BANGKOK/COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed an AUD 22 million (US 15 million) contribution from the Government of Australia to help millions of Sri Lankans who are unable to afford food.
ROME ¨C Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) on World Refugee Day. The somber warning comes as Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already been forced to significantly reduce rations to refugees across its operations.
VIENTIANE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Government of Lao PDR and humanitarian partners, met today to discuss achievements and lessons learned from providing food assistance to returning migrant workers through the COVID-19 quarantine centres across the country.
DUSHANBE ¨C Representatives from the Government of Tajikistan, wheat flour mills and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today held a roundtable meeting in Guliston town, Sughd Region, to discuss the implementation of the national fortification law and hear from various stakeholders in wheat flour fortification in the country.
ROME ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ will host an online press briefing on Monday on the need for a coordinated and strong international response to the looming global food crisis.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of Colombo, marking the start of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s emergency response in the country. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working to provide life-saving food, cash and voucher assistance to three million of the most vulnerable people who can no longer meet their food needs due to Sri Lanka¡¯s unprecedented economic crisis.
KHARTOUM ¨C A record 15 million people in Sudan ¨C one-third of the population ¨C are currently facing acute food insecurity, the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) released by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) shows.
EAST JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development have provided cash assistance for people with disabilities in Hebron, West Bank, providing immediate relief for over 13,000 of the most vulnerable people.
JUBA ¨C Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) planned to support this year will be left without humanitarian food assistance due to critical funding shortages, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.
DAKAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that its UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) ¨C that provides crucial transport links for humanitarian responders to the world¡¯s most remote and challenging locations - will be forced to ground its planes in Guinea and Niger by August 2022 if additional funding of US$ 6.4 million is not urgently provided. This situation risks cutting off crisis-affected communities from life-saving aid at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs.
MAPUTO ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Mozambique (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed the visit of the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, on 14 June to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ warehouse in Matola City. At this occasion, the US Government also announced a US$29.5 million donation to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s humanitarian food assistance to 940,000 people affected by insecurity, conflict, and natural disasters in northern Mozambique as well as the improvement of the registration of displaced populations jointly with the Government of Mozambique and partners.
JOHANNESBURG- Following years of supporting humanitarian organisations and its causes, self- taught African fine artist Reggie Khumalo, who uses his art as a vehicle for social change, will this month be visiting Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) projects in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.
ROME: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with Uber Technologies Inc, a global mobility and delivery platform, to transport emergency assistance to people in need in urban areas across Ukraine through the use of a custom-built version of Uber¡¯s platform.
Food insecurity and malnutrition worsen across Somalia as risk of famine increases amid historic fourth failed rainy season.
Mogadishu ¨C A historic fourth consecutive failed rainy season, skyrocketing prices and an underfunded humanitarian response have resulted in a 160 percent increase in people facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity, starvation and disease in Somalia. With no end in sight for the devastating drought affecting the country, the risk of famine looms larger than ever. An urgent increase in support from the international community is essential to avert famine.
Conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and the ripple effects from the war in Ukraine push millions of people in countries across the world into poverty and hunger ¨C as food and fuel price spikes drive nations closer to instability says new hunger hotspots report
ROME ¨C The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and massive public debt burdens - exacerbated by the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine which has pushed food and fuel prices to accelerate in many nations across the globe. These shocks hit in contexts already characterized by rural marginalization and fragile agrifood systems.
DAMASCUS ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes a contribution of EUR 9 million from the European Union (EU) to support the scale-up of cash assistance to approximately 375,000 vulnerable and food insecure Syrians who are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
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 / SEOUL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a US$ 3 million contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea towards the UN Flash Appeal for Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugee response plan in Moldova.
CHISINAU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will issue a second round of cash assistance to Moldovan families hosting refugees from Ukraine, to help them reduce the burden of additional costs of food and other essential needs.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C Members of the European Parliament who visited drought-stricken southern Madagascar to see how front-line communities and responders are dealing with the protracted humanitarian emergency there noted that a steady flow of assistance has helped avert catastrophe and ease widespread hunger. But they warned that much remains to be done to meaningfully restore lives and livelihoods in a region particularly prone to the intensifying impacts of climate driven crisis.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received an additional EUR 5 million in funding from the European Union (EU) in 2022 to contribute to providing life-saving food assistance to 1.6 million people in Burkina Faso who are unable to meet their basic food needs due to conflict, the impact of climate change, and the socio-economic fallout caused by 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.
Lilongwe, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a US$9.7 million (MK 8 billion) contribution from the United States Government to help nearly 400,000 food insecure Malawians become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
MASERU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$ 1.7 Million contribution from the Government of Japan to support the provision of daily meals to some 50,000 pre-primary school learners in Early Childhood Care and Development Centres (ECCDs) countrywide and the training of 300 farmers in the Mohale¡¯s Hoek and Quthing regions of Lesotho over the next 12 months.
BOUNNEUA, LAO PDR ¨C The Ministry of Health, provincial authorities, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF have today launched a project supported by the Republic of France, focusing on improving the nutrition status of children under five in Lao PDR¡¯s northernmost province of Phongsaly.
