MAPUTO - The European Union (EU) has recently contributed €3 million to strengthen resilience of vulnerable and food insecure communities and enhance the capacity of social protection systems for better adaptation and response to the impacts of climate change in drought-prone areas of Gaza and Tete provinces.
The project, entitled Pro-Resilience Action (PRO-ACT) in Mozambique, will be jointly implemented by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) over a period of three years (2020 - 2022).
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push millions more people into food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries.
DHAKA ¨C Today, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Australian High Commission jointly handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of Bangladesh¡¯s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
SUVA, Fiji - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of US$500,000 from the United States Government in support of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Pacific.
DAMASCUS ¨C Syrians today face an unprecedented hunger crisis as the prices of basic foods reach levels unseen even at the height of the nine-year conflict and millions of people are pushed deeper into poverty, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) said, on the eve of a donors pledging conference for Syria.
WINDHOEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the Japanese Government contribution of US$ 700,000 (equivalent to NAD 11.2 Million) that will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide food assistance to some 30,000 vulnerable people in Namibia.
Three-year initiative aims to support the Government of Ethiopia in preventing acute malnutrition among children and mothers in 100 districts and promoting health and nutrition in 600 schools.
ROME ¨C With much of the world¡¯s commercial transport systems, particularly airlines, grounded by COVID-19, Â鶹ÊÓƵ - the world¡¯s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger and a global leader in logistics ¨C has stepped in to move passengers and huge volumes of health and other supplies needed in the fight against the pandemic.
New Delhi, India: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi come together to develop innovative solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government's food safety nets. The partnership will create sustainable models that can be replicated across the country to support governments in their work on food and nutrition security.
DAMASCUS ¨C As a record number of Syrians are food insecure and struggling with rapidly increasing food prices, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a donation of EUR 130 million from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to 4.8 million people.
TRIPOLI/TUNIS ¨C UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, are joining forces in Libya in a project that will aim to reach up to 10,000 food insecure refugees and asylum seekers with emergency food aid this year.
HARARE - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed an additional US$10 million in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for families in urban areas of Zimbabwe struggling to meet their daily food needs due to the impacts of COVID-19.
DUSHANBE ¨C The Russian Federation has announced a contribution of US$11.2 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to develop a sustainable school feeding programme in Tajikistan. These funds will be used to implement the third and final phase of the project conducted by Russia and Â鶹ÊÓƵ from 2020 to 2023. The project is focusing mainly on the renovation of school canteens, training staff at Tajik schools and promoting healthy diets.
BERLIN ¨C As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread into countries already dealing with the impacts of drought, economic crises and conflict, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has provided USD 5.9 million to ensure that the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) can continue to protect 1.2 million vulnerable African farmers with climate risk insurance.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ statement offering clarification on recent media and social media coverage regarding trucks carrying food parcels that were stopped in Tripoli, north Lebanon.
Beirut, Lebanon -- The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) wishes to clarify and confirm that the trucks intercepted on Friday, 12 June and Saturday, 13 June in Tripoli were carrying life-saving Â鶹ÊÓƵ food assistance to Syria.
HARARE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of CA$1 million from the Government of Canada for life-saving humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe. Canada¡¯s total support to Â鶹ÊÓƵ since February 2019 is CA$5 million and this latest contribution will enable the provision of emergency assistance to 66,000 people experiencing acute food insecurity.
JUBA ¨C For the first time since 2018, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has managed to send a humanitarian convoy from Kenya directly into South Sudan via the Nadapal Border crossing just as hunger is peaking in the country.
SAN SALVADOR - Damage caused by Tropical Storm Amanda which lashed El Salvador is compounding the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and is set to increase the number of food insecure people in El Salvador, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
DUSHANBE ¨C As part of its response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) provided one-off take-home food rations to 24,000 vulnerable families whose children benefit from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s school feeding programme in Tajikistan.
DHAKA - Bangladeshi cricket star and current captain of country¡¯s one day international (ODI) cricket team, Tamim Iqbal has been appointed National Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Bangladesh.
KHARTOUM ¨C The Government of Sudan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the government¡¯s Family Support program that will provide Sudanese families direct cash transfers.
East Jerusalem ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of €6 million (US$6.5 million) from the Government of Germany to cover the food needs of more than 300,000 non-refugees in Gaza and the West Bank for up to three months.
N¡¯DJAMENA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is ramping up its support to the Government of Chad¡¯s World Bank-funded Food Security and Response Plan for people affected by the growing social and economic fall-out from the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are increasingly alarmed about the situation in Yemen.
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already experiencing the world¡¯s largest humanitarian crisis, driven by an unabated conflict. But we are ready to stay and deliver life-saving assistance to those who need it.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Niger welcomes an additional €24 million contribution from Germany to scale-up resilience building at a time when Niger is facing the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 health pandemic on food security and nutrition of vulnerable rural and urban families.
