News: 1 million people fled Somalia in 2008 alone
Over 1 million people fled Somalia in 2008. 2.6 million Somalis - 35% of the population - now need humanitarian assistance, while one in six children under the age of five is malnourished. (Full)
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Peter. Flemish, European, aid worker, expeditioner, sailor, traveller, husband, father, friend, nutcase. Not necessarily in that order.
3 comments:
thanks for the tip at my site,im considering seriously the suggestion.Though with all sincerity i cannot narrow my blog to a particular cause or topic.Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by Peter. What a great blog you have, very interesting and informative. What were you doing in Afghanistan exactly, and when?
Thanks again,
Hi Cat.
I was in and out of Afghanistan from 2000-2003 (right before, during and after 9/11 basically). I was based in Islamabad. But often went into Afghanistan on missions (Kabul, Mazar, Jalalabad, Faizabad).
Right after Kabul fell and the Taliban fled, I went in as part of the first plane load of expat staff.
I work for one of the UN humanitarian organisations.
Several of the shortstories in my eBook is about that time. here is one.
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