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		<title>Ostrom &#8211; Bottom-up actions are the best way to combat climate change</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/ostrom-bottom-up-actions-are-the-best-way-to-combat-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do take time to read a fascinating interview with Elinor Ostrom published on Irin News where she argues that small scale, bottom-up changes in behaviour are going to be the prime way to save the planet from the horrors of runaway climate change. Ostrom’s life work is in the study of the Commons – resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sudans edge closer to war over oil as the World looks away</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/the-sudans-edge-closer-to-war-over-oil-as-the-world-looks-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve followed the upheavals between Sudan and South Sudan from time to time in this blog, and for some time – George Clooney notwithstanding &#8211; it has been hard to argue with the view put by Simon Tisdall in The Guardian yesterday that “Sudan burns – and the world yawns”. This has been a disaster waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DFID steps up to help the displaced and famine-threatened in the Sahel</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/dfid-steps-up-to-help-the-displaced-and-famine-threatened-in-the-sahel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit where credit is due – DFID this week announced that it was providing additional assistance to families in Mali and Niger affected by conflict and drought. Britain will target support for 22,000 people, including those who have fled their homes in conflict-affected areas, in Mali and Niger with food, seeds, tools and livestock.  A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the best way to raise money for a slow-onset emergency when there’s no media coverage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two appeal ads for funds to help respond to the food crisis in the Sahel appeared in The Observer yesterday.  Each ad took a very different approach and it would be interesting to know which pulled in more cash. It’s noteworthy that the ads come from the partners who, in January this year, produced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drought threatens to throw 13 million into a devastating famine in the Sahel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.advanceaid.org/?p=1347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In terrifying echoes of some of the warnings issued before the drought in the Horn of Africa turned into a famine, Oxfam is today demanding urgent action in the Sahel region of West Africa to stop a drought there turning into a humanitarian disaster that could affect up to 13 million people. Oxfam’s warnings follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donors are still failing to invest properly in disaster prevention and risk reduction &#8211; HRI 2011</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/donors-are-still-failing-to-invest-properly-in-disaster-prevention-and-risk-reduction-hri-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/donors-are-still-failing-to-invest-properly-in-disaster-prevention-and-risk-reduction-hri-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.advanceaid.org/?p=1340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It gives us no pleasure to report on the Humanitarian Response Index 2011 (HRI) which was published this week by DARA &#8211; an independent organisation committed to improving the quality and effectiveness of aid for vulnerable populations suffering from conflict, disasters and climate change. Let’s start with Conclusion number three: THE GENERALISED DISREGARD BY DONORS FOR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass fatalities and looming starvation hit the Nubians in the Sudan province of South Kordofan</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/mass-fatalities-and-looming-starvation-hit-the-nubians-in-the-sudan-province-of-south-kordofan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.advanceaid.org/?p=1333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Across Africa there are a number of small wars going on that do not even get the attention (and that belatedly) of Somalia – ‘honoured’ this week by a one-day international conference in London with David Cameron and Hillary Clinton in attendance. Just one of these is the ongoing struggle in South Kordofan between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100,000+ people helped by Advance Aid through goods made by African manufacturers</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/100000-people-helped-by-advance-aid-through-goods-made-by-african-manufacturers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/100000-people-helped-by-advance-aid-through-goods-made-by-african-manufacturers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dadaab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency kits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jerry cans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local manufacturing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.advanceaid.org/?p=1329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a while since we have talked about our progress on this blog.  But as part of preparing our Annual Report, we’ve been working out how many people have been helped by African-made goods sourced through Advance Aid.  Through the emergency relief goods deployed to Dadaab camp in 2011 – emergency kits for World Vision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now breakaways break away from the breakaways in Somalia</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/now-breakaways-break-away-from-the-breakaways-in-somalia/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/now-breakaways-break-away-from-the-breakaways-in-somalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if East Africa didn’t have enough to worry about, unrecognised states that have themselves half broken away from failing states are now falling victim to internal squabbling and threats of secession. So Reuters is reporting that the breakaway territory of Somaliland is battling its own secessionists who are, in effect, threatening to break away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Sudan lurches back into crisis as thousands of refugees flee Sudan – now famine looms</title>
		<link>http://blog.advanceaid.org/news/south-sudan-lurches-back-into-crisis-as-thousands-of-refugees-flee-sudan-%e2%80%93-now-famine-looms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over a year ago the whole world was fearful of war, death and displacement in Sudan.  The referendum in early January had gone off remarkably smoothly and the South was set to secede, but still there was fear of war at any time between January and July – when South Sudan was due to [...]]]></description>
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