More than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to support the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) next year, contributing to a $9 million increase in pledges from 2012.
Since its launch in 2006, the CERF, which has an annual funding target of $450 million, has enabled aid to reach millions of people affected...
The image of Grace Mahembe, an elderly solitary figure hunched in a sandy field against the blazing heat of rural Mutare in Manicaland, paints a bleak picture of Zimbabwe’s food situation.
At the end of October, Grace was the only person working in the fields, ploughing in the hope of a miracle, although the planting...
The UN and its humanitarian partners appealed for additional funding of nearly US$40 million today to support the Haitian Government’s efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Sandy which caused massive flooding and destruction when it swept across the country in October. Some $23 million of...
Humanitarian agencies warned today that the number of people in need as a result of the conflict in Syria is expected to rise to more than four million by early 2013. The Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva heard that funding for the crisis is falling short, reaching only 45 per cent of what is needed inside Syria and 35 per...
OCHA Operations Director John Ging called on Monday for a greater response to the “dire humanitarian situation” affecting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This year alone, violence by armed groups including the M23 has led to massive displacement and abuses against civilians in the...
11 December 2012 - 3:45pmMore than 40 donors today pledged US$384 million to support the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) next year, contributing to a $9 million increase in pledges from 2012. Since its launch in 2006, the CERF, which has an annual funding target of $450 million, has enabled aid to reach millions of people affected...
26 November 2012 - 2:36pmThe image of Grace Mahembe, an elderly solitary figure hunched in a sandy field against the blazing heat of rural Mutare in Manicaland, paints a bleak picture of Zimbabwe’s food situation. At the end of October, Grace was the only person working in the fields, ploughing in the hope of a miracle, although the planting...
12 November 2012 - 3:20pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners appealed for additional funding of nearly US$40 million today to support the Haitian Government’s efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Hurricane Sandy which caused massive flooding and destruction when it swept across the country in October. Some $23 million of...
9 November 2012 - 2:29pmHumanitarian agencies warned today that the number of people in need as a result of the conflict in Syria is expected to rise to more than four million by early 2013. The Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva heard that funding for the crisis is falling short, reaching only 45 per cent of what is needed inside Syria and 35 per...
5 November 2012 - 5:48pmOCHA Operations Director John Ging called on Monday for a greater response to the “dire humanitarian situation” affecting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This year alone, violence by armed groups including the M23 has led to massive displacement and abuses against civilians in the...