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CERF: Providing life-saving measles immunizations in Yemen
Posted on 03/27/2012 - 21:10


CERF funding will support a measles immunization programme to protect millions of vulnerable children in Yemen. Credit: UNICEF

As measles threatens to become the leading killer of children in Yemen, CERF provides US$5 million for a national immunization campaign.

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated almost US$5 million to support a national...



CERF: Restoring normality after an earthquake
Posted on 03/19/2012 - 18:27


Canan Akyil sweeping outside of her UNHCR tent funded by CERF in Van, Turkey, Credit: UN CERF

Central Emergency Response Fund helps provide shelter to about 20,000 people affected by the 2011 earthquake in south-east Turkey.

It is a quiet afternoon in Selimbey, one of the many deserted districts in the outskirts of Van in south-east Turkey, which is still recovering from...



CERF: Fighting food insecurity and malnutrition in Chad
Posted on 03/13/2012 - 18:18


Chad, 2012: Three-year-old Abdou is examined by health workers at a UNICEF-supported clinic near Bol. Credit: UNICEF

Central Emergency Response Fund helps save children’s lives in drought-affected Sahel

At a medical clinic outside Bol, in Chad’s Lac Region, Adama Abdulai’s three-year-old son, Abdou, is being treated for severe acute malnutrition. Abdou weighs about the...



The HC Interview: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Posted on 03/02/2012 - 01:08


January 2012, Ntoto, North Kivu, DRC: Woman and children who sought refuge in a school after fleeing fighting between the Forces de Défense pour la Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and Forces de Défense Congolaise (FDC). Credit: Sylvain Liechti/ MONUSCO

“With a little bit more money and coordination, we can save more lives,” says Humanitarian Coordinator Fidèle Sarassoro

The...



CERF: UN allocates US$104 million to 13 of the world's most neglected crises
Posted on 01/25/2012 - 15:26


Children play near a site for displaced families at Goz Baida, eastern Chad. Chad will receive US$8 million this year for its ongoing humanitarian crisis. Credit: IRIN

Millions need help in places that have fallen out of headlines, warns humanitarian chief Valerie Amos

The UN has allocated US$104 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster aid...