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6 December 2011 - 2:22pmNdolamb Ngokwey has been the Humanitarian Coordinator in Côte d’Ivoire since July 2010 and has served with the United Nations since 1986 - most recently as Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Mozambique. He also held many senior posts in UNICEF, including Deputy Regional... -
5 December 2011 - 9:12pmEvery day, volunteers make an invaluable contribution to OCHA’s work helping people in crisis zones around the world. Today, their work is officially honoured and celebrated by the United Nations as part of International Volunteer Day. This year marks an important milestone: the tenth anniversary... -
5 December 2011 - 12:48pmInternews’ Director of Humanitarian Media Jacobo Quintanilla explains why providing people with clear information during a crisis, and listening to their concerns, is as important as providing food, shelter and medicine. 17-year-old Suuban* endured 16-hours of child labour on the back of a truck... -
2 December 2011 - 2:30pmMaybe it's time to update the old cliché: after all, who reads 1,000 words these days? A toddler from Cote d'Ivoire bathes in a bucket - his family just one of thousands displaced in election-related violence in 2011. His expression... -- that's already over the limit for Twitter and... -
1 December 2011 - 6:25pmAlmost two years after the devastating earthquake of January 2010, Haiti is showing signs of progress, but hundreds of thousands of people still need help, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Nigel Fisher has warned. Speaking to reporters in New York and Geneva ahead of the 2012 appeal launch for...
