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Here I write about climate change and Polar Regions - but also about anything else that strikes my fancy.
I'll try to post here as often as I can. But keep in mind I'm a very busy guy, so please cut me some slack if you don't hear from me for a while!
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Helping Pakistan: a Matter of Humanity
Posted on the 02.09.2010 by Alain Hubert
As you all know, the International Polar Foundation usually keeps to its mission. Yet, whether you feel concerned by the future of our Earth or not –and we all should– you cannot, as a human being, not be moved by the dramatic events that are currently striking Pakistan.
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UNICEF’s life-saving operation in Pakistan in jeopardy due to funding shortfall
Posted on the 19.08.2010 by Michel Brent
ISLAMABAD/Brussels, 17 August 2010 - UNICEF warned today that serious funding shortfalls are jeopardising its humanitarian operation in Pakistan. UNICEF is extremely concerned at the lack of funds for its water and sanitation operation, with millions of children at risk from water-borne diseases.
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Unicef good will ambassador goes to Haïti
Posted on the 21.03.2010 by Alain Hubert
Just back from a few days spent in Haiti as a Unicef goodwill ambassador and I would like to dwell for a moment on the actual concept of the goodwill ambassador, as well as make a few necessary reminders. Plus, of course, I want to talk about what I saw out there on the ground as the wrongly-named ‘reconstruction phase’…
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Just before I head to Haiti with Unicef
Posted on the 16.03.2010 by Alain Hubert
This week I have been invited as a Unicef ambassador to make a short trip to Haiti. My stay there will enable me to assess the relief programmes that Unicef is implementing on the ground. Many of these programmes have, of course, been running since the dramatic earthquake that occurred on 12th January, but what the general public may not…
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“The earthquake in Haiti…”
Posted on the 21.01.2010 by Alain Hubert
The earthquake in Haiti of this Tuesday, 12 January has proven to be one of strongest ever recorded in 200 years. It is an immense catastrophe, yes, and especially because that country in no way has the means of coping with it.
