El proyecto, el cual es ejecutado por la Asociación Regional Campesina Chortí (ASORECH), beneficia de inmediato a 112 familias campesinas indígenas en el oriente Guatemala afectadas severamente por la sequía, mientras se prepara un programa de ayuda humanitaria más amplio.

Key Findings Summary

A rapid assessment focusing on Age and Disability Inclusion in the Rohingya refugee response in the Cox's Bazar area in Bangladesh was undertaken from the 29th of November to the 4th December 2017 by Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) and the Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) Bangladesh. Key findings of the assessment are outlined below.

In general, beside some notable inclusion actors, the needs of persons with disabilities and older persons are not sufficiently being taken into account in the response.

Media Information

Relief workers from Germany’s Relief Coalition are helping in regions near the epicentre

Bonn, April 29 th, 2015 – Nine of the member organizations of Germany’s Relief Coalition have sent German relief workers to the crisis area. All the teams have arrived in the capital Kathmandu after an adverse journey and are now starting relief efforts under high pressure.

Germany’s Relief Coalition starts a donation appeal for the victims of the flood

Bonn, May 19 th , 2014 – Almost one year after the devastating flood in Germany, heavy rainfalls have led to the worst flood in 120 years in large areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Whole cities and villages have been flooded; many communities are completely cut off from the outside world.

The member organizations of Germany’s Relief Coalition are providing emergency aid in the affected areas:

Total funds raised by Emergency Appeals Alliance (EAA) members for the Haiyan victims amount to more than 225 million euros. The organisations have already approved disbursements for more than 83 million euros for various projects in the field.

The funds were raised in the different countries following appeals for donations launched by EAA members in co-operation with national broadcaster, eg BBC, ARD, SVT, SSR or private media such as Sky in Italy or BellMedia in Canada.