DUSHANBE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has begun delivering fortified wheat flour and vegetable oil to the families of vulnerable schoolchildren in the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan, supported by USD 1 million from the Russian Federation.
ROME ¨C Hunger in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has increased almost fourfold over the past two years - from 2.2 million people in 2018 to close to 8 million people in 2021 ¨C a result of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and years of extreme climate events. Of this figure, 1.7 million people are in the ¡®Emergency¡¯ category of food insecurity and require urgent food assistance.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of three people killed, today, in an attack on a delegation travelling on a field visit in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
ESHPEROV ¨C A pilot greenhouse project to supplement school meals with locally-grown fresh vegetables was launched today at Dogdurov school in Eshperov village of Issyk-Kul province. The programme aims to strengthen the capacity of all Kyrgyz primary schools to prepare and serve fresh and nutritious meals throughout the country.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), a critical lifeline transporting humanitarian workers and lifesaving cargo to some of the most challenging and hard-to-reach locations, urgently requires US$ 204 million to continue existing operations beyond February 2021.
Kathmandu - The Government of Japan has agreed to extend grant assistance of Japanese Yen 364 million (about US$3.47 million / NRs.405 million) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Nepal for implementing the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Programme in five vulnerable districts of Provinces 1 and 2.
Lilongwe, Malawi, February 17, 2021 ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Health today welcome a timely contribution of EUR 550,000 (about 515 million Malawi Kwacha) from the Government of Ireland to support interventions that prevent malnutrition in Malawi.
CAIRO ¨C A record 12.4 million Syrians - nearly 60 percent of the population - are now food insecure, according to alarming new national data from the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). In just over one year, an additional 4.5 million Syrians have become food insecure.
CAIRO ¨C In support of Egypt¡¯s Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) and in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) launched today a three-day training to develop counselling and monitoring capacity of MOSS¡¯s community workers.
BANGUI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$1.6 million (JPY 178 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to provide much-needed food assistance to vulnerable people in the Central African Republic, amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Humanitarian crisis continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warn FAO, UNICEF, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and WHO
SANA¡¯A/ADEN/ROME/NEW YORK/GENEVA - Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive urgent treatment.
Kigali ¨C Today, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced it would reduce food assistance to refugees in Rwanda by a dramatic 60 percent, as of March 2021. Some 135,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees in camps in Rwanda rely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic food needs each month.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Sri Lanka welcome a funding of CAD 1 million (LKR 151 million) from Global Affairs Canada to help smallholder farmers cultivate nutritious crops for the National School Meal Programme.
Dili ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ humanitarian air service in support of the Government¡¯s COVID-19 response will continue thanks to a US$150,000 donation from the Republic of Korea.
BISHKEK ¨C The Swiss Government has contributed CHF2.5 million to boost United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) support to vulnerable Kyrgyz families hit hard by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jerusalem- - The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) signed an agreement to better support the State of Palestine to accelerate progress on gender equality and women¡¯s empowerment in line with the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Baghdad - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the World Bank are partnering on gathering key data on the impacts of COVID-19 on households, including people who are displaced, in camps, and those who have returned to their areas, as well as host communities.
ADDIS ABABA/ROME ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) affirms the need for strong partnership between the Government of Ethiopia and the entire humanitarian community to rapidly scale up a collective response to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of people in Tigray.
ADDIS ABABA/ROME - Today, the Executive Director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, David Beasley, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia, Catherine Sozi, and the Federal Minister of Peace of the Government of Ethiopia, Muferihat Kamil, completed a joint visit to Mekelle in Ethiopia¡¯s Tigray Region, aiming to highlight the need for strong partnership to rapidly scale up a Government-led collective response to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of people in Ethiopia¡¯s Tigray Region.
ROME: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is stepping up global co-operation on the use of humanitarian drones, which are a game-changer for fast, accurate, disaster impact assessment and response. With growing threats from famine and climate change, it is hoped a new online platform will help respond to the challenges ahead, as currently being demonstrated in the response to tropical storm Eloise in Mozambique.
KHARTOUM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is appealing for funding to provide food and nutrition assistance to over 60,000 refugees who crossed from Ethiopia into eastern Sudan in recent months. Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes a contribution of US$800,000 from Japan.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a 3.5-million-euro (US$4.2 million) contribution from Italy to provide food assistance and develop early-recovery projects for tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso.
This is a summary of what was said by Â鶹ÊÓƵ spokesperson Tomson Phiri ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
GENEVA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is ramping up assistance to displaced people following a spate of inter-communal violence in West and South Darfur which has forced over 100,000 people to flee in search of safety.
NEW YORK/ROME ¨C More than 39 billion in-school meals have been missed globally since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures, according to a new report released today by the UNICEF Office of Research ¨C Innocenti and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
