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AS IT IS 2013-06-28 What's the Best Way to Give Food Aid? From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Welcome to the show. Im Caty Weaver. The United States is the leading supplier of food aidaround the world, at a cost of about 1.5 billion dollarsy
Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants Steve Baragona | Artibonite Valley, Haiti 29 April 2010 Rice farmers can be adversely affected by food aid. About three hours north of Port-au-Prince, the Artibonite Valley is the c
Badly-needed tents have been flown to China's earthquake disaster zone in the latest delivery of aid from Britain. The first of three jumbo jetloads of 5,000 tents arrived at Chengdu airport and will give shelter to 30,000 people made homeless by th
By Jim Malone Washington 01 June 2006 A controversy over federal agents raiding the office of a congressman has its roots in the formation of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago. The controv
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2007 Getting essential relief supplies to victims of natural disasters and conflict is critical for their survival. These emergency goods do not just magically appear out of the air. They have to be purchased. A wid
Palestinians sit next to bags of food aid, distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the West Bank village of Sanour near Jenin, 17 Jun 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to move forward with $400 million in aid
Clinton: Famine Aid Must Prevent Future Crises The United States has pledged an additional $17 million to nations in the Horn of Africa coping with severe drought. That includes $12 million for Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have died of
By Robert Raffaele Washington 16 November 2009 World leaders at a U.N. summit on food security in Rome are vowing to take urgent action to eliminate global hunger. But they did not agree in their final declaration to a U.N. request for $44 billion a
Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming fir
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The White House is coming to the aid of farmers hurt by its own hard-line trade policies. The Trump administration says today it will make an estimated $12 billion in government assistance available. That includes direct payments
IN THE NEWS - Aid for Tsunami Victims By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, January 08, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with In the News in VOA Special English. AP Photo Kofi Annan says helping survivors of the
By Barbara Schoetzau New York 29 February 2008 The United Nations is asking for $32 million in immediate humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, says the aid will help stabilize a volat
By Terry Fitzpatrick Cape Town 14 June 2007 Business and political leaders in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa say agriculture can fuel economic growth in impoverished countries. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stepped in
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 February 2008 During the past decade, more than 350 million people from around the world have been forced to flee their homes as a result of natural disaster and conflict. When disaster strikes, aid agencies rush food, medic
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged a wide-ranging response for farmers and ranchers to the one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday the current corn crop is in poor or very poor condition and cat
Duke Mu of the state of Lu sent his sons to the states of Jin and Chu to occupy high positions in their governments.His minister Li Chu said,If your son is drowning and you send for a man from the state of Yue so far away to come and save the chi
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama is authorizing an additional $30 million in federal government help for drought-stricken U.S. farmers and ranchers. Americas continued dry weather will likely affect food and fuel prices worldwide. The president met
The United States Thursday suspended most of its aid program to Mauritania because of this week's military ouster of the elected government there. U.S. food aid to the north African state will continue. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Dep
By Noel King Masisi 16 October 2007 Humanitarian officials warn a crisis in eastern Congo's war-torn North Kivu Province is deepening with each passing day. A new eruption of fighting between rebels and the Congolese army has sent thousands of civili
China has issued its first policy document for 2013, pledging to accelerate agricultural modernization and rural development. The annual policy document, issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council has been d