ADDIS ABABA ¨C The first United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) passenger flight, which is managed by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has touched down at Tigray¡¯s Alula Aba Nega International Airport in Mekelle today.
DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today for the development of a sustainable National School Feeding Programme.
Brindisi, Italy ¨C Following the recent G20 side event co-hosted by the Italian Government and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) focusing on the role of logistics in current and future health emergencies, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the World Health Organization (WHO) are launching INITIATE2, a joint project to bring together emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to promote knowledge sharing and skills transfer for improved emergency response to health crises.
HARARE ¨C The Government of Germany, through the German Federal Foreign Office, has contributed EUR 3 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Zimbabwe to support highly vulnerable communities struggling to meet their basic food needs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a EUR 18 million contribution by Germany to Southern Africa for 2021-2023.
MAPUTO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 6.7 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support communities forced to flee their home in Northern Mozambique with food assistance.
LUSAKA ¨C This week, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Digital PayGo and Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) launched the Virtual Farmers Market mobile-based marketplace ¨C known locally as Maano ¨C that links smallholder farmers to buyers offering competitive prices for their produce, thereby increasing farmers¡¯ earnings and income opportunities.
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ROME ¨C This year¡¯s edition of the SOFI is the first global assessment of its kind reflecting the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on food security and malnutrition.
New Delhi/Jaipur: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Rajasthan, are partnering to improve the State¡¯s Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS), which is the world¡¯s largest food safety net scheme.
Africa posting biggest jump. World at critical juncture, must act now for 2030 turnaround.
Rome ¨C There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today ¨C much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic¡¯s impact has yet to be fully mapped , a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population ¨C up to 811 million people ¨C were undernourished last year. The number suggests it will take a tremendous effort for the world to honour its pledge to end hunger by 2030.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C A United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle today with 900 metric tons of food as well as other emergency supplies. However, double this number of trucks needs to be moving in every day to meet the vast humanitarian needs in the region.
JUBA ¨C As South Sudan marks 10 years of independence, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reaffirm their strategic partnership to improve the lives of millions of South Sudanese and support their aspirations for a better future.
BANGUI, 7 July 2021 ¨C At least 80,000 children under the age of five are currently at risk of severe acute malnutrition across the Central African Republic (CAR) - a 29 per cent increase compared to projections for 2021 , UNICEF and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced today. The UN agencies also warned that over 632,000 people - more than one in eight people ¨C will fall into a catastrophic hunger situation between the first week of July and the end of the lean season without urgent action. Across the country, 40 per cent of children under five are already suffering from chronic malnutrition , a rate above the emergency threshold of 30 percent.
ROME ¨C High food prices, driven by conflict, economic fragility and the impacts of La Ni?a, are making nutritious food unaffordable for millions of families already struggling to cope with income losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
KAMPALA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today commended Sweden and the Federal Republic of Germany for contributions to food and cash support for 1.4 million refugees in Uganda at a time when a surge of COVID-19 and its economic impact are threatening lives and livelihoods across the country.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) humanitarian operations are getting a major boost with an AUD 34.7 million contribution from the Government of Australia. The funding will assist communities across the Indo-Pacific region affected by hunger as a result of conflict, COVID-19, or climate emergencies.
CARACAS ¨C ?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) started its school meals programme in Venezuela this week, with the first distributions of take-home food rations to children enrolled in 277 pre-primary schools and to their schools¡¯ staff in all municipalities in the state of Falc¨®n.
BANGKOK/SEOUL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of US$ 800,000 from the Government of the Republic of Korea in support its operations in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
PEMBA, CABO DELGADO ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that without urgent funding, one of the world¡¯s fastest-growing displacement crises in northern Mozambique risks becoming a hunger emergency as families continue to flee insurgent violence.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting halted the emergency response last week. However serious challenges are threatening the entire humanitarian response in the region.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a $60 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to help meet the urgent food needs of the most vulnerable in famine-risk Yemen.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan ¨C The Russian Federation is providing a new batch of in-kind contribution to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Kyrgyzstan, in support of its operations for poor families in need of food assistance.
CARACAS¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has moved its first food supplies to its logistics hub in Maracaibo, Venezuela, as it prepares to launch its school meals programme for vulnerable school children and school employees in the country.
BEIRUT ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a CAD10.5 (US$8.7) million contribution from the government of Canada to scale up food assistance to the most vulnerable Lebanese through a key national social support.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of €2.5 million from the European Union (EU) to support its life-saving food and nutritional assistance in the southern region of Madagascar and its cash programmes for vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Iraqi Ministry of Trade launched the ¡®Tamwini¡¯ (My Food Ration) smartphone application in Najaf, which will roll out for 1.6 million people across the governorate.
