Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: South Sudan (Republic of)
Juba, 5 June 2013: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given aid agencies in South Sudan $5.4 million to strengthen emergency medical capacity and two helicopters needed to assist tens of thousands people affected by ongoing hostilities in Jonglei state. The funding will boost partners’ capacity to treat patients injured in clashes by providing much needed...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Bangui/Geneva, 4 June 2013): The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated over US$7.1 million to lifesaving assistance to be provided through UN agencies to some 1.1 million people, including 595,000 children below 5 years of age, in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The already dire humanitarian...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Congo
19 April 2013: Since 19 November 2012, a cholera epidemic has ravaged the city of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo. Prior to the epidemic, heavy rains destroyed some 251 homes, damaged basic infrastructure and claimed the lives of four people. Nearly 1,000 people became internally displaced and many suffered outbreaks of diarrhoea – the main symptom of cholera. The disease quickly spread...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic
(Amman, 22 May 2013): The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released US$9.8 million to support the establishment of a new camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. There are more than 500,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan since March 2011, according to the Government.
The Jordanian Government has requested support from the UN to establish and service a new...
Source: UN Population Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: World
13 April, Almaty – Some 40 emergency management, cartography and statistics experts from the South Caucasus and Central Asia have gathered in Almaty to learn and share best practices in information management in emergencies.
The four-day workshop will allow the participants from emergency situations ministries, cartography and geodesy departments and statistics...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Myanmar
(Yangon, 26 April 2013): The United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided $5 million in additional funding to provide life-saving assistance to some 69,000 people displaced by the violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
This is the third allocation by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to help fund urgent humanitarian operations in Rakhine State following...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Brazil, World
(Brasilia/ New York, 6 March 2013): UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos today concluded her visit to Brazil and highlighted the country’s significant contribution to global humanitarian efforts. “Brazil’s commitment to international humanitarian efforts has increased steadily over the past few years, and we saw their highest financial contribution so far in 2012: over $50 million. More than half...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Brazil, World
Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.
We have just finished the Global Humanitarian Action for 2013 event, to strengthen regional support for global humanitarian appeals. We and our humanitarian partners are seeking US$10.4 billion this year to help more than 57 million people in 24 countries with some of world’s most pressing crises. We need donors to give generously...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Mozambique
(Johannesburg, 11 February 2013): Heavy and persistent rains in January have led to massive flooding in southern Mozambique, killing 105 people and temporarily displacing an estimated 150,000 people. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and crops and infrastructure were severely damaged. More reports are being received as affected communities are reached. In addition, new floods in the central and...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda, World, Yemen
(New York, 21 January 2013): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, today announced the allocation of some US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost humanitarian...