Doctors Without Borders has a great list of the top 10 most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007. The list includes Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis, Political and Economic Turmoil Sparks Health-Care Crisis in Zimbabwe, and Humanitarian Aid Restricted in Myanmar. Read the full report at http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Sometimes it feels easier to ignore the many issues hurting the world because acknowledging them is depressing and frustrating. However there is hope and ways to help. For example you can 
by donating to UNCIEF at http://www.unicefusa.org/. UNICEF is one of the few humanitarian organizations that has a permanent presence in Myanmar and emergency assistance is already underway. Today, UNICEF has deployed five teams to the worst affected regions of Myanmar to get an accurate assessment of survivors’ immediate needs.
A devastating cyclone in Myanmar killed close to 4,000 people over the weekend with another 3000 missing in its aftermath, the state media reported. The self isolated military junta in power in the Southeast Asian nation has taken the highly unusual step of asking for massive outside assistance in response to the humanitarian crisis there.