Operationusa

Charities' Most Important Day in 2009: December 31

Richard Walden | Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact


Richard Walden

Most individual and family donors total up their year-end surplus, recover from holiday gift-giving and end the year on a charitable note.

Earthquake and Tsunami Strike Samoa: Aid Starts To Flow

Richard Walden | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


Richard Walden

At least 100 people are believed to have died and many more injured in the Pacific island nations of Samoa and Tonga after the powerful deep ocean earthquake and the tsunami waves that followed.

Indonesia Redux: The Quakes Continue, Aid Flows

Richard Walden | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


Richard Walden

The never ending series of Pacific Rim natural disasters continues but the American public's response has been tepid at best

Worst Typhoon in Decades Strikes The Philippines

Richard Walden | Posted 11.28.2009 | World


Richard Walden

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 28, 2009)-- Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced that it was preparing relief supplies to ...

North Korean Diplomats Secretly in Los Angeles Last Week

Richard Walden | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


Richard Walden

There were the obvious public statements issued after the US journalists returned from North Korea, but the off-radar, embargoed news was potentially as important as a thaw in our relations.

Apres Le Deluge: A New School Opens In China A Year After The Quake

Richard Walden | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


Richard Walden

The Chinese Government moved in the direction of development by making a huge effort to be open to international aid, ideas and US corporate responsibility in China post-quake.

The Swine Flu Pandemic Arrives

Richard Walden | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


Richard Walden

Poor and medically underserved communities need free access to the simplest of protective materials.