What is Humanitarian Kiosk?
One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information. New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it more quickly and...
An estimated 6.4 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are food insecure, including 2 million children who are acutely malnourished. About 2.7 million people, mostly affected by recurrent conflict in the east of the country, are internally displaced.
In November 2012, heavy fighting between...
UN agencies and humanitarian partners appealed today for US$892.6 million to help millions of people affected by food insecurity, conflict and disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2013, which was launched in DRC’s capital Kinshasa, will help provide essential...
UN agencies and humanitarian partners have appealed for $30.5 million to help more than half a million people displaced by conflict in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some 150,000 of these people fled their homes after heavy fighting last November.
The North Kivu Response Plan, which was launched on...
In mid-November, fighting between the Congolese army and the M-23 rebel group in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), displaced more than 130,000 people, with thousands fleeing 50 km south towards Minova in South Kivu. Scores of people were injured, including children.
“I was fetching water and...
21 March 2013 - 11:03amWhat is Humanitarian Kiosk? One of the challenges faced by humanitarian workers is access to timely, relevant and accurate information. New technology provides an opportunity for humanitarian workers to develop better ways to access and share this information, and get aid to those who need it more quickly and...
11 February 2013 - 9:26amAn estimated 6.4 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are food insecure, including 2 million children who are acutely malnourished. About 2.7 million people, mostly affected by recurrent conflict in the east of the country, are internally displaced. In November 2012, heavy fighting between...
7 February 2013 - 3:48pmUN agencies and humanitarian partners appealed today for US$892.6 million to help millions of people affected by food insecurity, conflict and disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) 2013, which was launched in DRC’s capital Kinshasa, will help provide essential...
18 January 2013 - 11:31pmUN agencies and humanitarian partners have appealed for $30.5 million to help more than half a million people displaced by conflict in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some 150,000 of these people fled their homes after heavy fighting last November. The North Kivu Response Plan, which was launched on...
26 December 2012 - 2:00pmIn mid-November, fighting between the Congolese army and the M-23 rebel group in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), displaced more than 130,000 people, with thousands fleeing 50 km south towards Minova in South Kivu. Scores of people were injured, including children. “I was fetching water and...