1. General Humanitarian Situation

The total figure for registered refugees is now 1,404,018 (203,753 pending) for a total of 1,607,771 persons of concern. This includes 11,455 Syrians registered in North Africa.

 Jordan: There are 389,459 registered refugees and 83,172 people pending registration, for a total of 472,631 persons of concern to UNHCR. The Jordanian government estimates 540,947 Syrian refugees in country.

 In the past few days Syrians are again crossing into Jordan in some cases in large numbers.

Mediante el apoyo a los pequeños productores y productoras agrícolas, los responsables de la elaboración de políticas de gobiernos y agencias donantes pueden ayudar a algunas de las personas más pobres del mundo a mejorar sus medios de vida. Lamentablemente, la evidencia muestra que la mayoría de las actuales políticas de gobiernos y donantes tienden a favorecer la agricultura a gran escala, en detrimento de los pequeños productores, las mujeres y las comunidades rurales.

Author: Erinch Sahan, Private Sector Policy Adviser, Oxfam; Jodie Thorpe

By supporting small-scale agricultural producers, policy makers in governments and donor agencies can help some of the poorest people in the world to improve their livelihoods.

Unfortunately, evidence suggests that most donor and government policies are currently biased towards large-scale agriculture at the expense of small-scale producers, women, and rural communities.

A group of 21 international aid agencies working in six countries directly affected by the Syrian crisis calls on the international community to dig deep and be generous in responding to the UN’s new Syria and refugee response appeals, being launched today.

While the priority must be to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis, the need for humanitarian aid keeps spiralling as the conflict escalates and threatens stability in neighbouring countries, the members of the Syria INGO Regional Forum (SIRF) said today.

The Post-Hyogo Framework, the successor to the Millennium Development Goals, and a new climate agreement are all expected in 2015. Thus, the next three years offer an outstanding opportunity to provide a crucial step change in disaster risk reduction (DRR) through the development of new international instruments.

Activités humanitaires Oxfam Mali
Réponse d’Oxfam au 05 Juin 2013

Nous avons besoin d'une nouvelle approche en matière de lutte contre les risques et la pauvreté. Les risques augmentent plus rapidement que les mesures de lutte contre les risques. Nombre d'entre eux pèsent sur les personnes pauvres, et les femmes payent le plus lourd tribut. Dans de nombreuses régions essuyant crise après crise, les interventions des États et du secteur de l'aide internationale ne suffisent pas. L'espoir d'une vie prospère pour les femmes et les hommes les plus pauvres, malgré les chocs, les pressions et l'incertitude, passe par le renforcement de leur résilience.

With temperatures set to soar up to 104ºF (40˚C) in the coming weeks, international agency Oxfam has warned that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for Syrian refugees. The aid agency says the most vulnerable, such as the elderly, women and young children, are already facing serious health risks due to a lack of shelter, water and basic sanitation.

1.4 million refugees have now fled violence in Syria and are in desperate need of shelter, food and water. Over half of them are children.

The crisis is set to escalate, but our resources are stretched to breaking point. Any donation, no matter how small, will help us support more families caught up in this crisis.

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