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Natural Disaster
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new—the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. Through nearly 700 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world.
Food
The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, it gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, it uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded.
UNICEF has always worked in emergencies, both natural and man-made.Though emergencies grow increasingly complex, their impacts ever more devastating, UNICEF remains dedicated to providing life-saving assistance to children affected by disasters, and to protecting their rights in any circumstances, no matter how difficult. In health and nutrition, water and sanitation, protection, education and HIV/AIDS, UNICEF’s Core Corporate Commitments to Children in Emergencies are more than a mission statement – they are a humanitarian imperative.
Health
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. We work in nearly 100 countries and serve all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. We provide emergency assistance to children and families affected by natural disasters and civil conflict, work with communities to develop long term solutions to alleviate poverty, and advocate for justice on behalf of the poor.
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Feeling guilty about that second or third (or fourth!) cup of coffee in the morning? It’s time to erase that guilt because a new study shows extra coffee may be helping fight depression in women! Yes, “A few cups of coffee a day may help keep the blues at bay”. Caffeine which is the most frequently used central nervous system stimulant in the world & often associated with boosting ...
Kitchen secrets/Cooking tips
Applying with a Squeeze Bottle
Instead of brushing barbecue sauce onto foods and dirtying both the brush and bowl, recycle a pull-top water bottle by filling it with sauce and keeping it in the refrigerator until needed .When the chicken, pork chop, or other food is almost done, squirt a little sauce onto the food, taking care not to let the bottle touch the food.Wipe the bottle clean and store it in the refrigerator until needed again.
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Green Eating
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Types of vegetarian diets
When people think about a vegetarian diet, they typically think about a diet that doesn't include meat, poultry or fish. But vegetarian diets can be further categorized into three types:
Vegan diets exclude meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products — and foods that contain these products.
Lacto-vegetarian diets exclude meat, fish, poultry and eggs, as well as foods that contain them. Dairy products, such as milk, cheese, yogurt and butter, are allowed in a lacto-vegetarian diet.
Lacto-ovo vegetarian diets exclude meat, fish and poultry, but allow eggs and dairy products.
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When I was at work in a military hospital a young soldier was brought in. The nurse took his pulse, checked him, then told him, “Don’t worry. You’ll soon be feeling better. We’re giving you plasma.”
“Good,” said the private. “I don’t like watching TV on those old sets.”
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