LUSAKA ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China to locally procure over 5,600 metric tonnes of maize to deliver food assistance for drought-affected communities in Zambia.
YANGON, MYANMAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution from the People¡¯s Republic of China to deliver emergency food assistance to 320,000 people in communities devastated by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar in March this year.
DHAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China, provided through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA).
JORDAN¡ªThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China to support the National School Feeding Programme in Jordan by providing healthy school meals for 30,000 students in the Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps.
BISHKEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China, through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), will provide nutritious school meals to more than 100,000 children in the Kyrgyz Republic. This marks CIDCA¡¯s first multilateral initiative in the country and in Central Asia through its Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund.
ANTANANARIVO - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warmly welcomes a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to support 43,600 people in southern Madagascar with nutritious meals from December 2024 to March 2025.
BUJUMBURA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of US$1.5 million from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to provide nutritious meals for thousands of school children in Burundi.
KAMPALA ¨C The Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China has provided funding to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for the provision of school meals to over 165,000 children in Karamoja region in Northeastern Uganda.
KABUL / BEIJING ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China towards its emergency response in Afghanistan for 2023. The funding will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide life-saving food assistance to nearly 70,000 food-insecure people in areas struck by acute food insecurity.
VIENTIANE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today launched a new project for school children funded by the Government of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA).
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of China have signed an agreement to provide life-saving food assistance to vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso affected by the combined threat of conflict, climate shocks, and the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.
Bissau ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Chinese Embassy in Guinea-Bissau and the Ministry of National Education have carried out the first distribution of take-home rations of rice to children with disabilities, marking an important step in the fight against malnutrition and school exclusion of children with disabilities in Guinea-Bissau.
DILI ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Health today started to distribute Super Cereal, a fortified blend rich in vitamins and minerals, to vulnerable groups. Procured with funding contribution from China, the nutritious food will be distributed to more than 144,000 malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women across all 13 municipalities over the next four months.
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China have recently signed an agreement to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency food and nutrition operations in Timor-Leste.
LUSAKA ¨C This week, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution from China through a South-South and Triangular cooperation COVID-19 opportunity fund. The contribution will be used to enhance the user experience of the Virtual Farmers Market mobile-based e-commerce application, known locally as Maano. The app, which virtually links farmers to buyers when downloaded to a mobile device, will be enhanced to provide smallholder farmers with vital agriculture support and rural e-commerce services, such as commodity transportation, insurance and market information.
Harare ¨C On International day of South-South Cooperation (12 September), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) acknowledges the Global south¡¯s important contribution to alleviate food insecurity and malnutrition in Zimbabwe. The Governments of Brazil, China, India and South Africa, have provided tangible transfer of information, resources and expertise to Zimbabwe over the past years, successfully administered through Â鶹ÊÓƵ, to support food security and nutrition in Zimbabwe.
Dili¨C A United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) chartered flight carrying Sinovac vaccines from Beijing arrived today in Dili. The vaccinations were donated by the Chinese Government in support of the COVID-19 response in Timor-Leste.
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of China have signed agreements to provide food assistance to vulnerable people in Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Uganda. These contributions aim to alleviate food insecurity, which has been worsened by the socio-economic effects of COVID-19.
BEIJING - The first consignment of humanitarian cargo consisting of COVID-19 medical supplies is scheduled to arrive today at a Global Humanitarian Hub in Guangzhou, from where it will be shipped to other UN hubs worldwide, as well as directly to affected countries and regions. Established earlier this month by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), with support from the Government of China, the hub will support the global COVID-19 emergency response for the international community, including the UN, national governments and other humanitarian partners.
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is providing lifesaving medical equipment worth US$500,000 to help China¡¯s frontline hospitals in Hubei support the Government¡¯s effort to combat COVID-19.
BEIJING - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of China have recently signed agreements to provide food assistance to Yemen, Lesotho, Dominican Republic, and the Republic of Congo to respond to their food needs outlined in recent Humanitarian Response Plans.
FREETOWN ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed an important contribution of 2,850 metric tonnes of rice from the Government of Sierra Leone to support the implementation of the country¡¯s national school feeding programme which is at the centre of the government¡¯s ¡°free quality education¡± initiative.
ZHENGZHOU ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ and China¡¯s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (NAFRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen South-South Cooperation and share China¡¯s experience in food security
