CERF funding enabled 12 UN agencies together with 589 partners to provide life-saving assistance in 2016 and 2017 to 22.5 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 47 countries.
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CERF funding enabled 12 UN agencies together with 589 partners to provide life-saving assistance in 2016 and 2017 to 22.5 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 47 countries.
Las riadas e inundaciones han afectado a 61 municipios, hay 9 personas muertas y en términos de cultivos cerca de 50.000 hectáreas han sido afectadas, informó la ministra de Planificación del Desarrollo.
Las regiones con afectación son Tiquipaya, Colcapirhua, Quillacollo, Vinto, Capinota, Bolívar, Omereque, Cliza y Arque. Se trabaja en la limpieza de las viviendas y las zonas de cultivo de las familias afectadas por las riadas y las anegaciones.
El viceministro comunicó a las autoridades del pueblo Weenhayek que allá donde hubo problemas de viviendas por las fuertes lluvias, el Gobierno Nacional asume como responsabilidad su construcción.
El ministro de defensa de Bolivia declaró que 64 municipios están en alerta naranja, 20 en estado de emergencia y 14 fueron declarados en desastre y que hasta la fecha se reportaron 6 decesos en todo el país.
Siete departamentos afectados, con Beni y Tarija en la región del Chaco siendo donde se requiere de mayor atención con brigadas del Ministerio de Defensa y las Fuerzas Armadas.
"El dato histórico señala que son 320 milímetros los que se han registrado en 1977, sin embargo, este dato de 240 milímetros de los últimos días en la estación de Trompillo es el más alto en los últimos 40 años", se informó a los periodistas.
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The disaster-prone region experienced situations ranging from natural disasters to the spread of dengue and Zika, with more than 3.5 million lives at risk from drought in Central America.
Through the IFAD-supported program, infrastructure has been improved. Smallholder farmers and fishers are organized into groups and connected to suppliers and local outlets.
Despite the progress, there are families that are still living in shelters. "We need to continue working to ensure the recovery of these families, so they are able to have their homes again and re-establish their livelihoods,” said IFRC.
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EM-DAT preliminary data shows that during this year, 301 country-level natural disasters in 102 countries caused more than 7,000 deaths and US$97 billion of economic damages.
Alrededor de 70 000 familias declararon que su vivienda se encuentra con daños irreparables o por colapsar y 40 504 informaron daños recuperables, representando más de 300 000 personas.
Following unseasonably heavy pre-monsoon rains, Pakistan continues to be adversely affected by severe weather events. The Government has announced compensation payments.
A new temporary education and protection space was established in Canoa (San Vicente) to provide education and protection support for more than 600 children and teenagers.
IOM has only received USD 1 million of the USD 9.25 million it has appealed. Its capacity to comprehensively respond to the earthquake is therefore severely constrained.
Fear of aftershocks and lack of funds are preventing hundreds of thousands of children back into Ecuador's school - six weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
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People are struggling to rebuild their lives and there are continuous aftershocks. Two such aftershocks of 6.7 and 6.8 degrees occurred on May 18, causing one death, injuring 90 people, and adding to widespread damage.
UNICEF will need $15 million to meet the needs of 250,000 children until mid-July. Despite persistent needs in the most-damaged provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabí, funding remains extremely low.
The appeal for international assistance ($72.7 million to assist 350,000 people for three months) has received 12 per cent of total requirements after the first three weeks. Most of the funds come from the UN relief fund (CERF).
The Flash Appeal requested US$72.7 million to assist 350,000 people for an initial 3-month period. Donors are urged to contribute to the projects that benefit the most affected people.