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Posted on 10/17/2012 - 14:20


Women queue up to receive medical treatment at the Kassab camp in north Darfur. Some of the CERF allocation will go towards providing health services, including pre-natal and maternal care. Credit: UNAMID

A funding of $14 million to meet people’s basic needs in ongoing crisis.

The United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, has allocated US$14 million...



Posted on 10/10/2012 - 10:14

10 October 2012, New York: The CERF Quarterly Update has been launched. The highlights in this edition include:

• $30 Million Allocated to Syria

CERF has responded to the Syrian crisis with a total of $30 million in 2012 – most recently with $16 million to FAO, UNICEF, UNRWA, UNHCR, WFP, UNFPA, IOM and WHO to enable a scaled-up response through provision of life...



Posted on 10/01/2012 - 13:47


These villagers carry their belongings as they head towards the border with Uganda during an earlier exodus from North Kivu province.Credit: UNHCR/J.Akena

Central Emergency Response Fund helps Congolese refugees deliver babies safely.

Twenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months’ pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This...



Posted on 09/28/2012 - 12:21


Lesotho's cereal production this year was just a third of the average for the last 10 years. A combination of floods, droughts and early frost destroyed the crops. Credit: OCHA

More than one third of people in the southern African country face food shortages.

United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners launched an appeal today (28 September) for US$38.9 million to...



Posted on 09/24/2012 - 16:19


February 2012, Niger: A vendor in a market in Niger's capital Niamey. Food insecurity is affecting over 40 per cent of the population. Credit: OCHA/David Ohana

Go beyond the emergencies and deal with the country’s structural problems, says Humanitarian Coordinator Fodé Ndiaye

More than 40 per cent of people in Niger face food insecurity and over 50 per cent of children...