DHAKA ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a new contribution of GBP 1.1 million (US$1.4 million) from the UK government for its life-saving food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. This contribution follows an earlier GBP 8.7 million (US$11.6 million) allocation in 2025 for Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Rohingya response.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced the appointment of Zambian international soccer player Patson Daka as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ Goodwill Ambassador. Daka will use his platform on and off the pitch to raise awareness and advocate for Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work towards ending hunger, with a focus on youth, nutrition, resilience building and community development.
KAMPALA ¨C The Government of Ireland has announced a contribution of EUR 4.5 million (USD 5.3 million) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Uganda, to strengthen the resilience of communities in Karamoja and refugee-hosting regions. This renewed partnership combines food assistance, school feeding, livelihoods, and social protection activities to support approximately 1 million vulnerable refugees and Ugandans.
JORDAN¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Jordan has welcomed a new contribution of GBP 5.5 million (US$7.43 million) from the United Kingdom¡¯s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support its food assistance programme for refugees in camps and communities across the country.
LILONGWE - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of ?3 million (USD 3.7 million) from the United Kingdom to the El Ni?o response appeal in Malawi. This critical support promptly addresses the urgent and escalating El Nino drought-induced humanitarian needs.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH ¨C?The United Nation¡¯s Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the World Bank signed an agreement today to scale up disaster risk protection financed by Germany and the United Kingdom for vulnerable communities and nations faced with catastrophic climate extremes like storms and drought. As world leaders confront the global climate crisis at the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), this initiative underscores the importance of investment in climate action to protect vulnerable communities when disasters strike.
KABUL / LONDON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of GBP25 million (approximately US$28.8 million) from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The funds will go towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency operations for 15 million Afghan people facing food insecurity this winter.
CHISINAU: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a ?5 million contribution from the United Kingdom to support the provision of emergency cash to Moldovan families hosting refugees affected by the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
London - As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan: almost 23 million people facing severe hunger, a global cinema advertising campaign featuring leading names from the film, advertising and humanitarian worlds, and aimed at stirring UK cinema audiences into action to tackle global hunger, includes the people of Afghanistan in their campaign to fight hunger. SAWA, the Global Cinema Advertising Association, in association with the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the world¡¯s leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, created the ¡°Feed Our Future¡± campaign to highlight the potential that is lost every time a child dies of hunger.
BIRGUNJ ¨C The Government of Nepal, the British Embassy, and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today inaugurated a new Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) in Birgunj, Province 2, as part of the continued effort in strengthening the country¡¯s emergency preparedness and response capacity.
Rome/London ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$ 2.75 million from Khalsa Aid International as part of a three-year programme to support school children in Yemen and refugees from the Tigray Crisis
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.
YEREVAN ¨C With funding from the British Embassy in Yerevan, and as part of the ¡°Wholegrain Wheat Value Chain¡± project to boost nutrition, Â鶹ÊÓƵ organized interactive practical training sessions for 200 participants from 30 communities in Tavush to increase knowledge about whole grain wheat bread and bakery production.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a ?4.5 million contribution from the Government of the United Kingdom to provide cash assistance to people facing severe hunger in Malawi.
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.
KABUL/LONDON¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of ?15 million (US$20 million) from the United Kingdom towards its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to help families in Afghanistan who are facing food shortages get through winter.
LONDON ¨C To urge action on addressing the urgent risk of famine, the UK¡¯s first Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs Nick Dyer met the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Executive Director David Beasley to jointly call for other countries to step up.
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.
