  | |||
 | | | June 9, 2003 |
 Reuters Photo |  | President’s Trip Addresses Key Humanitarian Issues This week President Bush has made what many are calling “…the most ambitious foreign trip of his presidency.” Throughout the seven-day, seven-nation trek, President Bush has addressed some of the world’s most complex humanitarian issues. Read more... | 
|
| | ||
| Israeli Blockades Keep Aid Agencies Out of Gaza While the leaders of Israel and Palestine seem to inch closer to a peace agreement, angry and frustrated aid workers continued to complain that the Israeli closure of a key checkpoint prevented them from reaching needy Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – in violation of international law. Read more... | |||
| | ||
 | Relief Packages Arrive for Desert Families More than 3,200 aid parcels from World Vision arrived Monday in Al Rutbah, Iraq, a city of some 25,000 people located 80 miles from the Jordanian border in western Iraq. The packages included boots, clothing, blankets, plastic sheeting and water containers. Read more... | ||
| | | |
 | Flooding Strikes Asian Islands for Second Time in Six Months Sri Lanka’s worst floods in 50 hears have killed nearly 300 people. Another 500 are missing and more than 350,000 were rendered homeless by heavy rains. The rains continued for four days before water receded, leaving destroyed villages, uprooted infrastructure, bankrupted businesses and the threat of deadly communicable diseases in its wake. Read more... | | |
| | | |
| Founded in 1950, World Vision is a Christian humanitarian agency serving the world’s poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries. As your news agency covers issues and events affecting the poor around the world, World Vision can offer photographs, video B-roll and specialists worldwide for interviews. Contact Brian Peterson: 407.445.6484, or e-mail MediaInfo@worldvision.org | | |
