Lebanon has made significant strides in improving education in recent years, but much remains to be done.

A signatory of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Lebanon still needs to ensure that education be free, available and accessible for all, and that drop-out rates be cut from their currently very high levels.

A programme funded by the European Union in partnership with UNICEF is making a dent in Uganda's malnutrition statistics and changing lives with simple solutions.

By Ijuka Agnes Barongo

A new initiative aims to promote better nutrition practices in Ugandan households.

CBM and partners launch key publication on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management

As disasters have such a huge impact on human lives, it is important to make Disaster Risk Management inclusive to all. CBM and its partners have launched a key publication on good practices in this important field. It gives great examples of disability inclusive Disaster Risk Management, showing persons with disabilities as active participants in Disaster Risk Response interventions.

What Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction means?

FAITS SAILLANTS

• De nouveaux cas de choléra enregistrés à Tillabéry et Niamey, une amélioration de la desserte en eau de la ville d’Ayorou serait une piste de solution à l’épidémie
• Baisse subite des prix des céréales à Zinder
• Flambée de cas de rougeole à Zinder et Agadez

Propósito de la guía

Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have warned that a lack of funding is limiting their ability to meet the most pressing needs of people and communities. Over the past decade the UN and its partners have seen a dramatic reduction in donor support to one of the world's most protracted humanitarian emergencies.

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Unrest and insecurity in Syria have led to a constant flow of Syrian refugees into neighbouring countries since March 2011. The harsh living conditions in the Domiz refugee camp make it difficult for the children and youth to readapt to their lives. With support from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department, ACTED is making tireless efforts to provide children with adequate spaces where they can safely play and develop normally.

At Gakere health centre in the northern province of Ngozi, the World Food Programme is providing vital food supplements to malnourished pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five.

Little Cécile weighed 2.70 kgs at birth in 2010. As time passed, her mother, Vénancie Sinzotuma, noticed that her youngest daughter was not growing normally. As soon as Cécile’s mother learned from a neighbour that WFP had a special feeding programme at Gakere, she did not hesitate.

Faits saillants:

• Des mouvements forcés de population continuent au sud-est du Territoire de Punia suite à l’activisme des groupes armés.

• Le PAM cible environ 10 000 personnes pour les distributions générales de vivres en mai et juin dans le Territoire de Pangi.

• Accès humanitaire: US$ 450 000 du Pooled Fund pour la réhabilitation de l’axe routier Yumbi – Punia.