Southern Africa: Floods - Jan 2007 Updates

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I. INTRODUCTORY NOTE This Review of the Economic and Social Plan for 2007 is an evaluation of the implementation of the Five-Year Government Programme for 2005-2009, in its third year of execution...

Summary: CHF 187,000 was initially allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the national society in responding by delivering assistance to flood-affected...

Lobito - At least USD 85,000 is the amount that the Japanese Embassy in Angola has made available for the training of peasants in the communes of Canjala and Dombe Grande, in the central Benguela...

By Charles Mangwiro MAPUTO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Around 350,000 people in Mozambique need food aid because of poor harvests, but the U.N. World Food Programme is running short of funds, a WFP official...

Period covered by this Final Report: 22 March to 22 September 2007; Appeal target (current): CHF 877,479 (USD 719,245 or EUR 545,018); Final Appeal coverage: 40%; Appeal history: - This Emergency...

By Petronella Sibeene RUNDU - Many households are staring hunger in the face in the Kavango Region and are appealing to the Government to speed up its food distribution programme before they face...

Recently concluded vulnerability assessments indicate that while a majority of households in southern Africa will have adequate food over this consumption season, widespread acute and chronic food...

At the beginning of 2007, people living in Caia District were affected by the floods and Cyclone Elyne. Those people lost their houses due to floods. Because of this incident, the Government of...

Lusaka, 1 Aug. 2008 -- The African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, on Friday in Lusaka signed an agreement for a grant of US$ 500,000 to help provide relief to victims of recent flash...

Lusaka, le 1er août 2008 - Le président de la Banque africaine de développement, Donald Kaberuka, a singé vendredi à Lusaka un accord de don de 500 000 $ EU pour fournir une assistance humanitaire...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In its resolution 60/124 of December 2005, the General Assembly of the United Nations sought to remedy two problems that had bedevilled UN efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance...

JOHANNESBURG, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster...

Ondjiva, 07/23 - Angolan Government has released Akz 2.2 billion (one Usd is Akz 70,00) this year to boost the 2008/2009 agricultural season in southern Cunene province, a region that experienced...

Ondjiva, 07/23 - The Angolan Public Works minister, Higino Carneiro, Tuesday in Ondjiva city, southern Cunene province, guaranteed the Angolan Government support for houses for the victims of floods...

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for...

Period covered by this Final Report: 16 January 2007 to 30 September 2007 Appeal target: CHF798,072 (USD 654,157 or EUR 495,696); Final Appeal coverage: 37 % Appeal history: - CHF 54,000 was...

This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programme summary: Mozambique Red Cross (1) (CVM) prioritized response to emergencies in...

This report covers the period of 01/01/2007 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programme Summary: The 2006-2007 programmes were developed based on the National Society...