silent disasters

Silent Disasters is a series of reports made in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The idea is to focus on the difficulties that countries and communities hit by disasters face after the world's media has left to cover other hotspots. Earthquakes, wars, epidemics, floods and droughts end, but the suffering continues.

SriLanka

03/05 17:48 CET
Sri Lanka: A9 to reconciliation

The Northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi acted as the de-facto capital for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for more than a decade. In November 2008 the Sri Lankan army launched sustained…
03/05 17:58 CET
Sri Lanka: Curry for breakfast and no bloody war

Spicy prawn curry, dahl and paratha washed down with a cup of sweet milky tea certainly gets the day off to a flying start. As the Sri Lankan…

Liberia

05/03 08:42 CET
Liberia: Crossing the Cavalla

After the Ivory Coast exploded into civil war in Feburary 2011 thousands of displaced and terrified people crossed into Liberia to escape the bloodshed. This is a story of how two war torn communities came together in a time of crisis.
07/03 13:46 CET
Liberia: The trials and tribulations of travel in the West African state

Liberia bears the scars of its two brutal civil wars; burnt out and…

Mongolia

08/02 10:46 CET
Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia's capital under pressure

Mongolia is the most sparsely populated independent country on the planet, vast unspoiled steppes stretch as far as the eye can see. But, the country is undergoing major changes: the…
08/02 11:17 CET
Mongolia: Another world far, far away

As a child I remember some places were out of reach: places of mystery, places where great and dreadful deeds occurred, where dragons roamed…

Haiti

10/01 14:59 CET
Haiti: coping with catastrophe

The reality of Haiti two years on after the cameras have gone. Hundreds of thousands of people remain in camps with no education, no work and little investment. Also read : "Reporter’s blog: Dog eat dog in downtown…
09/01 15:00 CET
Reporter's blog: Dog eat dog in downtown Port-au-Prince

Haiti is both beautiful and blighted; access to housing, education…
05/09 23:23 CET
UN orders enquiry into rape claims against Haiti peacekeepers

The United Nations has ordered an immediate investigation into claims…
06/01 14:41 CET
ECHO from Haiti

Humanitarian emergency response, getting what's needed to a disaster zone fast... One year after the Haiti earthquake, European Union support…