Edito
Former French Minister
President of the Red Helmets Foundation
Not a month goes by without a hurricane, a storm or an earthquake striking our planet. 2011 was not spared. On the 11th of March, Japan experienced its worst earthquake ever, followed by a violent tsunami. Because of them, more than 15,000 people have died or disappeared.
Forced to face this huge disaster, the Japanese government waited for a few days before allowing NGOs and foreign rescue teams on their soil...
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Plaquette
Plaquette
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- 12/01/2012
How to forget about Haiti and the catastrophe that shook millions inhabitants’ lives, two years ago? The earthquake, measuring 7.3 which stroke the country, only 25km from Port-au-Prince, was of incomparable violence. The toll rose to 230.000 dead people, 300.000 injured ones and 1.2 million people without shelter. The capital city is then completely destroyed: everything is to be rebuilt.
Report of two tough Haitian years.
- 14/11/2011
The 3 workers from the French NGO, Humanitarian Generation Triangle, have been kept for 5 months in Yemen and were released this morning. Before being kidnapped they were restoring infrastructures after the 2008 wrenching floods.
- 09/11/2011
For several weeks, Thailand has been hit by a monstrous flood, no one witnessed since the beginning of the century. The country is actually undergoing a lack of anticipation and prevention of risks: the death toll is already 427, whereas material damages can be numbered by billions Euros. The torrential rains concern almost all parts of Thailand, affecting more than 9 million people.
- 26/10/2011
Since 1999 and Imzit earthquake, measuring 7.6, Turkey has not experienced such a catastrophe. However, in this seismic area formed by the meeting of several tectonic plates, earthquakes are quite usual and the population is well-prepared to them. Unfortunately, building security norms are too less followed, hence the significant damages.
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