投稿者: Jo Griffin

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‘Shortsighted’: UK cuts aid to project preparing cities for natural disaster

From Quito to Kathmandu, millions will be endangered by cuts affecting planning for floods, earthquakes and fires, experts sayUK aid cuts to a programme working to reduce the disaster risk to poor communities around the world could endanger millions of…

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‘Will we die of hunger?’: how Covid-19 lockdowns imperil street children

For millions of young people, coronavirus restrictions have made access to food, water and shelter even more precariousTimothy, a teenager on the streets of Mombasa, wonders how he will eat. “Rich people can stay home … because they have a store well s…

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