SANA’A, YEMEN Amidst Yemen's prolonged conflict, economic downturn, and environmental challenges, UNHCR highlights the urgent need for sustained humanitarian support to alleviate the plight of...
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Ethiopia: Project HOPE Partners with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Connect Communities with Lifesaving Care
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 29th, 2024 – Project HOPE is honored to receive $8 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to implement two critical initiatives in close collaboration...
Amid unprecedented violence, Haitians face starvation, displacement, and trauma
March 28, 2024 – As extreme and unpredictable violence in Port-au-Prince persists, Haitians across the capital city face a multi-dimensional crisis with displacement, hunger, and acute health risks,...
‘Children in Haiti are suffering mentally and physically’
The escalating gang-related violence in Haiti has forced more than 360,000 families to flee their homes to seek safety and protect their children. Many families have chosen to leave the capital,...
New ICJ ruling ordering ‘unhindered’ aid ‘at scale’ for Gaza is welcomed by Euro-Med Monitor
Palestinian Territory - New provisional measures issued today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are welcomed by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The ICJ has stated that Israel must take all...
GIEWS Country Brief: Myanmar 29-March-2024
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Paddy output forecast below average in 2023 Above‑average cereal exports forecast in 2023/24 Prices of emata rice at record level last February Paddy output forecast below...
GIEWS Country Brief Viet Nam 28-March-2024
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Below‑average sowings for 2024 winter/spring cereal crops Average cereal production obtained in 2023 Cereal import requirements forecast at average level in 2023/24 Prices of...
UNDP-supported photo exhibition in Kyiv aims to raise awareness of landmine contamination in Ukraine [EN/UK]
KYIV, 29 March 2024 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine has opened a photo exhibition in Kyiv called “Defining Futures: People, Tech and Teams for a Mine-Free Ukraine” by...
FAO and chef Fatmata Binta announce new project to empower women fonio producers in Ghana
Friday 29 March 2024, Accra -- A new project aimed at supporting women fonio producers in Ghana has been announced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and acclaimed...
Madagascar - Tropical cyclone GAMANE (BNGRC, DGM) (GDACS, Meteo Madagascar, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 March 2024)
Following extreme rainfall and strong winds due to tropical Cyclone GAMANE in North-East Madagascar, the provisional assessment of damage shared by the National Disaster Risk Management Office...
“The Kurds in Iraq fear that history will soon repeat” [EN/KO]
[Erbil and Seoul: March 31, 2024] Thirty-six years have passed since the chemical attack on the city of Halabja, a Kurdish settlement in Iraq, was systematically carried out by the Iraqi Ba'ath...
Displaced mother finds joy serving through the cash program in the war-torn regions of Ukraine
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Khrystyna, 25, an internally displaced from Luhansk Oblast, southeastern Ukraine, comes daily to her new job with admirable dedication and commitment. She is registering...
Child Protection AoR’s Key Messages
The on-going conflict in Ukraine con1nues to have a devasta1ng impact on children, with con)nuous violence, displacements, and worsening socioeconomic condi)ons. Against a backdrop of violence, ...
Ukrainian mother and daughter's journey of love, displacement, loss in the midst of war
Thursday, February 29, 2024 “At night, missiles flew past our house. When my daughter said "Mom, I'm scared," I understood that we needed to be taken out of this place," Katerina says. Katerina helps...
L’OMS lance CoViNet, un réseau mondial de lutte contre les coronavirus
L’OMS a lancé un nouveau réseau consacré aux coronavirus, CoViNet, afin de mieux tirer parti de l’expertise et des capacités mondiales, et d’en assurer la coordination pour détecter, suivre et...
Pakistan Meteorological Department: Weekly Drought Information (27 March 2024) [EN/UR]
During the week (15th to 21st March, 2024), rainfall is not recorded across the country. The spatial distribution of rainfall is shown in Figure 5. The Figure 6 shows the departure of the rainfall...
Three environmental samples test positive for WPV1
Polio Update – Islamabad – March 27, 2024 Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been found in three sewage samples, taking the number of total infected districts to 29 and positive environmental samples...
Phil Red Cross, IFRC continue to give hope in Cebu with 71 solar-powered shelters worth P30M
CEBU, PHILIPPINES -The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) turned over 71 full shelters with solar-powered panels amounting to...
UNICEF delivers over 254,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine [EN/UK]
KYIV, 28 March 2024 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has delivered to Ukraine 254,000 doses of the Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer for children aged five and...
1.3 million children in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in need of protection from highly infectious measles spread
COTABATO/MANILA, 28 March 2024 – A major immunization drive in early April will reach over 1.3 million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the alarming...