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16 November 2011 - 11:58amThe dark clouds of the seasonal gu rains may be on the horizon earlier than expected, but for many people in the village of Docol it’s already too late. Like other pastoralists in Somalia, Nadifa’s life has changed beyond recognition over the past few months. “Life was beautiful, we had... -
8 November 2011 - 6:30pmThe women began to arrive from early morning as soon as they were informed the mobile clinic was coming to the Health Centre of Caluco in the Salvadorean Department of Sonsonate. Some women arrived accompanied by a friend, others arrived on their own. The majority of them were pregnant, who had taken... -
19 May 2011 - 10:05pmThe Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today surpassed US$2 billion in funds disbursed to aid agencies in natural and conflict-related emergencies, a milestone in efforts to speed up the international response to humanitarian crises. Launched in 2006, CERF is now the sixth largest UN source of... -
11 May 2011 - 8:38pmOCHA and Western Union called on the global corporate community to raise US$500,000 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of CERF, the Central Emergency Response Fund. CEO Hikmet Ersek launched the initiative on 10 May, encouraging peers to pre-fund life-saving disaster response work through CERF. In 2011,...
