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...
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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...
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Asia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Syria
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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...
Thursday, October 20, 2016
As part of its humanitarian response to refugees in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in close collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), rolled out an advanced cash transfer mechanism for refugees...
Friday, October 7, 2016
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) are collaborating to deliver greater accountability, efficiency and cost-savings for WFP’s food assistance in Sierra Leone. Through expanding the use of...