Drought Bulletin summary for the Month of March 2011

This Drought Bulletin is a represents sub counties of Lopeei, Ngoleriet, Tarpac, Nadunget and Katikekile.

Executive Summary

An estimated 58 percent of the world’s 10.5 million refugees now reside in cities. They often have few as-sets, limited support networks, and are constrained by legal, cultural and linguistic barriers.

To date, the humanitarian community has focused pri-marily on camp-based refugees. Little is known about the needs of the urban displaced. Urban refugees face multiple challenges to achieving economic security; nevertheless, they are industrious and hard working.

Bureaux du HCR en RDC : 1 Représentation Régionale à Kinshasa, 1 Bureau de Coordination de l’Est à Goma, 3 Sous-délégations (Bukavu, Goma et Lubumbashi), 11 Bureaux de terrain (Baraka,
Uvira, Bunia, Moba, Kalemie, Kitshanga, Dungu, Masisi, Pweto,
Dongo et Mbandaka) et 3 antennes (Beni, Kisangani et Rutshuru)

UNHCR offices in DRC: 1 Regional Representation in Kinshasa, 1 Office of the Coordinator of the East in Goma, 3 Sub-offices (Bukavu, Goma and Lubumbashi), 11 Field offices (Baraka, Uvira,
Bunia, Moba, Kalemie, Kitchanga, Dungu, Masisi , Pweto, Dongo and Mbandaka), and 3 antennas (Beni, Kisangani and Rutshuru)

DANISH Red Cross Society has donated 1.2 billion shillings to Uganda Red Cross Society to facilitate a two year development programme in the six districts in Northern Uganda in life planning skills.

While addressing members of Branch Governing Board on March 29th, 2010at Uganda Red Cross Apac Branch Hall,the Focal Person of Life Planning Skills Apac Branch Samuel Opio said the two year project will target Out of School youths to improve livelihood skills to the youth affected by the conflicts in the northern part of Uganda."I

PADER - Smallholder farmers involved in WFP's Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme in northern Uganda have begun to sell quality grain. Between December and February, groups from Pader and Agago districts sold nearly 230 metric tons of maize and beans to traders in Uganda and Sudan.

- The pastoral and marginal cropping areas of the Eastern Horn of Africa are experiencing ongoing drought, with Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda Karamoja region being worst affected.

- The lives and livelihoods of 8,398,000 people have been affected in the above mentioned areas (multi-agency assessments)

- Global and Severe Acute Malnutrition rates are above emergency thresholds in several parts of the region

- Food security situation expected to deteriorate over the next 6 months, with forecasted poor performance of

- The second round of legislative elections

- Villages attacked by the CPJP

- Food Security cluster response

Sixty-fifth General Assembly
Plenary
83rd Meeting (AM)

African Group Certain Endeavour Will Build More Effective Global Coalition, as Organizations Draw on Comparative Advantages of Each Other

Born from the commitment made by the international community at the 2005 World Summit to meet Africa's special needs, the 10-year capacity-building programme for the African Union pioneered a model of true partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations, representatives of several African nations told the General Assembly today.