Tuesday 02 December 2008


	
    

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Caring: humanitarian reports around the world

A magazine reporting from the field about humanitarian aid workers. The programme airs on Thursdays, alternating with Beyond Business, at 10:15 am (GMT+2).

All special reports

From India to Israel: lost tribe looks to Holy Land In India's remote north-eastern region of Mizoram, members of a 7,000-strong community that practises a traditional form of Judaism are preparing to emigrate to the Holy Land. They are part of one of the lost tribes of Israel: the Bnei Menashe.

The slum dwellers of Cairo Sister Emmanuelle dedicated 20 years of her life to improving the lives of slum-dwellers in Cairo. FRANCE 24 reporters returned to this impoverished Egyptian area to honour the work of a great humanitarian figure.

Pygmies: endangered people At the heart of the Congo forest lives one of the oldest populations in the world, pygmies. They represent around 1% of the population, and are routinely abused and exploited by Bantus, the main ethnic group.

Haiti after the storms Four devastating storms as many weeks have left scores of Haitians without food, clean water or shelter. Nicolas Ransom and Mary McCarthy travelled to the northern city of Gonaives, one of the country's worst-hit areas.


 

 

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