Source: UN Population Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: World
13 April, Almaty – Some 40 emergency management, cartography and statistics experts from the South Caucasus and Central Asia have gathered in Almaty to learn and share best practices in information management in emergencies.
The four-day workshop will allow the participants from emergency situations ministries, cartography and geodesy departments and statistics...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Myanmar
(Yangon, 26 April 2013): The United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided $5 million in additional funding to provide life-saving assistance to some 69,000 people displaced by the violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
This is the third allocation by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to help fund urgent humanitarian operations in Rakhine State following...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Brazil, World
(Brasilia/ New York, 6 March 2013): UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos today concluded her visit to Brazil and highlighted the country’s significant contribution to global humanitarian efforts. “Brazil’s commitment to international humanitarian efforts has increased steadily over the past few years, and we saw their highest financial contribution so far in 2012: over $50 million. More than half...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Brazil, World
Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.
We have just finished the Global Humanitarian Action for 2013 event, to strengthen regional support for global humanitarian appeals. We and our humanitarian partners are seeking US$10.4 billion this year to help more than 57 million people in 24 countries with some of world’s most pressing crises. We need donors to give generously...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Mozambique
(Johannesburg, 11 February 2013): Heavy and persistent rains in January have led to massive flooding in southern Mozambique, killing 105 people and temporarily displacing an estimated 150,000 people. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and crops and infrastructure were severely damaged. More reports are being received as affected communities are reached. In addition, new floods in the central and...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda, World, Yemen
(New York, 21 January 2013): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, today announced the allocation of some US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost humanitarian...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Sudan (the), Uganda, World, Yemen
(New York, 21 January 2013): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, today announced the allocation of some US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Malawi
(Johannesburg, 15 January 2013): The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has approved the disbursement of US$3.2 million to fight widespread food insecurity in Malawi – a country where more than half of the population lives on less than $0.32 a day and around 46 per cent of children under age five are stunted.
Due to dry spells during critical stages of crop development, an estimated...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Cuba, Haiti
Hurricane Sandy hit Cuba and Haiti hard when it passed through the two countries in late October causing deaths and destroying infrastructure, agricultural land and in many cases worsening the food security, health, financial and nutrition situation for many vulnerable groups.
Sustained winds reached upwards of 200 km/h as Sandy lashed Santiago de Cuba and Holguin—Cuba’s second and third...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: World
(New York, 11 December 2012): More than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to the United
Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) at a high-level conference. Since its launch in
2006, CERF, which has an annual funding target of US$450 million, has enabled life-saving and
immediate help for millions of people in some 87 countries and territories.
“From flood zones to...