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16 July 2012 - 5:37pmThe humanitarian response for Syria is facing a critical shortage of funds, OCHA’s Director of Operations, John Ging, said on Monday. Mr. Ging called on the donor community to scale up contributions to enable aid agencies to help those affected by the escalating crisis. “If we don’t get... -
20 June 2012 - 11:05amTwo-year-old Arcade Maniragarura is one of many children affected by malnutrition in Burundi. Until May this year, Arcade, who has eight older siblings, was too weak to walk. In Burundi, nearly 1 million children under age 5 are chronically malnourished. According to UNICEF figures, Burundi has the world... -
19 June 2012 - 1:21pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners today appealed for US$1.6 billion to provide urgent assistance to more than 18 million people affected by the food-and-nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa. The appeals, which were launched in Geneva, include funding for nine crisis-stricken countries:... -
12 June 2012 - 5:42pmAt the height of the drought in Kenya last year, when an estimated 3.8 million people needed food assistance, World Vision International (WVI) launched a school feeding programme to reach the children hardest hit by the crisis in the Kajiado region, southwestern Kenya. An allocation of US$150,... -
1 June 2012 - 4:19pm“Help! Help! Evariste, Evariste, please open the door!” Early on the morning of 17 December 2011, Evariste Dindaye was woken by a man’s hysterical shouting. When Evariste opened his door, the panic-stricken man blurted out: “My wife is about to have a baby and she’s in...
