Syria Relief, the UK’s largest Syria-focused NGO, have today (Wednesday April 1st) launched a campaign to help protect Syrian IDPs and refugees from the impact of COVID-19 and to treat those who...
To inform COVID-19 risk communication outreach strategies, REACH put together this brief to summarize key findings on trends in communication preferences and modalities from past REACH assessments. ...
Niger + 6 more
Il y a des cas COVID-19 au Niger. Les réfugiés courent le même risque de contracter et de transmettre le virus COVID-19 que les populations locales. À ce jour et sur la base des preuves disponibles,...
New York, April 1 2020 – Children in Somalia have endured among the highest levels of violence of all countries on the Children and Armed Conflict agenda, with number of cases of recruitment and use,...
South Sudan + 1 more
After more than six years of conflict, South Sudan remains one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Ongoing violence, flooding, resultant population displacement, and disrupted trade,...
Syria + 2 more
New York, NY, April 1, 2020 — Refugees and displaced people in camps in Syria, Greece and Bangladesh face a heightened risk of Coronavirus owing to conditions that are even more cramped and densely...
GENEVA (1st April 2020) – States must immediately step-up their measures to protect the 40 million internally displaced people worldwide from the COVID-19 threat, a UN expert said. “Internally...
The world is suffering from Covid-19, so is Nepal. Nepal is bracing up to contain the spread of this virus using all possible measures from country lock-down to setting up health centers for corona...
Pakistan + 1 more
PESHAWAR, 1 April 2020 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency donated five fully equipped ambulances to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Head of UNHCR’s Sub-Office in Peshawar, Mr. Bernard Inkoom,...
Le HCR, l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, appuie le Gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) en intensifiant ses activités de préparation, de prévention et de réponse...
Greece + 1 more
We, the undersigned organizations, **jointly call on the governments of European Union (EU) Member ** States to immediately commit to the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Greek...
Media Contact: Media@savechildren.org FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 31, 2020) – A fleet of Save the Children vehicles equipped with loudspeakers and signboards have moved through North Darfur and Kordofan...
by John Green In 2011, two years after gaining independence, South Sudan plunged into a disastrous civil war that was marked by ethnic massacres, sexual violence that included children as its...
ABDOURAHMANE DIALLO Le 31 mars 2020, Le bureau régional de la MINUSCA dans le Secteur Centre travaille main dans la main avec les autorités locales, afin de prévenir la propagation du COVID-19 à...
Niger + 4 more
Niamey – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Niger is currently assisting 2,371 stranded migrants across the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and is concerned about the...
Repeated damages of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, frequent interruptions of water supply, lack of access to drinking water, poor water testing – these are realities faced by people living...
Guinea-Bissau + 1 more
BISSAU – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed contributions totalling US$2.8 million from the Government of Japan to deliver lifesaving saving assistance, resilience-building...
Asunción, IP.- El Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social (Mtess) informó que en la fecha continuarán con la entrega de kits de alimentos a las personas que quedaron sin trabajo, a raíz de...
Floods triggered by heavy rain continue to affect Iran's south porvinces, causing buildings and infrastructure damage, the death toll stands at 4. According to the latest UN OCHA report, since late...
Following rain since 17 March, flooding has occurred in Maniema Province (central-east DRC), affecting more than 4,000 people. The overflow of Congo river has reached areas in Kindu City, as well as...