Windhoek, Namibia -The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in partnership with the African Group of Ambassadors and the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil recently launched an Integrated Community Based Food systems Project in the rural district of Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa Region.
Harare ¨C The Government of India has contributed almost USD one million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Zimbabwe to help affected populations tackle climate shocks.
JUBA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is grateful for the generous contribution of EUR 5 million from the European Union to support the United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) and the Logistics Cluster (LC) in South Sudan. More than 8 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance after record floods, conflict and COVID-19 have worsened the situation, following earlier years of conflict.
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.
DAMASCUS ¨C At a time when humanitarian needs across Syria are greater than ever, the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Syria has received 1 million Euro from the European Union (EU) to ensure that humanitarians can continue to reach vulnerable families.
Suva, Fiji - With the support from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the World Health Organization (WHO), Fiji¡¯s ability to care for COVID-19 patients has received a critical boost thanks to the delivery of life-saving medical supplies via Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Pacific Humanitarian Air Service.
Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a € 500,000 contribution from France to meet pressing food needs of vulnerable non-refugee populations in the Gaza Strip. The funds will be used to provide electronic food vouchers to more than 32,000 people for one month to purchase diverse nutritious food of their choice from 200 retail shops across the Gaza Strip.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) delivered food to over a million people in the north-west and parts of southern Tigray in June and July under the second round of distributions, despite numerous challenges. But severe shortages of food, cash, fuel and functioning telecommunications equipment mean Â鶹ÊÓƵ has only reached half of those it planned to reach, including communities on the verge of famine.
COX¡¯S BAZAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a new contribution of €3.5 million from the European Union (EU) to support Rohingya refugees as well as host communities in Cox¡¯s Bazar with food assistance and nutrition support.
YANGON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that its lifesaving operations in Myanmar are being held back by a major funding shortfall, with over 70 percent of its funding needs over the coming six months still unmet.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdulla issued the following statement for International Day of the World¡¯s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2021.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The Government of Canada has provided USD 3.74 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to contribute towards its efforts to support the Government¡¯s social protection programme in the country. Both Canada and Â鶹ÊÓƵ are strong supporters of social safety nets, including cash transfers to the most vulnerable populations.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is supporting the Government of Sri Lanka with food items and funding to provide school children with take-home rations in lieu of in-school meals.
COX¡¯S BAZAR ¨C Thousands of families in flood-prone areas in Teknaf have received mobile money transfers from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) thanks to funding from the European Union (EU) designed to be released upon forecasts of severe weather.
BEIRUT ¨C?One year after the deadly blasts that rocked Beirut and following months of economic meltdown that have plunged millions of people across Lebanon into poverty, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is now supporting one in six people in the country, more than at any time in its history.
JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of CAD$2 million (approximately US$1.7 million) from the Government of Canada to provide much-needed food assistance for two months for more than 64,000 of people in the Gaza Strip who have been most-affected by the recent armed escalation and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.?
Amman ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Jordan today welcomed a timely contribution from the Government of Canada which helped the agency reverse planned cuts in food assistance for 110,000 refugees.
LUSAKA ¨C This week, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) procured and delivered personal protective equipment, funded by Brazil to the Ministry of Health in Zambia. The equipment, consisting of 1,315 white overalls and 11,505 disposable gowns will be used in Zambia¡¯s efforts to fight COVID-19.
Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots ¨C new report
ROME ¨C Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in a new report issued today
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of 36 metric tons of nutritious dates worth USD 88,437 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) to support refugees living in north-west Tanzania.
29 July 2021,Washington DC/New York/ Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have welcomed US$127 million in support, provided by the World Bank, for an interagency project to fight the spread of extreme hunger in Yemen. The project will provide rural families with opportunities to build sustainable household food security.
ROME ¨C A United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flight managed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ and operated by our longstanding aviation services partner ¨C Abyssinia Flight Services - was forced to make a crash landing on the afternoon of Tuesday July 27, whilst transporting passengers between Jigjiga and Dire Dawa.
DAMASCUS ¨C With a record number of Syrians struggling to meet their basic needs, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a donation of 109 million Euro from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) to provide lifesaving food and nutrition support to millions of vulnerable people in 2021 - 2022.
ANTANANARIVO, 26 July 2021 ¨C At least half a million children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished including 110,000 in severe condition, in drought-affected southern Madagascar, suffering irreversible damage to their growth and development. The number of acutely malnourished children is likely to increase fourfold since the previous assessment conducted in October 2020, warn UNICEF and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
WASHINGTON ¨C I am deeply heartened by the announcement from Qatar that it will contribute US$100 million to humanitarian operations in Yemen, where conflict, COVID and economic decline are driving a grinding hunger crisis which is in danger of slipping into famine without adequate funding. This contribution reinforces the opportunity for regional peace and security.
