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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... -
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... -
26 April 2013 - 5:07pmDespite widespread insecurity, UN Agencies and humanitarian partners are bringing life-saving aid to thousands of people in need of urgent medical attention in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The country has been embroiled in crisis since December 2012, when the launch of... -
23 April 2013 - 1:12pmAfter bombs fell in the fields outside their village in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, Mary and her family decided to leave. Mercifully no one was killed in the strike, but more than two years of constant fighting meant that she, like so many others, no longer felt safe. Five days later, after trekking... -
15 April 2013 - 4:19pmDisplaced by insecurity in their village in Pakistan’s north-west, eight-year-old Sana Batool and her family now share a rented house in one of the many communities hosting displaced people in and around Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sana’s family had to leave their home, agricultural...
