The arrival of the first trucks in Gaza is a first step towards a food lifeline for the hundreds of thousands of people facing desperate conditions. But much more access and assistance is urgently needed, and the flow of supplies needs to be scaled up radically.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomed today¡¯s opening of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which enabled a first convoy of trucks to bring in urgently needed food, water and other supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been struggling amid desperate conditions.
Food supplies are being stockpiled in the Egyptian city of Al Arish and close to the Gaza border, to be dispatched as soon as border access is granted. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) needs unimpeded access, and safe passage for desperately needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza.
Seven earthquakes with magnitudes reaching 6.3 and multiple aftershocks have struck Herat Province in Western Afghanistan within eight days. Dozens of villages are affected, many of them entirely flattened with at least 1,400 people killed and more than 1,800 injured, according to official figures. The majority of victims are women and children.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched an emergency operation to provide critical food assistance to over 800,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank who are facing dire circumstances, lacking access to food, water, and essential supplies.
A hunger emergency is looming on the border between South Sudan and Sudan as families fleeing fighting in Sudan continue to cross the border every day. New data gathered by Â鶹ÊÓƵ shows that among the nearly 300,000 people who have arrived in South Sudan in the last five months, one in five children are malnourished and 90 percent of families say they are going multiple days without eating.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is rapidly scaling up its response on the Chad-Sudan border to support a surge of people fleeing from Sudan. Thousands of people are crossing each day from Sudan¡¯s Darfur region into the small border town of Adr¨¦ in Chad, with many arriving injured and with harrowing stories of the violence they have escaped.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has delivered emergency food assistance to more than one million people in Sudan in the six weeks since operations resumed on 3 May. Â鶹ÊÓƵ briefly paused operations when the conflict broke out but has since rapidly scaled up food distributions, delivering life-saving assistance to people in 14 of 18 States as fighting continues and the humanitarian situation deteriorates.
Hunger is tightening its grip on vulnerable Haitians as insecurity, violence and deepening economic woes are driving a complex emergency in Haiti. Almost half the population is facing acute hunger and malnutrition is on the rise.
Cyclone Mocha, the strongest storm to strike the Bay of Bengal in over a decade, has wreaked havoc on millions of vulnerable people, particularly in Myanmar. Heavy rains and winds triggered flash floods and landslides, washing away thousands of homes, and causing widespread damage to infrastructure in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is rapidly scaling up its emergency operations in Sudan, every day reaching thousands more people whose lives have been upended by the ongoing fighting. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ramping up to assist 4.9 million vulnerable people in Sudan and thousands more who have fled to neighbouring countries.
Thousands of people have crossed into South Sudan as they flee ongoing conflict in Sudan. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is on the ground and supporting the new arrivals, but this additional response is putting pressure on an already severely underfunded operation.
Chad is witnessing a new wave of refugees crossing the border following the military clashes that erupted in neigbouring Sudan on 15 April. The humanitarian needs are growing in Chad and food needs to be urgently pre-positioned before the rainy season makes access impossible.
South Sudan is simultaneously drowning and drying as the climate crisis tightens its grip. An unprecedented flooding crisis has swallowed large swathes of the country while other parts are grappling with devastating drought.
An average monthly wage in Syria currently covers about a quarter of a family¡¯s food needs, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ said today, highlighting an urgent need for increased humanitarian assistance as the country grapples with the devastating impact of recent earthquakes and a 12-year-long conflict.
As we mark one year since February 24, 2022, the war in Ukraine continues to inflict untold suffering on civilians, to displace families, and to disrupt supply chains and food production in the country and around the globe.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has stepped up its emergency response to support victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð, providing emergency food assistance to nearly two million quake-affected people in the two countries through hot meals, emergency ready-to-eat food packages and family food rations.
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The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is on the ground responding to the devastating impact of the two earthquakes that hit °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð and Syria on Monday 6 February. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been delivering food assistance since Tuesday with plans to reach half a million people in the two countries.
South Sudan is on the frontlines of the climate crisis and millions in the country are living the daily reality of a worsening climate. More than one million people have been impacted by an unprecedented, multi-year flood event that is sweeping the nation, exacerbating high levels of hunger caused by ongoing conflict and the global food crisis.
In Somalia, historic drought, compounded by insecurity is displacing thousands and sending hunger and malnutrition rates soaring. Famine is projected in Baidoa and Burkhaba districts before the end of the year if the situation continues to worsen and assistance doesn¡¯t reach those who need it.
In Haiti where gang violence compounded by rising global food and fuel prices, have led to protests that have brought the country to a standstill, completely paralyzing economic activities and transport. Almost half the population is currently facing acute hunger and for the first time ever in Haiti 19,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger in the Port-au-Prince commune of Cit¨¨ Soleil.
In Somalia, the United Nation Â鶹ÊÓƵ is delivering life-saving assistance to more people than ever before, reaching 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support - but famine is now an imminent reality unless immediate and drastic action is taken.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative and the reopening of Ukraine¡¯s Black Sea Ports to commercial and humanitarian shipments are crucial to helping the world¡¯s hungry. There is no single solution to the global food crisis but reintegrating Ukrainian food and Russian food and fertilizer into global markets is a step in the right direction
The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms. Since the start of the year, nine million more people have slipped into severe food insecurity across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, leaving 22 million people struggling to find enough food to eat
