One year after a devastating earthquake struck the island of Taiwan, an overwhelming response to a Red Cross appeal has enabled families to put their lives back into place, rebuilding homes, schools and health facilities. Surviving India's floods - again and again 28 August 2000 Flash floods in the Assam state of India left villagers no time but to grab their families and run to higher ground. Now, many are sheltering on embankments, their crops and homes destroyed. More than five million people have been left homeless during this year's monsoon season. Many people fleeing conflict in Angola end up in Osire camp in central Namibia.
Families sometimes have to wait months to move into their own tents, but the situation is improving.
In Osire refugee camp in central Namibia, pupils, parents and the local Red Cross are all working together to build new classrooms. The town of Rundu has the country's highest concentration of street children. It was for this reason that the Drop Inn Centre was opened in October 1997 by the Namibia Red Cross Society. Today, it provides a meeting place for 45 youngsters aged from eight to 18. Life is a strange mixture of fear, anxiety and normality in the Bengkulu province on Sumatra.