Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Mali, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia (the), Mauritania, Niger (the), Nigeria, Senegal
(Dakar, 17 April 2012). –David Gressly took charges today in Dakar as Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel region. David Gressly was appointed by Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos for a period of six months.
The new severe food and nutrition crisis affecting the...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Chad, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic (the), Congo (the), Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia (the), Mali, Mauritania, Senegal
CERF allocates over 61 million dollars for humanitarian response in West and Central Africa
The United Nations Central Emergency Response...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Chad, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic (the), Congo (the), Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia (the), Mali, Mauritania, Senegal
Le Fonds Central d’Interventions d’Urgences des Nations Unies (CERF) a octroyé, au cours du premier trimestre 2012, plus de 61 millions de...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Qatar
(Doha, 10 April 2012) – The UN and the State of Qatar have signed a humanitarian partnership agreement to expand collaboration and strengthen joint coordination and response to humanitarian crises. The agreement is the first of its kind in the Gulf region.
The Letter of Understanding was signed on 5 April in Doha by H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Jabr Al Thani, Minister...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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World, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
The Central Emergency Response Fund, the UN’s humanitarian fund, has provided more than US$602 million to 11 UN agencies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for life-saving health and nutrition interventions in 75 countries and territories around the world since 2006.
Some $...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Ethiopia, Kenya
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) provided US$2.9 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce deaths and illness due to a meningitis outbreak in Ethiopia. With CERF funds, 1.3 million doses of vaccine will be procured and distributed to high risk woredas (local administrative districts) for meningitis...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Gambia (the)
28 March 2012: The 2011-2012 cropping season in The Gambia experienced a significant decline due to late and unevenly distributed rainfall, with crop production estimated to drop by 62 per cent compared to the previous season. Farmers throughout the country are experiencing an early and protracted lean season, beginning in March 2012, while...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Philippines (the)
CERF provides $3.9 million been in a state of low-intensity conflict since 1968. The conflict, combined with the impact of clan feuds and natural disasters, has resulted in cycles of displacement.
Populations in remote areas are increasingly susceptible to chronic poverty and experience multiple vulnerabilities, such as lack of access to clean water, malnutrition and...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Burkina Faso, Mali
23 March 2012:As a result of recent instability in Mali, thousands of people have fled their homes. As of 7 March 2012, some 82,000 Malians have been internally displaced and more than 90,000 people have sought refuge in other countries, including some 21,653 people who have fled to the Sahel region of Burkina Faso.
The...
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Haiti
(Port-au-Prince/27 March 2012) - The Government of Haiti and its humanitarian partners express their deep concern over the lack of financial resources at their disposal for continued humanitarian operations and for sudden onset disaster response. This scarcity of resources is curtailing their ability to fully provide frontline services to the most...