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Humanitarian Appeal: UN calls for US$ 8.5 billion to help...
14 December, 2012
14 Dec: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos (middle), World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Michel Roy launch the Consolidated Appeal Process 2013 in Rome. Credit: WFP
As we enter 2013, there is no let-up in humanitarian needs in the...
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RHC Interview: The Sahel
18 July, 2012
Regional Humanitarian Coordinator visited Mopti, Mali in April 2012. Here, he meets representatives from humanitarian organizations. Credit: UNDP/ Nicolas Meulders
We need to act faster, respond better and get the job done on time, says Regional Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly.
Millions of people...
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Sahel: US$1.6 billion needed to provide aid to more than 18...
19 June, 2012
Young girls eating a mid-day meal at at World Food Programme school feeding centre in Guidam Makadam, Maradai Region, Niger.
Credit: WFP/Phil Behan
Aid organizations launch new and revised appeals for nine crisis-affected countries in West Africa
The UN and its humanitarian partners today appealed for US...
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CERF: Fighting food insecurity and malnutrition in Chad
13 March, 2012
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...
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The Sahel: UN agencies call for urgent scale-up of aid
15 February, 2012
November 2011: Mothers waiting to have their children assessed and weighed at the Bargadja theraputic feeding center in Niger's Maradai Region. Credit: WFP/Phil Behan
Drought and food shortages are threatening millions of people with hunger and malnutrition in West Africa’s Sahel region
Heads of UN...
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