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CERF: Stopping crises from turning into catastrophes, says UN Chief

Posted on 12/11/2012 - 16:05

11 December 2012: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel David Gressly at the CERF High-level pledging conference. Credit: OCHA/Paolo Palmero

Donors increase their pledges for emergency aid in 2013 to US$384 million.

More than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to support the UN Central...

Sudan: Yellow fever shots for millions

Posted on 12/07/2012 - 12:34

November 2012. Saleh Mohammed Hamid, 18, receiving treatment for the symptoms of yellow fever at El Geneina hospital in West Darfur. The hospital has treated 106 cases of yellow fever since the latest outbreak began in October. Credit: Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

Funding needed to contain worst outbreak for twenty years

The Sudanese Government and aid agencies are...

Myanmar: Revised Response Plan aims to help tens of thousands

Posted on 11/21/2012 - 11:09

5 November 2012: Children stand in Thea Chaung camp. Credit: UNOCHA/ Nicole Lawrence

Funding request increased after October clashes.

The western state of Rakhine, Myanmar is nestled between the border with Bangladesh and the Rakhine Mountains. Inter-communal violence in Rakhine in June and October led to some 115,000 people fleeing their homes in fear and taking shelter...

Haiti: Hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Sandy

Posted on 11/02/2012 - 17:16

26 Oct, Haiti: Parts of Haiti affected by Hurricane Sandy which caused heavy rains and winds, overflowing rivers and flooding homes. About 60 people were killed and 1.8 million people have been affected. Credit: MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi

UN agencies and humanitarian partners are working with the Haitian Government to assist families in urgent need of food, water and shelter.

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Pakistan: Supporting families affected by floods

Posted on 11/02/2012 - 10:51

Aid worker delivers relief supplies to families displaced by floods. Credit: OCHA

Aid organizations are assisting people with food, water, shelter and healthcare but more funding is urgently needed.

Mai Shahzadi and her four children are among more than a quarter of a million people living in temporary settlements following monsoon floods that have affected more than 5...