1 March 2010: CERF has allocated $2.5 million for humanitarian response efforts that will assist 15,300 families in Bolivia. Some $1.1 million will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) for food...
Press releases and statements
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Press releases and statements
Bolivia
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $2.5 million for humanitarian response in Bolivia
Iraq
News and Press ReleaseIraq: Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 26 - February 2010
The Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund (ERF) aims to help fill critical humanitarian gaps within different sectors through readily available flexible funding for emergency response to: 1. Save lives...
Chile
News and Press ReleaseChile Earthquake Hazard Identification Tool (HIT)
Hazard Identification Tool (HIT) - Objective & Methodology The HIT lists "big and obvious" facilities and objects that may pose a risk in the aftermath of the earthquake. The list includes...
Mongolia
News and Press ReleaseCERF allocates $3.7 million to people affected by a natural disaster in Mongolia
Mongolia is experiencing a "dzud", a natural disaster consisting of a summer drought, resulting in insufficient production of hay, followed by very heavy winter snow, winds and lower-than-normal...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHOW TO HELP: GUIDE TO HUMANITARIAN GIVING FOR THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE
The phase of search-and-rescue and surgical care for victims of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake has passed, and initial supplies of food, water and other essentials have reached most people in need...
DR Congo + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseSituation humanitaire en République Démocratique du Congo : Note d'information à la presse, 24 février 2010
Province de l'Equateur - La grande majorité de la population déplacée dans le District du Sud-Ubangi est retournée dans son milieu d'origine. Ainsi, le nombre de déplacés internes est passé d'à peu...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHAITI: L'APPEL DE FONDS LE PLUS IMPORTANT JAMAIS LANCE POUR UNE CATASTROPHE NATURELLE
(New/York, 18 février 2010): Un mois à peine après le tremblement de terre d'Haïti, la communauté humanitaire lance un appel de fonds révisé d'un montant de 1 441 547 920 dollars pour venir en aide à...
Haiti
News and Press ReleaseHAITI: LARGEST EVER NATURAL DISASTER APPEAL
(New York, 18 February 2010): Just over one month after the Haiti earthquake, the aid community has launched a revised Humanitarian Appeal for $1,441,547,920 for some three million people badly...
Afghanistan
News and Press ReleaseSeven million Afghans to benefit from 2010 Humanitarian Action Plan
17 February 2010 - Today the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Government of Afghanistan officially...
Somalia
News and Press ReleaseUN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia gravely concerned about the latest civilian casualties and displacement in Mogadishu
[NAIROBI, 15 February 2010] The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden, today expressed grave concern at the high number of civilian casualties and massive displacement taking place as...