So it is no surprise that India has rushed relief to its quake-ravaged neighbour.
Cholera outbreak triggers UNICEF relief operation at Burundi-Tanzania BUJUMBURAJUMBurundi/NAIROBIAIROBI, Kenya/DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania, 21 May 2015 – UNICEF has rushed relief supplies to Tanzania's north-western border with Burundi, in response to a devastating cholera outbreak which has so far claimed 27 lives among the 50,000 Burundian refugees gathered on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi/NAIROBI, Kenya/DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania, 21 May 2015 – UNICEF has rushed relief supplies to Tanzania's north-western border with Burundi, in response to a devastating cholera outbreak which has so far claimed 27 lives among the 50,000 Burundian refugees gathered on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
The land, we are told by the international agencies rushing relief to the region, can no longer support its people.
So far, the Obama Administration has displayed all the right instincts, by rushing relief to civilians, affirming the primacy of the country's elected leaders, and galvanizing other governments to pitch in.
UNICEF rushes relief supplies to Iran quake zone NEW YORK, 28 December 2003 -- UNICEF is rushing over 40 tonnes of relief supplies to Iran to help tens of thousands of children affected by Thursday's earthquake near the town of Bam, the agency confirmed today.Two UNICEF relief flights will arrive in Iran on Sunday.
UNICEF rushes relief supplies to volcano zone NAIROBI / GENEVA / ABIDJAN, 21 January 2002 -- The United Nations Children's Fund is rushing an additional 60 tonnes of emergency supplies to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in an urgent effort to reach the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by a violent volcanic eruption and lava flow near the town of Goma last Thursday.
As part of a multi-agency effort, led by the Government of Sudan alongside agencies such as WFP, WHO, the UN Joint Logistics Centre and many non-governmental organizations, UNICEF has played a significant role in rushing relief to those worst affected by the current flooding, which has hit nine states in the north of Sudan and three in Southern Sudan.
UNICEF calls for aid to tsunami-struck countries NEW YORK, 27 December 2004 – UNICEF is rushing relief assistance to the countries hardest hit by massive ocean flooding following Sunday's earthquake, working to meet the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of people who survived the tsunamis but now need shelter, water, medical supplies and other urgent assistance.
UNICEF is rushing relief assistance to the areas hardest hit by Super Typhoon #Haiyan, working to meet the urgent needs of 4 million children who survived the storm's fury, but now urgently need clean water, sanitation and hygiene, food, medical supplies and protection.
By Xu Xin JUYUAN, China, 19 May 2008 – UNICEF rushed emergency relief supplies to children affected by the 12 May earthquake yesterday.
