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5 December 2012 - 1:04pmDecember 5 is International Volunteer Day, when we recognise and highlight the contributions of volunteers in the service of others. Through a partnership with the UN Volunteers programme, OCHA counts among its ranks volunteers who are making significant contributions to humanitarian response in... -
30 November 2012 - 5:35pmHumanitarian Coordinator for the DRC Mr. Moustapha Soumaré said today that there are serious concerns over the humanitarian needs of tens of thousands of people recently displaced by conflict around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “We were able to redirect our... -
28 November 2012 - 5:54pmUnited Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos called on the international community today to help Syria’s neighbours as they struggle to deal with the worsening crisis in the country. “Neighbouring States are being expected to absorb the bulk of the cost of hosting hundreds of thousands of... -
28 November 2012 - 5:44pmJustin Brady, the head of OCHA’s office in Somalia, moved from Nairobi in Kenya to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, nearly six months ago in May 2012. Since the move, Somalia has seen the establishment of its first formal parliament in twenty years and the economy is improving, but nearly four million... -
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,...
