Humanitarian partners in Haiti are bracing for an increase in new cases of cholera as the hurricane season gets underway. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), heavy rains and flooding could contaminate water sources and trigger a surge of up to 4,000 new cholera cases per week in the coming months. At the...
Thousands of families have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu due to renewed fighting since the beginning of April. Many of the displaced people urgently need basic aid such as food, water, shelter and healthcare.
As the crisis unfolds, aid workers...
Humanitarian agencies in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing basic support as the number of displaced people across the country reaches 2 million for the first time in nearly three years.
Over the past nine months, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in DRC has grown steadily,...
The Philippines is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. One third of its population of 94.9 million people live below the poverty line and are vulnerable to the typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that plague the country.
In 2011, there were 21 natural disasters in the Philippines. They...
Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg today called on the international community to help millions of people in Yemen facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, as she ended a two-day visit to Sana’a.
The World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have recently warned that food...
7 June 2012 - 9:26amHumanitarian partners in Haiti are bracing for an increase in new cases of cholera as the hurricane season gets underway. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), heavy rains and flooding could contaminate water sources and trigger a surge of up to 4,000 new cholera cases per week in the coming months. At the...
4 June 2012 - 4:15pmThousands of families have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of North Kivu due to renewed fighting since the beginning of April. Many of the displaced people urgently need basic aid such as food, water, shelter and healthcare. As the crisis unfolds, aid workers...
16 May 2012 - 1:47pmHumanitarian agencies in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing basic support as the number of displaced people across the country reaches 2 million for the first time in nearly three years. Over the past nine months, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in DRC has grown steadily,...
26 April 2012 - 4:13pmThe Philippines is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. One third of its population of 94.9 million people live below the poverty line and are vulnerable to the typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that plague the country. In 2011, there were 21 natural disasters in the Philippines. They...
17 April 2012 - 3:24pmDeputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg today called on the international community to help millions of people in Yemen facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, as she ended a two-day visit to Sana’a. The World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have recently warned that food...