Japan atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push
Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said being recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize has given them ...
Trauma lingers on for survivors of the deadly tsunami that hit Thailand 20 years ago
The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...
Colorado’s first emergency safehouses for sex-trafficking survivors are opening in metro Denver early next year
The two organizations together expect to eventually offer short-term shelter for up to 20 women at a time in the Denver area.
Belgium To Pay Reparations To Victims/Survivors Of Colonial-Era Forced Child Separation
In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly ...
Hurricane Helene survivors are protecting family heirlooms and mementos with help from the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative provides information on salvaging books, photographs, records, tapes, paintings, ...
A Maui program kept Lahaina families together by paying households to take in fire survivors
As many as one-third of people displaced by the August 2023 Maui fires wound up in the homes of friends and family in the ...
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After Hurricane Helene, Survivors Have Been in a Race Against Time to Protect Family Heirlooms, Photographs and Keepsakes
Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ...
Trauma lingers on among survivors of the deadly tsunami that hit Thailand 20 years ago
Two decades on from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that struck a dozen countries and wreaked havoc across Southeast Asia, ...
What Gisele Pelicot’s Case Can—and Can’t—Change for Survivors
Pelicot is indeed all those things and more. But her case may not be the catalyst for rape victims to come forward that ...
Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested
Greece’s coast guard says it continues to search for survivors or victims of a speedboat that capsized carrying migrants off ...
Volunteers build tiny homes for Helene survivors, offering hope and warmth this Christmas
Swannanoa, NC (WLOS) — Helene survivors in Swannanoa are reflecting on gifts of housing. A team of volunteers for weeks have ...