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  • Pakistan: Earthquake survivors receive aid
    24 May, 2013
    Muhammad Omer, 70, lost his two-roomed mud-brick home when an earthquake hit the border region of Pakistan and Iran in mid-April. Aid agencies have provided thousands of families with basic but critical assistance. Photo: Islamic Relief Aid agencies have assisted thousands of people hit by an earthquake...
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  • Pakistan: Improving displaced communities’ access to water...
    15 April, 2013
    Children in Bara using a newly installed hand-pump to draw water from the well. Credit: IRC Emergency humanitarian funding helps the International Rescue Committee provide critical services. Displaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family...
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  • Humanitarian Issues: A new way to access information
    21 March, 2013
    The Humanitarian Kiosk (H.Kiosk) application provides a range of up-to-the-minute humanitarian related information from emergencies around the world. Q and A on Humanitarian Kiosk app. What is Humanitarian Kiosk? One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and...
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  • Pakistan: Supporting families affected by floods
    2 November, 2012
    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...
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  • CERF: Helping families affected by devastating floods in...
    23 October, 2012
    Family affected by the floods in Jaffarabad and Nasirabad districts in Balochistan. Credit: OCHA Central Emergency Response Fund allocates $9.9 million to help millions of people who have lost their homes. The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$9.9 million to help...
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