Astrid Sehl (29.05.2012)

NRC, together with 15 other relief agencies, warn that humanitarian needs in Somalia must not be ignored as over 2 million people is still in dire need of assistance.

La Embajada de Italia en Guatemala, a través del Programa de Emergencia “RAN Guatemala”, ha llevado a cabo la construcción de ocho casas que fueron entregadas el viernes 24 de febrero a familias afectadas por la TT Agatha.

Public health concerns

(Goma) - L'opération militaire Kimia II menée par le gouvernement congolais dans l'Est du Congo, appuyée par les soldats du maintien de la paix des Nations Unies et visant à contrer les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR, milices hutues rwandaises), a entraîné un coût inacceptable pour la population civile, ont déclaré aujourd'hui 84 groupes d'aide humanitaire et de défense des droits humains constituant la Congo Advocacy Coalition.

La coalition a exhorté les diplomates

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved in October, 2006, the Italian three year Aid and Development Program to Support the Health Sector in the Palestinian Territories (PAST , Programma di Aiuto Sanitario ai Territori Palestinesi 2007-2009,). This program established by the Italian Cooperation Office in Jerusalem corroborates the Italian Cooperation commitment and experience in defining and

Programs in progress:

1) Healthcare organization for the Regions of Bamingui and Vakaga, Phase 2:

This 11-month Program was begun in November 2004, with a contribution of 331,357,600 CFA Francs from the European Union - in the framework of the EDF initiatives. It aims to support the process of health management and reorganization in the two Prefectures, in order to guarantee equal and efficient access to health services for the population, by improving the quality of the services.

2) Professional consulting services:

- collection, characterization and conservation of local landraces of millet, sorghum, sesame and groundnut;

- distribution of 40.66 MT of crop and vegetable seeds and 12,100 tools to 3,000 HHs;

- vaccinations and anti-parasitic treatments for 10,000 chickens and 68,020 shoats/donkeys belonging to 9,717 HHs;

- broadcasting of 1 MT of local pasture seeds through distribution to pastoral/nomadic HHs;

COOPI is an Italian NGO, working since 1965 in developing countries, with development and emergency relief projects. COOPI is present in Afghanistan and Pakistan since April 2001, in the framework of a Public Health project in the province of Badghis, in the north west of the country. After the crisis originated in the known events of September the 11th, COOPI has strengthened its presence in Pakistan, in order to