Inter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in June and October 2012 displaced an estimated 140,000 people. Many fled to temporary camps where they have been living without adequate shelter or sanitation facilities. Continued tensions between communities means that these families are still reluctant to return...
The United Nation’s Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos announced an unprecedented revision to the humanitarian appeal for Syria in Geneva today. UN agencies and humanitarian partners are appealing for US$4.4 billion to assist millions of people affected by Syria’s conflict in 2013. This is the largest humanitarian...
The United Nations and its partners have dramatically increased their 2013 humanitarian appeal for Syria to approximately US$4.4 billion, from the $1.5 billion that was requested to cover January to June. This reflects the fact that the needs of people in Syria, and of those who have fled the country, are growing...
Abo Ghanim School sits in a valley shaded by a series of rocky outcrops in the bustling port city of Aden in southern Yemen. It is here that Nabil Salem Abubaker, 54, has lived with his wife and seven children for the past year. They sleep in a classroom in one part of the school, while students attend classes in the other...
In the grounds of their temporary accommodation in Juba, two young boys tend to a clutch of seedlings. They clear any weeds, and water the plants when there is no rain. Each day, 8-year-old Majuang and his 6-year-old brother Gum spend hours working on their fragile crops, imagining the lives they hope to live now that they...
13 June 2013 - 3:20pmInter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in June and October 2012 displaced an estimated 140,000 people. Many fled to temporary camps where they have been living without adequate shelter or sanitation facilities. Continued tensions between communities means that these families are still reluctant to return...
7 June 2013 - 11:52amThe United Nation’s Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos announced an unprecedented revision to the humanitarian appeal for Syria in Geneva today. UN agencies and humanitarian partners are appealing for US$4.4 billion to assist millions of people affected by Syria’s conflict in 2013. This is the largest humanitarian...
7 June 2013 - 8:28amThe United Nations and its partners have dramatically increased their 2013 humanitarian appeal for Syria to approximately US$4.4 billion, from the $1.5 billion that was requested to cover January to June. This reflects the fact that the needs of people in Syria, and of those who have fled the country, are growing...
4 June 2013 - 9:41amAbo Ghanim School sits in a valley shaded by a series of rocky outcrops in the bustling port city of Aden in southern Yemen. It is here that Nabil Salem Abubaker, 54, has lived with his wife and seven children for the past year. They sleep in a classroom in one part of the school, while students attend classes in the other...
29 May 2013 - 12:32pmIn the grounds of their temporary accommodation in Juba, two young boys tend to a clutch of seedlings. They clear any weeds, and water the plants when there is no rain. Each day, 8-year-old Majuang and his 6-year-old brother Gum spend hours working on their fragile crops, imagining the lives they hope to live now that they...