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Assistance League 2011 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 19-22, 2011, by Rodney Choice/www.choicephotography.com
This lady had a thick Hungarian accent. She's confused about what happens next and a very patient terminal worker is trying his best to explain where her bags are .
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Sgt. Anton Novosselov, Private First Class William Stooksbury, Private First Class Nathan Watson and Private First Class Ignacio Madrid with the 372nd Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lifeliner, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prepare a sling load package of emergency fuel for a Mobile Medical Lab located in Greenville, Liberia, in support of Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE on Dec. 21, 2014. Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Rose Mittlesteadt, 101st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs/RELEASED)
Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces conducted a clearing operation in Ormuz district, Helmand province, yesterday. The operation lead to the discovery of 616 pounds (280 kilograms) of wet opium, 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of concentrated fertilizer, narcotics paraphernalia, and a pressure plate. This combined operation was conducted at a bazaar in the Ormuz district in order to disrupt narcotics and insurgent activity in Central Helmand. The 280kg of wet opium was found to be worth under $50,000 locally. (Courtesy photo)
United States Air Force Europe loads the aviation pallets to move the supplies to the country of Georgia due to the current events in early August. Twenty-eight Soldiers from the 66th Transportation Company, and the 39th Transportation Battalion, and airmen from the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron worked 36 hours to palletize over 75,000 pounds of emergency shelter items and medical supplies which include tents, blankets, bedding, hygiene items, clothing, beds, cots, and medical supplies in order to support this mission to the Georgian people. (Photo by Capt Bryan Woods, 21st TSC Public Affairs)
Helps identify the wind direction. If the white line is to the left, you aim right, if it is to the right, aim to the left. If it's in the middle, aim at the middle.
Above applies to Sniper Elite difficulty only though. All other difficulties do not need you to identify wind. Only gravity.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), 31st Annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp May 22 - 26, 2025.
Photo by: Nate Wolbert
DAUIN, Phillipines -- Senior Airman Taylor Vondrasek paints a restroom of an elementary school here March 7, 2013, as part of Operation Pacific Angel-Philippines. Vondrasek is from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and this is his second time on the mission to the country. The Dauin site is one of three improved by civil engineers during the mission. Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and various subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. J.C. Woodring)
Operator: ANWB Medical Air Assistance
Aircraft: Airbus Helicopters EC135P3H (H135)
Registration: PH-DOC
C/n: 2095
Location: Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM/EHRD)
Date: 15-5-2021
Previouly: D-HECN
Fort Bragg service members practice donning protective gear Oct. 30, 2014, as they prepare to deploy to Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
(Photo by Lewis Perkins/ Fort Bragg Paraglide)
In Tapoa, a region bordering Niger, the European Commission's humanitarian aid department (ECHO) funds the NGO ACF to provide health and nutrition care as well as food assistance including cash transfers for the poorest families. © EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
In Tapoa, a region bordering Niger, the European Commission's humanitarian aid department (ECHO) funds the NGO ACF to provide health and nutrition care as well as food assistance including cash transfers for the poorest families. © EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
Ambiance: Located on a beautiful property equipped with a banquet hall for larger parties, Da Vittorio was the most grandiose location of my five Michelin restaurant tour in Italy. Picturesque and peaceful, stepping on the property I immediately knew why this restaurant/small hotel was so popular with everyone I spoke to. Once inside, I could see that the restaurant appeals more to local diners than foreigners. On Sat & Sun they have a brunch and dessert buffet, filling the dining room with those who were dressed to the nines, along with families with many children, to people in jeans. The restaurant itself was filled with an abundance of chatter (think Chinese dim sum) which confused me when I first entered the premises, believing that the main floor room was the casual dining room of the châteaux and not the one that I was to part myself of €170. I might have made a mistake to not order the classical menu that balanced both raw and cooked courses and instead opting for the one featuring all raw fish (although the ingredients were spectacular and absolutely sweet with freshness, my palate grew bored of the similarly prepared items). All my courses were served in pairs.
Mutual assistance crews restoring power after Hurricane Sally in Pensacola, Fla. on September 20, 2020.
Livestock assistance packages containing concentrated animal feed and fodder crop seeds were given to drought-affected pastoralists. Each beneficiary received 100 kg of concentrated animal feed, which is sufficient enough to feed five small (sheep and goats) and two large (cattle) ruminants for one month.
Photo © FAO/ Freshta Ghani
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PORT au PRINCE, Haiti (Sept 8, 2008) Volunteers from the amphibious ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) help unload food and water to provide humanitarian support to the survivors of Hurricane Ike. The U.S. Navy's contribution to the relief efforts were coordinated by the United States Agency for International Deployment (USAID) and its office of US foreign Disaster Assistance. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gine Wollman/Released)
UNFPA Turkey’s project, “Increased access of rural refugees to health and protection services in Turkey” aims to increase the availability, accessibility, and demand for primary health care and protection services in the rural areas of five provinces in Turkey. The project financially supported by EU financial aid.
In the times of COVID19, UNFPA Turkey mobile service units have been continuing their services and are also providing information on Covid-19 and distributing sanitizers and monitoring the infection.
Photo credit: Turkey_2020_UNFPA Turkey
Livestock assistance packages containing concentrated animal feed and fodder crop seeds were given to drought-affected pastoralists. Each beneficiary received 100 kg of concentrated animal feed, which is sufficient enough to feed five small (sheep and goats) and two large (cattle) ruminants for one month.
Photo © FAO/ Freshta Ghani
Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has announced plans to take legal action against the municipality of Otavi for the failure to provide adequate water and sanitisation facilities to the community.
During consultations throughout 2009, LAC staff witnessed community toilets in a deplorable state. Water in the toilets, built to service the more than 4,000 residents, has been turned off. Instead, people have used the entrance and surrounding area of the toilets to relieve themselves, leaving a pool of human waste surrounding the area.
Martha Lukas, a resident of Otavi’s informal settlement, says the sanitisation situation gets worse during the rain season. “The rubbish flows with the water in our yards,” Lukas says. “As a result we get diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and cholera.”
She adds that those affected are mostly elderly people and children.
Cornelia Ubu-gaes, a resident of the Bliekies Drop settlement for 14 years, reports that that the sanitization situation became unbearable about five years ago and the toilets regularly have maintenance problems.
She further stresses that, “Some water points were built close to the toilets, therefore contaminating the drinking water.”
Norman Tjombe, director of the LAC, says that all Namibians should have access to fair public services, the right to proper housing and the right to safe living conditions.
“This is really about fundamental freedoms – the right to dignity, the right to safety and security and the right to non-discrimination, based on socio-economic status,” Tjombe states.
LAC is among a growing number of organisations around the world who are urging the international community to recognize that access to better sanitisation is a fundamental human need and, therefore, a basic human right.
Of additional concern for the Otavi Informal Settlement residents are the six water points for the community.
Ubu-gaes points out that many people in Otavi’s informal settlement are impoverished and unable to afford the price of water. The water system has no provision for these residents that can’t afford water at all.
During an LAC collaborative documentation project with Stanford Law, researchers learned of children in Otavi’s informal settlement, as young as six or seven, who regularly must beg for water from other settlement residents. The children do not go to school but instead spend each day at the rubbish dump site looking for food.
In November 2007, the Ombudsman carried out an investigation on the health hazard conditions in and around the toilets at the informal settlement in Otavi. A report was then submitted to the Ministry of Regional, Local Government and Housing, the regional health directorate in Otjiwarongo and the Otavi village council.
In 2008, a reassessment was done by the team of the Ombudsman. The obligation of the village council was not fulfilled, the Ombudsman’s report stated.
The application will be finalised in December 2009 and filed in January 2010.
Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available to eligible British Columbians in the Peace River Regional District area, including Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Fort St John, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, Tumbler Ridge and the First Nations communities of Saulteau and West Moberly who may have been impacted from the major flooding that occurred.
There were approximately 100 known sites on provincial roads and highways impacting travel, mostly in the South Peace; including five significant sites on Highway 97 west of Chetywnd. This includes complete washouts, partial washouts and debris flows.
Premier Christy Clark met with highway maintenance/engineering personnel and locals to survey the damage and extend the support of the province.
Learn more:
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PHILIPPINE SEA (March 1, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Bernard Ugalde, from Hawaii, directs a forklift on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during an underway replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS San Jose (T-AFS-7). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released) 090301-N-9950J-336
Children of Dinaig, A Muslim village in the province of Maguindanao,30km from Cotabato City, ride some of the 22 carabaos distributed by the Animal Husbandry Bureau to the village. Answering an appeal by the Philippines Government for aid to small scale fishermen and farmers who had lost equipment and cattle in the disastrous Mindanao earthquake and tidal wave of August 1976, the UN/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) immediately allocated - under its Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) - $85,000 for aid to fishermen and $65,000 to farmers of South Mindanao. At training courses held at Zamboanga City and Cotabato City, fishermen were provided with materials, bought with TCP funds, for making and repairing sardine and gill nets and for making tuna and multiple headlines, which they were allowed to keep. The TCP funds for farmers were used by the Animal Husbandry Bureau to buy high-quality livestock from breeding farms. The animals were sent to communities where training courses on improved livestock husbandry had been held, and were crossed with local cattle. The first calves went to the Government - enabling it to expand the operation - and all later calves became property of the communities concerned.
Editorial use only. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Franco Mattioli
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Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has announced plans to take legal action against the municipality of Otavi for the failure to provide adequate water and sanitisation facilities to the community.
During consultations throughout 2009, LAC staff witnessed community toilets in a deplorable state. Water in the toilets, built to service the more than 4,000 residents, has been turned off. Instead, people have used the entrance and surrounding area of the toilets to relieve themselves, leaving a pool of human waste surrounding the area.
Martha Lukas, a resident of Otavi’s informal settlement, says the sanitisation situation gets worse during the rain season. “The rubbish flows with the water in our yards,” Lukas says. “As a result we get diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and cholera.”
She adds that those affected are mostly elderly people and children.
Cornelia Ubu-gaes, a resident of the Bliekies Drop settlement for 14 years, reports that that the sanitization situation became unbearable about five years ago and the toilets regularly have maintenance problems.
She further stresses that, “Some water points were built close to the toilets, therefore contaminating the drinking water.”
Norman Tjombe, director of the LAC, says that all Namibians should have access to fair public services, the right to proper housing and the right to safe living conditions.
“This is really about fundamental freedoms – the right to dignity, the right to safety and security and the right to non-discrimination, based on socio-economic status,” Tjombe states.
LAC is among a growing number of organisations around the world who are urging the international community to recognize that access to better sanitisation is a fundamental human need and, therefore, a basic human right.
Of additional concern for the Otavi Informal Settlement residents are the six water points for the community.
Ubu-gaes points out that many people in Otavi’s informal settlement are impoverished and unable to afford the price of water. The water system has no provision for these residents that can’t afford water at all.
During an LAC collaborative documentation project with Stanford Law, researchers learned of children in Otavi’s informal settlement, as young as six or seven, who regularly must beg for water from other settlement residents. The children do not go to school but instead spend each day at the rubbish dump site looking for food.
In November 2007, the Ombudsman carried out an investigation on the health hazard conditions in and around the toilets at the informal settlement in Otavi. A report was then submitted to the Ministry of Regional, Local Government and Housing, the regional health directorate in Otjiwarongo and the Otavi village council.
In 2008, a reassessment was done by the team of the Ombudsman. The obligation of the village council was not fulfilled, the Ombudsman’s report stated.
The application will be finalised in December 2009 and filed in January 2010.
Soldiers with 58th Signal Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, and signal Soldiers with the 101st Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lifeliner, play a friendly game of ball on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2014, at Camp Buchanan, Buchanan Liberia. Task Force Lifeliner is the logistical element deployed to Liberia in support of Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE. Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Rose Mittlesteadt, 101st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs/RELEASED)
Somali Red Crescent volunteers distribute relief goods supplied by the ICRC to families displaced by fighting in the Galgadud region of Somalia.
© ICRC / P. Yazdi / v-p-so-e-00425 / www.icrc.org
Head end helpers assist in lifting a Spokane bound manifest up the grade of Bozeman Pass on a beautiful summer afternoon.
On Global Open Day on UNSCR 1325, Calls for Greater Women Role in Future of post-Daesh Iraq
Baghdad/Erbil, 24 October 2017 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), jointly with UNWOMEN within the context of the observing the Global Open Day and the 17th Anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325, held consultative forums with senior political leadership in Baghdad and Erbil on 23 and 24 October, with the focus on strengthening women’s political participation.
In both Baghdad and Erbil, the concerns of women, their participation in society, the political process and decision-making were raised. Participants were categorical in stating that there have been long-standing barriers which have continued to impede women’s participation and representation in the political process. Particularly, participants noted a regression in women’s representation in executive, legislative as well as judiciary branches of government. Further, participants decried that leaderships of political parties have not given sufficient opportunities to women to fully and equally participate in politics. Recommendations were proposed, including a specific request made to the political leaders to give women an opportunity to be part of the solution. Participants also called for legislation to promote and increase women’s participation in politics and governance as well as to promote them to decision-making positions.
In Baghdad, the meeting on 23 October was organized in collaboration with the Implementation and Follow-up Commission for National Reconciliation in the Office of the Prime Minister. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Health and Environment, H.E. Adila Hammoud, Adviser to the Prime Minister on reconciliation, Mr. Mohammed Salman, the Speaker of Parliament’s representative Dr. Ahmed Rushdy, Advisor to the President of the Republic, Juan Masoum, heads of political blocs and other government representatives, parliamentary Committee heads, MPs as well as academics, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UNWOMEN.
H.E. Ms. Adila Hammoud, the Minister of Health and Environment, stated that to overcome social barriers and challenges impeding women’s participation required a concerted effort and commitment from political leaders and decision-makers, noting “the significant successes of many Iraqi women on the executive and legislative levels and their ability to play an essential role in peace making and societal reconciliation.”
Mr. Mohammad Salman of the reconciliation committee, in his opening remarks, said the meeting is a “golden opportunity for all to benefit from the accumulated experiences of peoples” that the UN holds as it works to support women issues.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, emphasized in his remarks at the meetings in Baghdad and Erbil that women in Iraq are agents of positive change and they must be given the opportunity to act in that critical role in shaping the future of their country in the post-Daesh period.
“Equality and empowerment of women must be central to all peace, justice, reconciliation and reform efforts in the post-Daesh period. Women’s participation is crucial for an effective, successful and sustainable peace processes and reform. Only through their direct and meaningful participation their voices will be heard,” Mr. Kubiš said.
The consultative meeting in Erbil was convened on 24 October by UNAMI in collaboration with UN WOMEN and the Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Council for Women Affairs. It was attended by Interior Minister H.E. Mr. Karim Sinjari, Minister of the Department of Foreign Relations H.E. Mr. Falah Al-Mustafa, Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs Ms. Pakhshan Zangana, Spokesperson to Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Safeen Dizayi, and women leaders, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UN WOMEN.
In remarks at the Erbil meeting, Ms. Pakshan Zangana, the Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, said the recent crisis in Kirkuk have seen displacements of civilians including women, the elderly and children. She urged the UN to strengthen its efforts towards addressing the needs to those displaced.
In Erbil, Mr. Kubiš acknowledged the efforts of the Cross-Sector Task Force on the implementation of the Iraq National Action Plan on 1325. “Regardless of all issues between Baghdad and Erbil, the collaboration of women group representatives from both Baghdad and Erbil has been remarkable. It is a good model of constructive cooperation that should inspire also the process of finding solutions to the current crisis between Baghdad and Erbil. Women must play a key role also in these endeavors.”
The SRSG recalled the particularly brutal treatment of women and girls by Daesh terrorists and pointed out to UN Security Council resolution 2379, passed in September to establish an investigative team to support domestic efforts to hold Daesh accountable.
UN WOMEN Representative in Iraq, Ms. Dina Zorba, in both meetings in Baghdad and Erbil, commended the government, civil society, and national and international partners for continued commitment to UNSCR 1325, stating that Iraq is the first country in the Middle East to launch a national plan to implement 1325. She urged the government to work to ensure gender issues are incorporated in all democratization and nation building agendas, and called on the UN, the government, and the International Community to continue to advocate for and protect the rights of women and girls.
Photos by UNAMI PIO.
A Sunderland forward looks about for support in making a break against Darlington in the Second Division of rugby union's Durham & Northumberland league. The Wearsiders, at the sixth attempt, registered their first victory of the 2017-18 season. Sunderland outscored their fellow strugglers (at kick-off, the visitors were merely a place and a single win better off) four tries to two in coming out on top 32-12 at Ashbrooke Sports Club. The hosts had the points in the bag at half-time, when they led 25-0. A try, their fourth, in the 77th minute secured a bonus point. Sunderland remain in the bottom two but move to within a point of Darlington.
The game doubled as a fundraiser for the John Drummond Trust. Drummond, a former Sunderland first XV player and a teacher at Oxclose Community School, died of cancer in September 2016.
Match statistics:
Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance 150. Scoring sequence: 7-0 (2mins); 14-0 (9mins); 17-0 (14mins); 20-0 (22mins); 25-0 (31mins); 25-5 (60mins); 25-12 (67mins); 32-12 (77mins).
On Global Open Day on UNSCR 1325, Calls for Greater Women Role in Future of post-Daesh Iraq
Baghdad/Erbil, 24 October 2017 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), jointly with UNWOMEN within the context of the observing the Global Open Day and the 17th Anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325, held consultative forums with senior political leadership in Baghdad and Erbil on 23 and 24 October, with the focus on strengthening women’s political participation.
In both Baghdad and Erbil, the concerns of women, their participation in society, the political process and decision-making were raised. Participants were categorical in stating that there have been long-standing barriers which have continued to impede women’s participation and representation in the political process. Particularly, participants noted a regression in women’s representation in executive, legislative as well as judiciary branches of government. Further, participants decried that leaderships of political parties have not given sufficient opportunities to women to fully and equally participate in politics. Recommendations were proposed, including a specific request made to the political leaders to give women an opportunity to be part of the solution. Participants also called for legislation to promote and increase women’s participation in politics and governance as well as to promote them to decision-making positions.
In Baghdad, the meeting on 23 October was organized in collaboration with the Implementation and Follow-up Commission for National Reconciliation in the Office of the Prime Minister. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Health and Environment, H.E. Adila Hammoud, Adviser to the Prime Minister on reconciliation, Mr. Mohammed Salman, the Speaker of Parliament’s representative Dr. Ahmed Rushdy, Advisor to the President of the Republic, Juan Masoum, heads of political blocs and other government representatives, parliamentary Committee heads, MPs as well as academics, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UNWOMEN.
H.E. Ms. Adila Hammoud, the Minister of Health and Environment, stated that to overcome social barriers and challenges impeding women’s participation required a concerted effort and commitment from political leaders and decision-makers, noting “the significant successes of many Iraqi women on the executive and legislative levels and their ability to play an essential role in peace making and societal reconciliation.”
Mr. Mohammad Salman of the reconciliation committee, in his opening remarks, said the meeting is a “golden opportunity for all to benefit from the accumulated experiences of peoples” that the UN holds as it works to support women issues.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, emphasized in his remarks at the meetings in Baghdad and Erbil that women in Iraq are agents of positive change and they must be given the opportunity to act in that critical role in shaping the future of their country in the post-Daesh period.
“Equality and empowerment of women must be central to all peace, justice, reconciliation and reform efforts in the post-Daesh period. Women’s participation is crucial for an effective, successful and sustainable peace processes and reform. Only through their direct and meaningful participation their voices will be heard,” Mr. Kubiš said.
The consultative meeting in Erbil was convened on 24 October by UNAMI in collaboration with UN WOMEN and the Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Council for Women Affairs. It was attended by Interior Minister H.E. Mr. Karim Sinjari, Minister of the Department of Foreign Relations H.E. Mr. Falah Al-Mustafa, Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs Ms. Pakhshan Zangana, Spokesperson to Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Safeen Dizayi, and women leaders, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UN WOMEN.
In remarks at the Erbil meeting, Ms. Pakshan Zangana, the Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, said the recent crisis in Kirkuk have seen displacements of civilians including women, the elderly and children. She urged the UN to strengthen its efforts towards addressing the needs to those displaced.
In Erbil, Mr. Kubiš acknowledged the efforts of the Cross-Sector Task Force on the implementation of the Iraq National Action Plan on 1325. “Regardless of all issues between Baghdad and Erbil, the collaboration of women group representatives from both Baghdad and Erbil has been remarkable. It is a good model of constructive cooperation that should inspire also the process of finding solutions to the current crisis between Baghdad and Erbil. Women must play a key role also in these endeavors.”
The SRSG recalled the particularly brutal treatment of women and girls by Daesh terrorists and pointed out to UN Security Council resolution 2379, passed in September to establish an investigative team to support domestic efforts to hold Daesh accountable.
UN WOMEN Representative in Iraq, Ms. Dina Zorba, in both meetings in Baghdad and Erbil, commended the government, civil society, and national and international partners for continued commitment to UNSCR 1325, stating that Iraq is the first country in the Middle East to launch a national plan to implement 1325. She urged the government to work to ensure gender issues are incorporated in all democratization and nation building agendas, and called on the UN, the government, and the International Community to continue to advocate for and protect the rights of women and girls.
Photos by UNAMI PIO.