
1. SYNOPSIS This Annual Mekong Flood Report (AMFR) follows the established pattern since 2007 that is a review of the year’s flood conditions within the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), supplemented by an...
Cambodia + 3 more
1. SYNOPSIS This Annual Mekong Flood Report (AMFR) follows the established pattern since 2007 that is a review of the year’s flood conditions within the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), supplemented by an...
CAI LAY DISTRICT, 5 May 2010 (IRIN) - In some countries swimming is an extra-curricular activity for children, but in Vietnam it can be key to survival. Throughout the year, an average of 10 children...
News Release No. 14/03 Hanoi, Viet Nam (6 August 2003) - Vice Minister Nguyen Xuan Thao of MPI and John Samy, ADB's Country Director for Viet Nam attended a workshop in Hanoi upon the successful...
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Preface The Mekong River and its tributaries comprise one of the largest river systems in the world. As a result of decades of war and isolation that ended just a few years ago, the Mekong’s water...
This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals Launched on: 13 September 2000 (to assist 60,000 beneficiaries for 3 months) for CHF 338,764 Budget increased to CHF 9,036,180...
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Rebuilding health systems: an overview of the dilemmas by Joanna Macrae, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Initiative As the international rehabilitation rush continues in Afghanistan,...
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MRC No. 9/02 Agencies from all over the Lower Mekong region will get ready for the coming flood season at the first Annual Mekong Flood Forum next week, from 23 to 24 April at the Cambodiana Hotel in...
Launched on 13 September 2000 for CHF 338,764 for 3 months. Budget increased to CHF 9,036,180 (December 2000); Program extension to 30 November 2001 DREF Allocated: CHF 100,000 Beneficiaries: 350,000 ...
Afghanistan + 45 more
IP/01/1256 Brussels, 10 September 2001 Launching the latest Annual Review of the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), Poul Nielson, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, has highlighted the...
Cambodia + 7 more
This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2001 Appeal Target CHF 3,380,971 Operational Developments: There has been a mixture of news from...
Venezuela + 5 more
GENEVA - A failure to understand the economic and social realities facing disaster victims leads to poorly designed aid efforts which don't help protect people from the impact of future disasters,...
Bangladesh + 12 more
Gland, Switzerland - New research commissioned by WWF, the conservation organization, has warned that dams built with the promise of reducing flooding can often exacerbate the problem with...
Afghanistan + 33 more
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of...
This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 13 September 2000 for CHF 338,764 for 3 months. Budget increased to CHF 2,584,180; programme extension until 31 July 2001. ...
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Graphs and charts never tell the human story in all of its richness. For convenience, AFSC divides its work into fixed thematic and geographic categories, but we remain mindful of an overarching...
I. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Record floods in the Mekong Delta last year killed at least 481 people, of whom 335 were children, mostly below 4 years of age. The lingering effects of...
I. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS At least 481 people were killed by record floods in the Mekong Delta last year, 335 of whom were children - most less than 4 years of age. While the...
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1. OVERVIEW In September 2000, flooding which also affected neighbouring Cambodia and Vietnam devastated monsoon rice crops in central and southern parts of Lao PDR. The worst affected provinces were...
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Cambodia and Vietnam - CWS is continuing to assist the most vulnerable communities in Cambodia, following severe flooding that affected vast areas of Southeast Asia in Fall 2000. Some 3,831 families...
To help protect lives, property and economic development in central Viet Nam from devastating floods, the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is providing nearly $1 million to assist a disaster...