Cameroon + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS Since April 2020, over 19 incidents of abductions involving humanitarians were reported in the North-West and South-West regions. More than 2,400 people were affected by floods in the...
Nigeria + 11 more
General Protection On 5 August, UNHCR participated in the 6th Meeting of Partners in Awareness Creation Against Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration (PACHTIM) in Abuja. The meeting, which was...
Contents: World Humanitarian Day 2021 Targeted Reintegration Support for Former Child Soldiers Inter-agency Visit to Samarra Update on 1st Standard Allocation of the Iraq Humanitarian Fund Informal...
Access to controlled medicines in humanitarian emergencies remains constrained Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the United Nations Office on...
HIGHLIGHTS Yemen Humanitarian Fund support keeps critical health and water facilities running P 03 Floods sweep across Yemen, causing extensive damage for second time in 2021 P 04 Bringing Clean,...
Every year on World Humanitarian Day, People in Need (PIN) commemorates our fallen colleagues and honours humanitarian workers everywhere who risk their lives to provide aid to people impacted by...
As all eyes turn to the airport in Kabul and the world is inundated with scenes of desperate people trying to escape a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, it is easy to believe that the time and money...
Afghanistan + 3 more
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the humanitarian emergency there has become even more dire. This briefing note outlines the most pressing issues and steps to help relieve the suffering. ...
HIGHLIGHTS • The number of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD)/Cholera cases continue to rise; this week, it rose by 84% compared 671 cases reported on 20 August 2021. • OCHA Deputy Head of Office had a...
WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2021 In the race against the climate crisis, we can’t leave anyone behind. On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian aid...
“OUR island is smaller now than it was before. The soil isn’t fertile like it used to be, we can’t grow anything here,” remembers Sipora Nargara. Life on Aromot Island was good, it isn’t the same...
In cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Day (UN OCHA) and in conjunction with the World Humanitarian Day Kuwait, Kuwait City: Climate change is a complex...
HIGHLIGHTS • Some 297 people convicted for sexual and gender-based violence out of 774 reported cases between 2020 and the first half of 2021. • UNICEF is working with humanitarian partners to...
HIGHLIGHTS • As the lean season and rainy season progresses, food insecurity in Yobe state is also rising. LGAs in the state that are hard to reach are the most vulnerable. • The number of Acute...
HIGHLIGHTS • With funding requirements still unmet, responders to the escalating food security crisis have been forced to prioritize response efforts, which will result in target numbers not being...
World + 1 more
SG/SM/20859 19 AUGUST 2021 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the wreath-laying ceremony for the observance of the eighteenth anniversary of the bombing of the United...
Today, August 19, is World Humanitarian Day, an official United Nations Day recognizing vulnerable populations around the world. Water Mission is a Christian engineering nonprofit that builds safe...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Good afternoon. Today is World Humanitarian Day and our thoughts are with humanitarians and the many millions of people that they strive to help every day. They are providing life-saving support in...
SG/SM/20858 Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Humanitarian Day, observed today: Humanitarian workers are here to help the world’s most vulnerable...
Afghanistan + 7 more
Statement by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict on World Humanitarian Day 2021 “As humanitarian crisis are unfolding in places like Myanmar and...