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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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Pakistan: Walk-in clinics help revive health services after...
31 July, 2012
Doctor and health worker treating women and children at mobile clinic set up by Integrated Health Services in Khalifa Abdul Ghani, District Shaheed Benazirabad. Credit: IHS/Sajjad Hussain
Emergency funding helps a local NGO provide women and children with critical medical care in Sindh Province
Nine...
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