 2009 12:49:00 GMT
Traumatised Yemen displaced find shelter in camp
This blog was written by Phoebe Greenwood of Save The Children, who has just returned from the Al Mazraq Camp in Yemen

Thousands of civilians have been forced from their homes in Sa'ada by fierce fighting between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels, the Al Houthis.

The war between insurgents seeking autonomy and the government has been fought in bouts since 2004.

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25 Sep 2009 17:25:00 GMT
Obama, Hu and climate change: a question of who leads
What just happened? - it might be a good question to ask about the UN climate summit convened by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last Tuesday. "Not a lot" is the most likely answer.

Hu smiled...  ... 

22 Sep 2009 14:52:00 GMT
Children in countries hit by war have their say
World Vision talks to children in Georgia, Gaza, Lebanon, Abkhazia and Kosovo about what it is like for a child to survive war and what the children are doing to promote peace in their countries. Watch the video here:

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