ANTANANARIVO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Madagascar have launched an innovative project that seeks to develop rural communities in Androy and Anosy regions, in southern Madagascar.
KIGALI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the United States (through USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) to provide life-saving food assistance in the form of cash transfers and treatment for malnutrition including social and behavioral change initiatives for 113,500 refugees living in all five camps in Rwanda.
Official launch by FAO, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Integrated Acute Food Insecurity Phase Classification Results Study in Lebanon.
NEW YORK/ROME - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes a US$ 10.7 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to help vulnerable children get better access to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, and India. The two-and-a-half-year initiative focuses on including fortified foods in school meals as well as advocating for more nutritious food throughout the programmes.
The region has the highest cost for a healthy diet compared to the rest of the world, at USD 3.89 per person per day, while the world average is USD 3.54.
CAHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of France towards its nutrition response for families affected by drought in the southern Angola.
Windhoek, NAMIBIA: The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS), United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Impact for Africa S.p.A. (IFA) and Lithon Project Consultants Pty (Ltd) (Lithon) launched an integrated food production project on Thursday, 12th January 2023 at the project site in Mariental. This groundbreaking project will support government¡¯s efforts to increase domestic food production, develop agricultural value chains and improve the socio-economic outcomes.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has welcomed a contribution of around US$130 million from the Government of Japan to support vulnerable people in 37 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa amid the deepening global hunger crisis.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Mr. Yung Soo Jung today handed over a rice donation to Lao PDR¡¯s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Madame Baykham Khatthiya, at the Ministry¡¯s and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane.
GENEVA, NEW YORK, ROME, 12 January 2023 - United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME -?"United Nations Security Council resolution 2642 ¨C which allows for life-saving humanitarian aid to be delivered to north-west Syria from across the Turkish border ¨C is set to expire in eight days. If the Council fails to extend it, the consequences will be catastrophic for 4.1 million people in non-Government controlled areas. Most of them are women and children who need assistance just to survive at the peak of winter and amidst a serious cholera outbreak.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received EUR 7.2 million in funding from the European Union (EU) in 2022, which has helped Â鶹ÊÓƵ to supply over 750,000 people in Burkina Faso with life-saving food assistance as humanitarian needs have continued to rise due to insecurity, the impact of climate change, and rising food prices.
YAOUNDE - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of EUR 4.2 million from the European Union (EU) through the EU's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Department (ECHO) to strengthen Â鶹ÊÓƵ response to the emergency food needs of 598,000 people in the northwest and southwest regions of Cameroon. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing life-saving food assistance to more than 300,000 women, men and children affected by the conflict in both regions.
NIAMEY ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is providing life-saving food assistance to an increasing number of vulnerable people affected by population displacements in Niger, thanks to EUR 11 million provided by the European Union¡¯s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO). The funding has allowed Â鶹ÊÓƵ to meet the needs of 584,500 food-insecure people in Niger through cash and food assistance in 2022.
KAMPALA ¨C The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have welcomed a contribution of US$4.7 million from Norway to jointly implement programmes which increase climate resilience and improve food and nutrition security for 8,000 families in the Teso sub-region of eastern Uganda.
KAMPONG CHHNANG & PURSAT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, with support from KOICA, are this month recognizing the role school cooks play in the school meals programme through a series cooking competitions.
N¡¯DJAMENA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Chad has received a contribution of US$ 5 million from the Republic of Korea to strengthen 3,400 vulnerable households¡¯ resilience to climate change through the development and rehabilitation of water harvesting and management infrastructures for climate resilient livelihoods.
YEREVAN ¨C With a generous contribution of US$750,000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will support the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to strengthen the shock responsiveness of the social protection system in Armenia.
YEREVAN ¨C?The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$ 1 million contribution from the Government of Switzerland to improve resilience and provide a long-term economic support to the border communities of Armenia. Through the aid approved by the Swiss Development Agency (SDC), Â鶹ÊÓƵ will directly target 3,000 people from 15 borderline settlements?
SANAA/DUBAI ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a $20 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to help meet the urgent food needs of the most vulnerable households in Yemen.
JERUSALEM ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a timely EUR5 million (USD5.2 million) contribution from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) that helped avert planned cuts in critical food assistance for 180,000 of the most vulnerable and food-insecure Palestinian families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in December 2022.?
KIGALI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Rwanda has welcomed a contribution of US$3.6 million from Germany to support the food and nutrition needs of women and children in the refugee community, to strengthen government social protection systems and improve food security and incomes for smallholder farmers.
KAMPALA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 5.1 million (approximately 20 billion Uganda Shillings) from the European Union¡¯s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) to provide life-saving food assistance in the form of cash transfers for more than 850,000 refugees in Uganda, and for emergency food assistance and treatment for malnutrition for an additional 183,288 people in the Karamoja region.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed US$45 million in 2022 on behalf of the American people to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to help provide life-saving food assistance in southern Madagascar, as half the population faces acute food insecurity following consecutive years of drought.
KHARTOUM ¨C?A delegation of humanitarian and development experts from the European Union (EU) reiterated their support for the Sudanese people upon the conclusion of a mission to Sudan to see the reality of food systems on the ground. The mission ended just days after the signing of a Framework Agreement which could pave the way for a two-year civilian-led transition in the country. Some 25 delegates from the EU and its Member States had the opportunity to see Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and EU humanitarian and development projects throughout their visit, which was led by the Czech Presidency of the EU.
