2005 Hunger Alerts

UPDATE (India): Government action inadequate in providing rehabilitation to displaced hunger victims and continued starvation death in Murshidabad, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-11-11 PHILIPPINES: Unfairly sacked farm labourers in Mindanao forced to eat poisonous frogs and corncobs due to abject poverty and lack of food Posted on: 2005-09-28 BURMA: WFP says that government of Burma blocking food distribution Posted on: 2005-09-27 UPDATE (India): Starvation deaths continue in Varanasi Posted on: 2005-09-27 UPDATE (India): Starvation deaths continue despite government's commitment to provide food assistance in West Bengal Posted on: 2005-09-16 UPDATE (Philippines): Three children die at evacuation centre due to hunger; adequate food urgently needed for starving evacuees Posted on: 2005-09-16 INDIA: Villagers exploited by employment in slave like conditions due to lack of food and terrible living conditions Posted on: 2005-09-15 PHILIPPINES: Displaced families starving due to abject poverty in General Santos City, Mindanao Posted on: 2005-09-13 INDIA: Villager commits suicide in West Bengal due to hunger and lack of concern by authorities Posted on: 2005-09-09 INDIA: Elderly woman dies of hunger after being denied food assistance in Uttar-Pradesh Posted on: 2005-09-07 PHILIPPINES: Starvation and hunger threaten hundreds of displaced villagers following intense fighting in Maguindanao, Mindanao Posted on: 2005-08-26 INDIA: Family struggles to provide for their livelihood as government continues to destroy homes in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Posted on: 2005-08-12 INDIA: Local government ignores starving mother and her three hungry daughters in Uttar-Pradesh Posted on: 2005-07-22 PHILIPPINES: Government inaction in spite of starvation due to severe drought in Mindanao Posted on: 2005-07-21 INDIA: Tea plantation workers and their families suffer night blindness due to malnutrition in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-07-19 PHILIPPINES: Starving families of tenant farmers in Pigcawayan, Cotabato need government attention Posted on: 2005-06-30 INDIA: Entire village community neglected and facing starvation in West Bengal Posted on: 2005-06-27 INDIA: Three members of one family starve to death in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Posted on: 2005-06-09 INDIA: Tribal people's livelihoods threatened due to the confiscation of their land in Chitrakoot, Uttar-Pradesh Posted on: 2005-05-25 INDIA: Food provided through government assistance only fit for pigs in West Bengal Posted on: 2005-05-09 INDIA: Man dies of adverse medicine reaction due to lack of food in Kushinagar Posted on: 2005-04-28 INDIA: Municipal employees starving and sick in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh Posted on: 2005-04-22 INDIA: UNICEF still avoiding responsibility in providing assistance to starving women and children in West Bengal Posted on: 2005-04-21 INDIA: Adivasi community unable to grow food, asserts their right to land in Maharashtra Posted on: 2005-04-14 INDIA: Sugarcane cutters starving and living in abject poverty in Surat, Gujarat Posted on: 2005-04-13 INDIA: Sugarcane cutters starving and living in abject poverty in Surat Gujarat Posted on: 2005-04-11 INDIA: Suicide of two young girls who could face hunger and malnutrition no more Posted on: 2005-03-25 INDIA: 5 year-old girl, evicted from her home by government authorities, dies of starvation in West Bengal Posted on: 2005-03-24 INDIA: Fire destroys homes and the lives of many families Posted on: 2005-03-21 INDIA: Pregnant mother dies of starvation in Nadia District, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-03-17 INDIA: Entire village community starving to death, South Dinajpur, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-03-11 INDIA: Starvation deaths occurring in Murshidabad district, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-03-08 INDIA: New eviction case in the name of road expansion, West Bengal Posted on: 2005-02-15 INDIA: Total negligence by local authorities regarding the eviction of approximately 7,000 Untouchables in Bellilous Park Posted on: 2005-02-15

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