Word: aided
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With the yield for the Class of 2012 projected at 76 percent—lower than the initially reported 78 percent—Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that the admissions office will be taking more than the originally reported 150 to 175 students off the waitlist this year...
...Laputta, a cylone-shattered delta town teeming with tens of thousands of refugees. Before Cyclone Nargis hit, the population of this sleepy riverside town was 30,000. With the hungry, homeless and bereaved pouring in from the delta - 80,000 have perished in this district alone, according to local aid workers - that refugee population has now reached six figures...
...water ply the rough road leading to this isolated town, but not in the large convoys associated with a disaster of this scale. Laputta's buildings are collapsed or roofless, its streets clogged with fallen trees, smashed boats, and the rain-soaked debris of thousands of desperate families. Local aid workers estimate that 12,000 people have died and 3,000 are missing in Laputta town and its immediate surroundings...
...military has forbidden expatriate aid workers from entering such areas. Local fishermen have been instructed not to take foreigners on their boats. According to one aid agency, soldiers have told villagers that any foreigner seen in this forbidden zone during the day will be turned around, and if seen during the night, they will be shot. "Basic needs are not being met, particularly in remote areas, which are difficult to access without boats," says a Western aid worker who asked not to be named. But these logistical problems could be overcome "without much difficulty if it weren...
...cyclone claimed 20 of his cows and buffalo, wrecked his house, and destroyed his boat. He can now only plow his land "if the government gives us equipment," he says. "No equipment, no rice." He is unlikely to get it. He and his large family have yet to receive aid of any kind...