KATHMANDU ¨C A month after devastating floods swept through valleys in northern Nepal, Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) assistance continues to provide a vital lifeline to affected communities that remain highly vulnerable. Widespread displacement, lost livelihoods, damaged farmland, and disrupted market access are affecting families¡¯ ability to feed themselves properly, without assistance.
The Government of Japan contributed an emergency grant of USD 1 million to support emergency food assistance for communities affected by recent devastating flash floods in Nepal through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
KATHMANDU, Nepal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up its response in Nepal as some communities devastated by flash floods and landslides remain isolated by damaged roads, destroyed infrastructure, and challenging terrain. Emergency food assistance was dispatched and distributed to affected areas within hours of the disaster, and specialist logistics teams have been deployed to help humanitarian partners reach the most isolated locations.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the Government of Australia's contribution of AUD 2 million to support emergency food assistance and logistics operations for communities affected by the devastating floods in northern Nepal.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, today kicked off the implementation phase of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA), marking a major step towards strengthening climate resilience and food security in Nepal.
KATHMANDU ¨C The Government of Nepal, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) attended a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of a new Humanitarian Staging Area in the Gandaki Province.
Kathmandu ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of $499,951 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for monitoring activities that improve the quality and availability of data about food security, nutrition, and livelihoods in Nepal. Over the next two years, this information will enable public stakeholders to make more effective and data-driven investment decisions to improve food security and community resilience.
KATHMANDU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in support of the Government of Nepal¡¯s emergency response, has dispatched cash assistance to communities at perilous risk ahead of monsoon flooding in Western Nepal, helping to soften the blow of the climate-related disaster.
NEW DELHI ¨C Inspired by the implementation of India¡¯s Food Security Act (FSA) 2013 through its public distribution system, school meals, and nutritional support for mothers and children providing food security to millions, a delegation from Nepal is in India to study the world¡¯s largest food safety net.
ROME: Four United Nations agencies today announced the forthcoming launch of a new phase of a joint programme that aims to secure rural women¡¯s livelihoods, rights and resilience to advance sustainable development.
BIRGUNJ ¨C The Government of Nepal, the British Embassy, and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today inaugurated a new Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) in Birgunj, Province 2, as part of the continued effort in strengthening the country¡¯s emergency preparedness and response capacity.
KATHMANDU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed today an additional contribution of ?788,000 (NPR 130 million) from the Government of the United Kingdom towards its nutrition support for vulnerable families in Nepal.
Kathmandu - The Government of Japan has agreed to extend grant assistance of Japanese Yen 364 million (about US$3.47 million / NRs.405 million) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Nepal for implementing the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Programme in five vulnerable districts of Provinces 1 and 2.
KATHMANDU - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of ?4.49 million (equivalent to US$5.75 million or 678 million Nepali Rupees) from the United Kingdom to help some of Nepal¡¯s most vulnerable people cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and provide food security and nutrition recovery support for their families.
WASHINGTON ¨C As classrooms around the developing world begin to re-open, the U.N. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is receiving US$119 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school meals in five countries in Asia and Africa.
KATHMANDU ¨C Fortified rice, lentils and vegetable oil, totalling to nearly 1,500 MT, donated by the United States have been distributed by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Nepal to school children (from Grade1-8) in rural areas who are missing out on nutritious school lunches they used to receive in Sudur Paschim and Karnali provinces.
DHANGADHI, Nepal ¨C Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Prem Kumar Rai today inaugurated a Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) in Dhangadhi, Sudurpaschim Province, together with the British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nepal Representative and Country Director, Pippa Bradford. Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Rajan Pokhrel, and Chief Secretary of Sudurpaschim Province, Bal Krishna Ghimire were also present.
