Walking through the streets of the Cateel, on the eastern coast of Mindanao, the devastation left by Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Pablo) is evident everywhere. Most houses are covered by tarpaulins, debris fills the spaces where family homes once stood and the fragile structures of damaged houses punctuate the streets....
An estimated 6.4 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are food insecure, including 2 million children who are acutely malnourished. About 2.7 million people, mostly affected by recurrent conflict in the east of the country, are internally displaced.
In November 2012, heavy fighting between...
UN agencies and humanitarian partners appealed today for US$892.6 million to help millions of people affected by food insecurity, conflict and disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2013, which was launched in DRC’s capital Kinshasa, will help provide essential...
Les Agences des Nations Unies et leurs partenaires humanitaires ont lancé un appel pour plus de 1,6 milliard de dollars afin d’aider des millions de personnes touchées par la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle à travers la région du Sahel. Cet appel qui a pour but de fournir une assistance...
Representatives from Member States, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered in Kuwait City today (30 January) to attend the high-level International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria.
“Today, We have now seen global solidarity in action,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commending...