Ecuador + 1 more
IRC launches operations as stricter immigration policies and rising xenophobia challenge Venezuelans’ possibilities to cover basic needs, including food, shelter and access to a job.
Burkina Faso + 13 more
Conflict, violence, displacement and socio-economic crises are causing fast-escalating needs. In 2022, over 30 million Sahelians will need assistance and protection, over one million more than in 2021.
Mexico + 11 more
The UN team in the country, in close collaboration with the Mexican authorities, is working to ensure that they receive essential, and often life-saving, assistance.
Migrants who travel by boat, rather than by air, are frequently vulnerable people from rural areas. Often, they have to sell their possessions or borrow money from loan sharks with high repayment charges.
About 22.8 million children are out of school in Pakistan, the second highest in the world. The Multi-Year Resilience Programme 2022-2024 seeks to mobilize US$46.8 million in additional funding.
Heavy rains caused flash floods and widespread damage in Erbil and Kirkuk. Iraq witnessed record-low rainfall this year, but officials have warned of sporadic heavy rains due to climate change.
There are 846,000 children who need help after Typhoon Rai destroyed their homes. COVID-19 and continued heavy rainfall pose an additional danger and can further slow down aid efforts.
On the evening of 28 December, the premises came under attack from unknown armed groups. This incident follows the looting and reported violence around the former UNAMID base in El Fasher last week.
This month, ReliefWeb officially turns 25 - of course, the lead-up to the launch of a data-driven website in 1996 was way more complicated, but also much easier in many respects, than a similar venture in today’s tech world. But once the idea had percolated, and seed funding had been secured, it was achieved in a mere nine months.
The motivation behind ReliefWeb’s inception was the huge numbers of...