Prefacio del Director Ejecutivo

Acción Humanitaria para la Infancia 2013

A primera vista, Fatima aparentaba tener unos 4 o 5 meses. Pero, en realidad, acababa de cumplir su primer año de vida. Estaba entre los 126.000 niños con desnutrición aguda grave tratados en uno de los 425 centros nutricionales establecidos por el Ministerio de Salud de Chad en 2012 como parte de la expansión de la atención en todo el Sahel. Se llegó a cientos de miles de niños con la atención necesaria para salvar sus vidas. Tristemente, no se pudo llegar a otros muchos.

UNICEF has appealed for almost US$1.4 billion to meet the immediate, life-saving needs of children in 45 countries and regions gripped by conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies this year.

Appeal Target: US$5,570,557

Balance Requested: US$4,877,048

Geneva, 21 January 2013

Dear Colleagues,

This full appeal replaces the preliminary appeal SOM121 issued on the 9th November 2012.

Appeal target (current): CHF 10,439,107

Appeal coverage: 45% against previous budget

Appeal history:

• A preliminary emergency appeal was launched on 19 October 2011 for CHF 27,618,017 (plus an estimated CHF 3,050,000 for emergency response units) to assist 60,000 beneficiaries for 12 months.

• Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF): CHF 500,000 was initially allocated from the Federation’s DREF to support the national society set up the operations in Dadaab.

As the March 2013 elections draw near, the risk of increased inter-communal violence is a key concern. In 2012, more than 80,000 people have been displaced by such violence.

Appeal Target: US$ 562,252 Balance Requested: US$ 386,620

Geneva, 15 November 2012

Dear Colleagues,

Since the ACT Tanzania forum raised an alert on the drought situation in Northern part of the country, last July, the situation worsened and the short rains only began one week ago in the Northern part of the country.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The overall poor performance of the 2012 belg rains resulted in a deteriorating food security situations in some belg growing areas. Although the situation in most pastoral and agro pastoral areas in south and south eastern parts has improved following consecutive good seasonal rains, the situation continues to be of concern in some pocket areas such as Shinile zone of Somali Region. Poor performance of sugum rains has also led to continued water shortages in most areas of Afar Regional State.

Challenges to achieving food security—climate-related shocks, high food prices, and localized conflict—have remained prevalent in Kenya in the first half of 2012. The number of refugees hosted in the country has continued to increase (although at a far slower rate than in 2011) as a result of the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and conflict in Sudan and South Sudan. However, there has been a general improvement in the situation since the peak of the 2011 drought crisis which left 3.75 million people food- insecure.

Famine conditions are no longer present in Somalia, largely due to the on-going delivery of aid under extremely difficult conditions and the exceptional harvest at the beginning of the year. The humanitarian situation, however, is still critical. Over 2.51 million people remain in crisis, unable to fully meet their basic needs without assistance. Among the 1.5 million Somalis who are no longer in crisis, almost 1.29 million are in a stressed food security situation (“Phase Two” of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification).