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Food Voucher Program Gives Palestinian Families Choices and Supports the Local Economy

Posted by Alina Romanowski, Acting Assistant Administrator for Middle East on Tuesday, May 14th 2013

Recently, while visiting the West Bank, I had the pleasure to meet Palestinian shop owner Abu Shadi at his store in the community of Dura in the Hebron governorate. His Al Awawdeh Shop is one of 130 West Bank shops participating in an innovative USAID/World Food Programme (WFP) food assistance voucher program that channels aid through the local market.

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Human rights violations during operation pillar of defense 14-21 November 2012

Four times as many uninvolved Palestinian civilians were killed in the final four days of the operation as during the first four days

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 06 - 13 May 2013

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

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U.S. announces additional humanitarian assistance in response to the Syrian crisis

Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC
May 8, 2013

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Syria Humanitarian Bulletin, Issue 24, 23 April – 6 May 2013 [EN/AR]

Movement by internally displaced persons continues to be large-scale and fluid, as many Syrians are displaced multiple times. The estimated number of IDPs now stands at 4.25 million.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Global emergency overview snapshot 29 April - 06 May 2013

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

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Syria Crisis Bi-Weekly Humanitarian Situation Report - Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, 18 April - 02 May 2013

Campaign against measles and polio is continuing until the end of May in IDP shelters, schools and primary health care centres to cover governorates where children have not been reached.

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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 30 April 2013) [EN/AR]

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Armed conflicts, insecurity, protracted displacement and natural disasters affect millions of people across the region.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Middle East and North Africa: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 07 | March – April 2013 (EN/AR)

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • A 7.8 earthquake hit South-Eastern Iran on 16 April, close to the border with Pakistan. The impact was felt in both countries, with 14 people killed, 73 injured and two missing.

  • New and worsening humanitarian crises since 2011 have led to a considerable increase in CERF allocations to the MENA region. The largest recipients have been Pakistan, Syria and Yemen.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Overtaken by need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s escalating humanitarian crisis

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Oxfam

Aid agency calls for improved humanitarian access to Syria as needs escalate

Refugee numbers in neighboring countries steadily climb

The world risks failing the people of Syria as the scale of suffering increases and the humanitarian fall-out from the crisis worsens by the day, warned aid agency Oxfam today.

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In Syria, educating students a priority

Of 67,292 students enrolled at UNRWA schools, 43,552 are out of school due to the ongoing conflict. 8 schools are housing IDPs, and a further 61 are closed due to hostilities.

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 22 - 29 April 2013

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

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Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence

Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

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Following the firing of a rocket from Gaza towards Israel last night, Kerem Shalom Crossing is closed and travel at Erez Crossing is further restricted

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April 28, 2013. Following the firing of a rocket from Gaza towards Israel last night, Kerem Shalom Crossing is closed and Erez Crossing is operating but according to further restrictions than per usual – travel is being allowed for Israeli citizens, medical patients, foreigners, people returning to their homes in the West Bank and other individually-approved humanitarian cases. The army spokesperson’s office tweeted that the restrictions were “due to security concerns”.