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.
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) donated USD 5.7 million to Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) for a project to support smallholder farmers in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
MASERU- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a JPY 200 million (US$ 1.8 Million) contribution by the Government of Japan to strengthen food assistance support to 50,000 pre-primary school children through the Government of Lesotho¡¯s national school feeding programme.
MBABANE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed JPY 200,000,000.00 (US$1,831,670) from the Government of Japan to support 30,600 vulnerable Swazi households for the next six months.
KABUL ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ-led United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has resumed flights to Kabul, enabling humanitarian responders and much-needed relief items to reach desperate Afghans in multiple locations across the country.
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.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will suspend food assistance for more than 100,000 displaced people in parts of South Sudan for three months starting October as part of a prioritization exercise driven by funding shortages this year
GENEVA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ Executive Director, David Beasley, is urging the world to act now and step-up support for the people of Afghanistan, calling on donors to provide immediate and generous funding to boost humanitarian action in the country.
Windhoek, Namibia ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) have launched a Cash-Based Transfer (CBT) programme in Onamatanga Village in Omusati Region following a generous contribution of €1 Million (N$17 610 019.00) from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
NAIROBI, 9th September, 2021 ¨C The National Treasury & Planning and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed a partnership agreement to jointly implement, the Government-Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Programme (G-FLLoCA), which seeks to strengthen local resilience to the impact of climate change by building capacity to plan, budget, implement, monitor, and report resilience investments in partnership with County Governments and communities.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? As conflict spills across Northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million into hunger in Afar and Amhara provinces, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has announced an unprecedented funding gap of $US426 million across its operation in Ethiopia and appealed for funds to meet the needs of up to 12 million people this year.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has expanded its resilience-building programme across Salah al-Din governorate north of Baghdad, to respond to growing concerns about the lower than usual rainfall in Iraq. This year has seen the second lowest rainfall in 40 years in the country.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is partnering with the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) to hand over ownership of the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SUN Business Network) in Sri Lanka. The handover will enable the SUN Business Network to scale up from its current member base of large private sector organizations to include Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is grateful for an additional contribution of €11.6 million from the European Union (EU) to provide emergency food assistance to 3.9 million people at risk of famine in South Sudan this year.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is grateful for the generous contribution of USD 500,000 from the Republic of Korea to support relief efforts in the South of the Haiti battered by a deadly earthquake on 14 August.
KOTIDO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the Office of the Prime Minister are collaborating under a European Union funded project to improve how the Karamoja region responds to food shocks. At the launch of the EUR 4 million (UGX 16.69 billion) Pro-Resilience Action project (Pro-ACT), the UN agencies and government emphasized the need for greater inclusion of poor and vulnerable people in Uganda¡¯s entire disaster response.
BANJUL ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) started food distributions and cash transfers to support recovery of communities affected by a windstorm and flash floods in July. The support will help families meet their immediate food needs and replenish destroyed or lost food stocks.
BANJUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the French Embassy in The Gambia congratulate the Government of The Gambia for joining the Global School Meals Coalition following the signing of the Declaration of Commitment by H.E the President, Mr. Adama Barrow.
TEHRAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous €2 million contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany in support of its longstanding assistance programme to vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Seoul/Rome ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received US$1.2 million from the Republic of Korea to provide humanitarian activities for food crisis in the following countries: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Sudan and Burkina Faso.
30 August 2021 ¨C The Government of Japan provided JPY 200 million (US$1.8 million) to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mozambique to address food insecurity in communities affected by the ongoing violence and displacement of people in the Cabo Delgado province.
Bujumbura - Funding from the European Union (EU) is helping the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to predict climate shocks and implement a series of timely activities to improve the resilience of communities in Burundi affected by torrential rains.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a €6 million contribution from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s monthly food assistance to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) and Syrian refugees living in Iraq.
PORT AU PRINCE ¨C Battered by multiple crises in recent years, Haitians who survived the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake are now dealing with crumbled homes, lost livelihoods and limited or no access to food. The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is stepping up its ongoing vital support to desperately food-insecure Haitians in the area and working with the Government and partners to extend support to those newly in need.
New Delhi/Bhubaneshwar: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Odisha, have launched a training app aimed at thousands of Cook-cum-Helpers who play a critical role in preparing and providing hot-cooked meals to millions of school children under India¡¯s Mid-day Meal scheme.
