Updates

Your gateway to all content to date. Search and/or drill down with filters to narrow down the content.

40,266 updates found
Toggle text

IOM Helps Haitian Child Victims of Trafficking in Dominican Republic

IOM is currently assisting the authorities in the Dominican Republic with identifying and assessing a group of 54 unaccompanied Haitian minors who are victims of trafficking.

IOM is also providing food, clothing, and non-food items and will carry out family tracing and family reunification if necessary.

The group was rescued by the Dominican authorities on 16th of May, when the police broke up a human trafficking ring which was exploiting the children by forcing them to beg on street corners in the capital, Santo Domingo.

International Organization for Migration:

Copyright © IOM. All rights reserved.

Toggle text

Myanmar + 1 other
Cyclone Mahasen update

Report
CARE

Following assessments, CARE emergency teams in Myanmar and Bangladesh found that Cyclone Mahasen caused little damage as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely.

“Thankfully, Cyclone Mahasen has not had the impact that we feared in Myanmar, but the Government’s and all stakeholders’ efforts and preparedness to respond have been laudable," said Brian Agland, CARE Country Director in Myanmar.

Toggle text

Informe de emergencia nº 285 - Situación nacional ante las bajas temperaturas

HECHOS:

En el presente año las primeras heladas, se están presentando en zonas alto andinas que se ubican a más de 3,700 msnm en las regiones alto andinas y altiplánicas, afectando a la vida y salud de las personas y áreas de cultivo.

Toggle text

Reporte de situación n 446 - Precipitaciones pluviales afectan el distrito de Fitzcarrald - Madre de Dios

HECHOS:

El 17 de mayo de 2013, a las 09:00 horas aproximadamente, a consecuencia de las intensas precipitaciones pluviales, se activó y desbordó la quebrada Boca de Manu, afectando viviendas en la localidad de Boca de Manu, distrito de Fitzcarrald, provincia de Manu.

Toggle text

Haiti + 1 other
HRF Quarterly Update / No 6: Spring 2013

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE

  • HRF Financial Reserve increased to USD 99.78 million with additional USD 32.28 million for budget support (p.2)

  • HRF supports private sector development, particularly small and medium businesses (p.3)

  • Neighborhood Reconstruction Project relocates more than 10,000 people from « Parc Jean Marie Vincent » and « Pétion Ville club » camps (p.5)

  • 16/6 Project has economic and social impact on communities (p.5)

Toggle text

Ecuador: Wildfires DREF operation n° MDREC006 - Update n°1

Report
IFRC

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Period covered by this update: 24 September to 15 December 2012.

Toggle text

Paraguay + 4 others
REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 6 - Volume 307

HIGHLIGHTS:

 MEXICO: Authorities confirm a decrease in activity from the Popocatepetl Volcano - an alert is still in effect.

 PARAGUAY: 1,050 people affected by floods, of which half have received humanitarian assistance.

 PERU: The current cold wave affected 1,022 people; this is expected to increase over the next months.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

Toggle text

Paraguay + 4 others
REDLAC Nota Semanal sobre Emergencias América Latina & El Caribe - Año 6 - Volumen 307

DESTACADOS:

 MÉXICO: Confirman disminución en la actividad del Volcán Popocatépetl. Se mantienen las alertas.

 PARAGUAY: 1,050 personas afectadas por inundaciones, la mitad ha recibido asistencia humanitaria.

 PERÚ: La actual ola de frio ya afectado a 1,022 personas, se prevé un incremento para mayo – junio

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

Toggle text

Lebanon + 2 others
TOMS shoes for kids in Lebanon refugee camps

At one elementary school in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, teacher Fakhrieh Al Zaabouti was saddened when a 7-year-old child arrived to school in tears. “His left shoe was torn apart and he was so upset.” But, his tears soon turned to joy when he received his new pair of TOMS Shoes.

This is ANERA’s first delivery of TOMS Shoes in Lebanon.

Toggle text

INDECI participó en lanzamiento de la campaña Abriga Perú

NOTA DE PRENSA N°219 2013-INDECI-UII

El Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil – INDECI, participó en el lanzamiento de la Campaña Multisectorial Abriga Perú, que contó con la presencia del Presidente de la República, Ollanta Humala Tasso.

Toggle text

Zimbabwe + 3 others
Zimbabwe: Humanitarian Bulletin 01 - 30 April 2013

Homes, food reserves, livestock and crops were damaged or destroyed by the storms, which are unusual at this time of the year. More than 9,000 people need urgent assistance.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

Toggle text

300 ayudas humanitarias entregó SNGR en Vínces

VINCES (LOS RÍOS).- En completo orden, técnicos de Dirección de Gestión de Riesgos de los Ríos entregaron este sábado 18 de mayo, 300 ayudas humanitarias a igual número de familias afectadas por las recientes inundaciones en los sectores de Bagatela, Las Pampas, Las Mercedes y San José del cantón Vínces, tras la rotura de un muro provocada por la creciente del río Vínces.

Toggle text

Turkey + 1 other
UNHCR Turkey Syrian Refugee Daily Sitrep 20 May 2013

Highlights

• On 19 May 2013, AFAD - the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency of Government of Turkey announced that the total number of Syrians registered and accommodated in 17 camps in 8 provinces has increased to 194,715 including 336 Syrians receiving medical treatment in hospitals.

• AFAD reported that between 17-19 May, 1,699 new arrival Syrians were registered and accommodated in the camps while 1758 Syrians voluntarily returned to Syria. This brought the weekly total of Syrians accepted into camps as 3,013 people and departures from camps to 2,188 people.

Toggle text

Turkey + 1 other
As of today, there are 193.767 Syrian Citizens at our Accommodation Centres

As of today, there are 193.767 Syrian citizens staying at the 14 Tent Cities, 1 Temporary Admission Centre and 3 Container Cities established by Prime Ministry AFAD for those coming from Syria.

AFAD has erected a total of 14 tent-cities, with 5 in Hatay, 2 in Şanlıurfa, 3 in Gaziantep, and 1 each in Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye, Adıyaman and Adana along with 3 container-cities with 1each in Kilis, Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep.

Toggle text

Declara la Secretaría de Gobernación Emergencia para seis municipios del estado de Chihuahua

Boletín 103

México, D.F., 17/05/2013

La Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil de la Secretaría de Gobernación emitió hoy una Declaratoria de Emergencia para los municipios de Allende, Cuauhtémoc, Guerrero, Hidalgo del Parral, López y Saucillo, del estado de Chihuahua, por la presencia de granizada severa durante los días 11, 13 y 14 de mayo de 2013.

Con esta acción se activan los recursos del Fondo para la Atención de Emergencias (FONDEN).

Toggle text

Hope restored in Pakistan

Report
ShelterBox

Barkat is 80 years old. He and his wife were home in the village of Shand in Pakistan when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the region of Mashkail last month. They lost everything, their belongings and their house. They were forced to live in the open air as Barkat did not have the energy to build a shelter. They were exposed to the elements as well as insects. They were about to lose hope when Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP) found them and gave them a ShelterBox disaster relief tent.

Toggle text

Burundi + 2 others
UNHCR Burundi Bulletin 1, January - March 2013

In summary:

  • Crisis in Congo : UNHCR opens a new camp in Cankuzo
  • Resounding success for vouchers
  • Evaluation for better protection
  • To be protected, update your data!
  • 4 months later… what happened to Mtbaila returnees?
  • The Burundian parliament discusses the Kampala Convention on IDPs with the view of its ratification
  • Uganda, Burundi and UNHCR sign an agreement on the voluntary return of Burundian refugees living in Uganda
Toggle text

Jordan + 1 other
Informing aid delivery in Za’atari camp through REACH

Mafraq [ACTED News] – Due to the highly dynamic context in Za’atari refugee camp, in Northern Jordan, which is hosting more than 120,000 refugees, with daily arrival rates ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 people, information on the number of refugees, their social organisation and physical location remains extremely fragmented, hindering the targeted and efficient humanitarian response.

Toggle text

Kasese: Red Cross in social mobilization against cholera as the needs for displaced persons remain enormous

Report
Uganda Red Cross

Written by Richard Nsubuga

Two suspected cholera cases have been reported in Kasese District as Uganda Red Cross Society intensifies social mobilisation campaign to control the spread. The 1 May floods washed away most water sources and latrines. The very few exisiting water facilities do not have running water.

The suspected patients are admitted at St. Paul Health Centre IV in isolation tents. According Kasese health officials, the two suspected patients are from Saluti B village, Kanyangeya parish and Acholi quarters, Nyakasanga II parish Nyamwamba Division.