Tuesday, September 26, 2023
“We want our fundamental human rights and our right to development to be respected,” said Hipólito Acevei.
Acevei, who is the president of the Federation for Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination of Paraguay, has spent a lifetime fighting to improve...
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Forced displacement and humanitarian needs have sharply risen in the Central African Republic as inter-communal violence has spread over the past 12 months, including to previously unaffected parts of the country. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,...
Country:
Africa, Central African Republic
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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Deadly mudslides in Sierra Leone’s capital last week has destroyed whole neighbourhoods and left thousands of already vulnerable residents homeless and exposed to disease. CARE, a member agency of the Humanitarian Coalition, will distribute emergency...
Country:
Africa, Sierra Leone, America, Canada
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Friday, August 18, 2017
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is deeply grateful for the receipt of the annual contribution of US$ 2 million from the Government of Kuwait in support of the Agency’s Programme Budget during a...
Country:
Asia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Syria
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
The European Commission and the Federal and South West State government today launched a EUR 5.9 million drought response recovery programme to support 41 communities of the districts of Xudur, Qansadhere, and Buur Hakaba severely affected by the hunger...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Many vulnerable rural families in Iraq can now benefit from a safer, more secure means of receiving income thanks to mobile money transfer technology adopted for the first time by FAO as part of a cash-for-work programme aimed at rehabilitating...
Friday, April 7, 2017
ACTED is providing short-term unconditional cash transfers to households affected most by the recent drought in Samburu County. They are specifically targeting households with malnourished pregnant or lactating women or with children under 5...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the successful completion of the U.S.-funded Urban HIV Nutrition and Food Security Project. Over the past five years, the project...
Friday, March 24, 2017
At first glance, $36 may not seem much, but for survivors of a devastating cyclone in Madagascar, that amount provides the ability for a family to meet their immediate basic needs for six weeks. Thanks to funding originating here in Canada, more than 17,...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Over 15,000 Syrians live in informal tented settlements across rural Jordan. As these makeshift settlements are located far from urban centres and are cut off from their surrounding communities, the population living in these settlements tend to be the...