The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Faits saillants
- Le bilan des dégâts humains et matériels de récentes pluies diluviennes s’alourdit.
- Appui en semences maraîchères et vivrières pour 3 000 ménages vulnérables en Territoire de Shabunda.
- Des incidents de protection en nette augmentation au premier trimestre 2013 au Sud-Kivu.

Highlights

• Donors give US$4.4 million in multilateral aid to the Caucasus and Central Asia.

• Countries in the Caucasus give $155,000 in aid also through multilateral channels.

• IFRC allocates DREF funding to respond to small-scale emergencies in Kazakhstan and Georgia.

• Tajikistan Consolidated winter assistance plan for earthquake-affected populations 2012 seriously underfunded.

Faits saillants
- Le Pooled Fund a validé une douzaine de projets en Sud-Kivu d’une valeur globale de $6,6 millions dans le cadre de la première allocation 2013.
- D’importants dégâts matériels à la suite d’éboulements de terre à Nyamasasa en Territoire de Kalehe.
- Des cours de rattrapage pour 350 élèves retournés à Lulingu dans le Territoire de Shabunda.

Faits saillants

• 14 zones de santé en Province Orientale ont besoin de fonds pour organiser la riposte contre la rougeole.
• Les défis logistiques rendent difficile l’assistance aux réfugiés centrafricains dans le Bas-Uele.
• L’activisme des présumés LRA sur l’axe Dungu – Faradje provoque des mouvements de population.

By Guy Hubbard

A new report by UNICEF reveals the high prevalence of stunting in children under 5, but also outlines the tremendous opportunities that exist to make it a problem of the past.

Talking to families in their homes about nutritious diets and healthful household behaviours is part of the fight against stunting in Bangladesh.

CHF 299,892 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency F und (DREF) to support the Argentine Red Cross (ARC) in delivering immediate assistance to some 9,600 beneficiaries.
Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

Summary: A severe local storm on the night of 2 April caused heavy flooding in La Plata, the capital of the Buenos Aires province. The flooding affected over 350,000 people, led to mass evacuations and caused 52 deaths.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

The Western Region has been experiencing heavy rains in the last one week that has left 127 households affected and one person injured with a broken leg.

On Tuesday 14th March 2013 at around 5 pm, a strong wind storm swept through Vihiga, Hamisi and Sabatia Constituencty as well as leaving at least 61 households homeless and one person injured with a broken leg.