Cholera is endemic in South Kivu, an epidemic a few months ago cost 40 lives. A massive US$ 445,000 project in the city of Bukavu provides 85,000 persons with quality drinking water. The project was...
Press releases and statements
The UN Under-Secretary-General, Martin Griffith takes questions from the press in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, after the devastating earthquake in February 2023.
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DR Congo
News and Press ReleasePooled Fund - Fighting cholera, a real, fulltime job
Burkina Faso + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseLa mission de partenariat humanitaire au Sahel s'achève au Burkina Faso par un engagement à rechercher les moyens de renforcer la resilience des populations
(Ouagadougou/Dakar, 23 octobre 2012): Une mission humanitaire de haut niveau dans la région sahélienne de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, menée conjointement par l’Organisation de coopération islamique (OCI)...
Tajikistan + 7 more
News and Press ReleaseHumanitarian funding to Caucasus and Central Asia significantly falls [EN/RU]
Almaty, 23 October 2012 – Between 1 July and 30 September humanitarian funding to the Caucasus and Central Asia decreased threefold compared to the funding received during the previous quarter, according to the regional humanitarian funding update prepared by the Regional UNOCHA Office for the...
Pakistan
News and Press ReleaseUnited Nations humanitarian fund gives US$9.9 million (PKR 942.2 million) for monsoon-hit areas across Southern Pakistan
(Islamabad, 23 October 2012): Almost five million people have been affected by the 2012 flooding in southern Pakistan according to Government estimates – many of whom were still recovering from Pakistan’s unprecedented floods of 2010 and the severe 2011 flooding. In addition to the immediate...
Burkina Faso + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseJoint UN OCHA-OIC humanitarian partnership mission to Africa’s Sahel region ends in Burkina Faso, commits to work on strengthening resilience
(Ouagadougou/Dakar, 23 October 2012): A high-level humanitarian partnership mission to the Sahel region of West Africa, led jointly by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United...
Colombia
News and Press ReleasePlataforma colombiana destacada a nivel mundial: YOESTUVEAQUI.ORG recibió reportes de todo el país en el II Simulacro Nacional de Evacuación por Sismo
(Bogotá, Colombia, Octubre 22 de 2012): La Plataforma en línea, YOESTUVEAQUI.ORG , impulsada por la Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD) y las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en...
Fiji + 3 more
News and Press ReleasePacific’s Biggest Humanitarian Response Forum Begins
(Nadi, Fiji, 22 October 2012): Over 100 humanitarian actors from the Pacific Island region have gathered for the 5th Annual Pacific Humanitarian Team Regional Workshop in Nadi, Fiji. The Workshop,...
Colombia
News and Press ReleaseAvalancha en San José de Uré, Córdoba
Mas de 390 familias fueron afectadas por el desbordamiento del río Uré y la quebrada Manaos. El domingo 21 de octubre en horas de la madrugada, fuertes lluvias causaron el desbordamiento del río Uré...
Burkina Faso + 1 more
News and Press ReleaseLa mission de partenariat humanitaire au Sahel s’achève au Burkina Faso par un engagement à rechercher les moyens de renforcer la résilience des populations
(Ouagadougou/Dakar), 22 octobre 2012: Après le Niger et le Mali, la mission de la délégation humanitaire de partenariat Nations Unies et Organisation de Coopération Islamique (OCI) dans le Sahel a...
Dominican Rep.
News and Press ReleasePrimer grupo de Capacitadores y Capacitadoras de República Dominicana formados en el Proyecto Esfera, Carta Humanitaria y Normas Mínimas para la respuesta humanitaria
Santo Domingo, 22 de octubre.- Entre los días 14 y 20 de octubre se llevó a cabo el primer “Curso de Capacitación para Capacitadores y Capacitadoras (CpC) sobre el Proyecto Esfera” en la ciudad de...