“In a world where so many of us have so much... one in seven people go to bed hungry every night,” the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has said in a video tribute to the World Food Programme (WFP) on its fiftieth anniversary.
WFP has led the global fight against hunger since 1962. About 925 million...
The UN and its humanitarian partners have appealed for US$121 million to help Liberia cope with the large numbers of Ivorian refugees in the country’s impoverished south-east region.
More than 120,000 Ivorian refugees who fled post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire now live in Liberia’s four eastern...
Famine conditions are no longer present in Somalia, but the situation remains critical for at least 2.3 million people, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief has warned.
“We must not forget that the progress made is fragile. Without continued and generous support from the international community, these gains could be...
The UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country.
The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and shelter, as well as...
Dr. Guido Cornale, UNICEF Representative in Niger since April 2010, has been Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim since August 2011. This year, there are warnings that the country faces a potentially devastating food crisis. Dr. Cornale explains what humanitarian organizations are doing to help the Government stave off a...
8 February 2012 - 5:49pm“In a world where so many of us have so much... one in seven people go to bed hungry every night,” the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has said in a video tribute to the World Food Programme (WFP) on its fiftieth anniversary. WFP has led the global fight against hunger since 1962. About 925 million...
7 February 2012 - 3:58pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners have appealed for US$121 million to help Liberia cope with the large numbers of Ivorian refugees in the country’s impoverished south-east region. More than 120,000 Ivorian refugees who fled post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire now live in Liberia’s four eastern...
6 February 2012 - 4:20pmFamine conditions are no longer present in Somalia, but the situation remains critical for at least 2.3 million people, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief has warned. “We must not forget that the progress made is fragile. Without continued and generous support from the international community, these gains could be...
2 February 2012 - 2:13pmThe UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country. The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and shelter, as well as...
30 January 2012 - 1:29pmDr. Guido Cornale, UNICEF Representative in Niger since April 2010, has been Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim since August 2011. This year, there are warnings that the country faces a potentially devastating food crisis. Dr. Cornale explains what humanitarian organizations are doing to help the Government stave off a...