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On 13 March 2014, category 5 Cyclone Pam struck the pacific islands of Vanuatu leaving a trail of destruction and displacing thousands of people. Credit: UNICEF Pacific/Alice Clements

More than 160,000 people were affected by the storm with thousands in urgent need of food, clean drinking water and emergency shelter. Credit: UNICEF Pacific/Alice Clements

The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated US$5 million to help UN Agencies provide quick humanitarian assistance. Credit: WFP/Victoria Cavanagh

With funding from CERF, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) provided emergency shelter for thousands of families that had been forced to sleep out in the open. Credit: IOM/Troy Dooley

Since the beginning of the recovery efforts, IOM has provided emergency shelter for 50,000 people. Credit: IOM/Joe Lowry

The World Food Programme (WFP) received some $1.7 million from CERF to provide emergency food assistance for more than 160,000 people. Credit: WFP/Victoria Cavanagh

WFP distributed rice and high energy biscuits to islands where affected families had limited access to clean water to cook food. Credit: WFP/Victoria Cavanagh

With $1.7 million from CERF, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provided emergency health services, clean water and emergency education. UNICEF/Gaelle Sevenier

UNICEF helped keep children in school by providing school supplies and tents to act as temporary classrooms. Credit: UNICEF Pacific/Sokhin

UNICEF estimates that more than 82,000 children were affected by the cyclone. Credit: UNICEF/Gaelle Sevenier

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Vanuatu: CERF funds recovery efforts

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ERC Valerie Amos in oPt and Israel

February 2012, Afghanistan: A family at an informal settlement for displaced people in Kabul. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced in the country. Credit: IRIN/Mohamed Popal

February 2012, Tillaberi, Niger: A sandstorm in Tillaberi region. Erratic and poor rainfall in Niger during the 2011-2012 agro-pastoral season worsened the food and nutrition crisis. Credit: IRIN/Jaspreet Kindra

February 2012, Diffa, Niger: Bappi Dari, leader of a WoDaabe community, was forced by successive droughts to give up his nomadic way of life. He now earns a pittance working as a security guard in Diffa. Credit: IRIN/Jaspreet Kindra

March 2012, Diffa, Niger: A family in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger. Droughts have become more frequent, challenging the traditional way of life of pastoralists. Credit: IRIN/Jaspreet Kindra

March 2012, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Morning tea in Ngubu IDP camp, northeastern DRC. Since the beginning of 2012, the humanitarian situation in the DRC has deteriorated mainly due to conflict in the east. Humanitarian agencies have provided drinking water to over 3 million people in the first half of 2012. Credit:IRIN/Guy Oliver/IRIN

March 2012, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ngubu IDP camp on the outskirts of Faradje, Haut-Uélé District, northeastern DRC. The number of displaced people in DRC increased from 1.7 million in December 2011 to 2.4 million in September 2012 because of conflict. Credit: IRIN/Guy Oliver

April 2012, Yemen: A makeshift centre for displaced people in a school in Aden, Yemen. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict are living in temporary shelters and public buildings. Credit: IRIN/Lindsay Mackenzie

June 2012, Mohale Hoek, Lesotho: Crop diversification is an important way of dealing with climate change. Improved agricultural production can help people cope with the food crisis caused by recurrent droughts in southern Africa. Credit: IRIN/Mujahid Safodien

July 2012, Kenya: Children displaced from central Kenya’s Isiolo District attend school in Kanchara village in the northeastern district of Wajir. Thousands of people have been affected by inter-communal conflict in Isiolo. Credit: IRIN/Siegfried Modola

July 2012, Côte d’Ivoire: Nicla II refugee camp, known as Peacetown, has evolved into a sprawling village in the forest outside Guiglo in western Côte d’Ivoire. For nearly 20 years, Côte d’Ivoire has hosted tens of thousands of Liberian refugees who fled across the border during the civil wars in their country. Credit: IRIN/Tommy Trenchard

July 2012, Tabou, Côte d’Ivoire: Liberian refugee children play on the beach in Tabou, 30 km from the Liberian border. Credit: IRIN/Tommy Trenchard

July 2012, Mogadishu, Somalia: The remains of Mogadishu cathedral, built by the Italian colonial authorities. Although famine conditions no longer exist in Somalia, more than 2 million people face food shortages. Credit: IRIN/Kate Holt

July 2012, Ras Kamboni, Somalia: A weekly nutritional assessment in Ras Kamboni. Over a quarter of a million children are malnourished in Somalia. Credit: IRIN/Kate Holt

July 2012, Kenya: Children displaced from central Kenya’s Isiolo District attend school in Kanchara village in the northeastern district of Wajir. Credit: IRIN/Siegfried Modola

August, 2012: A Syrian Kurdish refugee child returning from school in Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. More than 300,000 Syrian refugees are registered in neighboring countries. Credit: IRIN/Heba Aly

August 2012, Manila, Philippines: A flooded district of Manila. The Philippines is highly disaster-prone with an average of 20 typhoons a year, and is exposed to other natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions and drought. Credit: IRIN/Jason Gutierrez

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Our Lives in 2012: An IRIN Photo Exhibit

Cameroon: Tens of thousands fleeing crisis in Central African Republic

27 Aug 2014, Doolow, Somalia: Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Phillipe Lazzarini discusses key humanitarian concerns with aid workers from various organizations based in Doolow during a stop over at the town en-route to Garbahaarrey for a humanitarian assessment visit on 27 August 2014. UN Photo / David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarrey, Somalia: Phillipe Lazzarini, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, discusses urgent humanitarian issues with the District Commissioner of Garbahaaarrey, Imaan Addow Kaarshe, and other members of the local administration during a humanitarian mission to Garbahaarrey town. UN Photo/David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: The OCHA Head of Office a.i. Edem Wosornu, discusses the day-to-day struggles and challenges women face in drought-affected Garbahaarey in Gedo region. Aid workers visited the town in late August 2014 to get a better understanding of the humanitarian needs. UN Photo / David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: The Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini visited drought affected Garbahaarey in Gedo region on 27 August to discuss with local communities and aid workers and to take stock of measures required to ensure that the humanitarian response is at scale in the area. UN Photo / David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: Water is a big challenge in Garbahaarey in Gedo region. Community members and local authorities in Garbahaarey noted that most of the pastoralists and agro-pastoralists had moved southwards in search of pasture and water while small livestock (sheep and goats) are dying due to lack of water. Aid workers visited the drought-affected area in August 2014 to inform response. UN Photo/David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Phillipe Lazzarini, walks to a water point and passes through a saline river that serves two thirds of Garbahaarey town during a humanitarian assessment visit to the drought-affected town. UN Photo/David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: A young man fetches water from a shallow well in Garbahaarey town in Gedo region. Gedo is one of the regions experiencing drought in Somalia following below average seasonal rains between April and June 2014. Emergency cargo flights began in August to alleviate the fragile humanitarian situation. UN Photo/David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: A young man en-route to a shallow well to fetch water in Garbahaarey town in Gedo region. Aid workers visited the area in August 2014 to discuss with local communities and authorities and to better understand the humanitarian needs. UN Photo/David Mutua

27 Aug 2014, Garbahaarey, Somalia: Water is scarce in drought affected Garbahaarey town in Gedo region in southern Somalia. Young girls wait by a shallow well during a humanitarian mission to the area in August 2014. UN Photo/David Mutua

Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, and FAO Head of Office, Rudi Van Aaken, hold a joint press conference in Mogadishu on 2 September, concerning Somalia's deteriorating food security. Over one million people in Somalia are currently facing acute food insecurity, an increase of 20 per cent from six months ago, and as many as 3.2 million people are now in need of humanitarian or livelihood assistance. UN Photo / Tobin Jones

Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, and FAO Head of Office, Rudi Van Aaken, hold a joint press conference in Mogadishu on September 2, concerning Somalia's deteriorating food security. Over one million people in Somalia are currently facing acute food insecurity, an increase of 20% from six months ago, and as many as three million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance. UN Photo / Tobin Jones

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Humanitarian mission to Garbahaarey , Gedo region

Global Humanitarian Appeal: Saving Lives in South Sudan

Iraq: Aid arrives in Dohuk

Yemen Faces a Growing Humanitarian Crisis: Chronic underdevelopment, exacerbated by political instability, has led to sharp increases in food insecurity, malnutrition and a breakdown of basic services. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Around half a million people have been displaced, and do not have access to basic shelter and other services. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Prospects for return in many areas are limited due to ongoing conflict, destruction of infrastructure and landmines. Many displaced people sought shelter in schools, disrupting the education of some 300,000 children. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Aid agencies have helped schools and communities create Child-Friendly Spaces and temporary schools in conflict-affected areas, allowing 110,000 children to continue their education and receive psycho-social support. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Almost one million children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition, with 267,000 at risk of death if not treated immediately. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Aid agencies continue to treat malnourished children in mobile clinics in the North. But the clinics are facing closure due to funding shortages. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Scarce water resources threaten the health of the population, particularly children. Lack of water supplies disrupts education, particularly for young girls, who are forced out of schools to make long journeys to fetch water. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Half of the population of Yemen does not have access to safe water sources and adequate sanitation. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Humanitarian partners have equipped deep boreholes in the North with generators and pumps to make water more accessible for thousands of families. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Unemployment rose to around 40 per cent during the crisis, placing additional strain on household budgets and food security. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

More girls have been forced into early marriage to reduce their economic dependency on their families. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Aid organizations have reached hundreds of thousands of people with cash transfers, working through the Post Office system and coordinating with the Social Welfare Fund. This initiative is ready to be scaled up to reach more than half a million people. Photo by Wolfgang Gressmann

Government institutions, local NGOs and international organizations are working together to respond to the humanitarian crisis. In 2012, the humanitarian community appealed for US$584 million to carry out projects that address immediate needs and put Yemen on the road to recovery. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

As of September 2012, US$283 million was received, just 48 per cent of the total requirement. If fully-funded, humanitarian programmes will reach six million people nationwide. Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

Amina Salim and her family lost their income and now struggle to survive. Her second son Radee, 7-years-old, has cerebral palsy and is prone to infections. Aid organizations support government health facilities in areas where displaced families are concentrated to improve health services, particularly for women and children. Amina said, “We get free treatment and medicine at the health centre, something we cannot afford. My son now has physiotherapy." Credit: Yemen Humanitarian Communication Network

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