Reports

1. Situation Update Two IOM vehicles and staff departed from Ngouboua on 04 April, spent one night in Bol, and continued to N’Djamena, arriving on 05 April 2012, completing Phase I of the project. An operational team…

By Chris Niles NEW YORK, USA, 4 April 2012 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake has called for an urgent escalation in humanitarian efforts in the Sahel region of Africa to prevent the deaths of more than…

Par Chris Niles NEW YORK, États-Unis, 4 avril 2012 - Le directeur général de l'UNICEF, Anthony Lake, appelle à une accélération d'urgence de l'aide humanitaire au Sahel pour prévenir le décès de plus d'un million d'enfants. Anthony…

4 avril 2012 – Alors que la malnutrition atteint des niveaux alarmants dans la région du Sahel, avec au moins un million d'enfants en danger, le Directeur général du Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF),…

N’DJAMENA, Chad, 4 April 2012 – As malnutrition reaches emergency levels across the Sahel with at least one million children at risk, UNICEF’s Executive Director Anthony Lake on a visit to the region today called for…

By Chris Niles NEW YORK, USA, 2 April 2012 – As the hunger season begins in the Sahel region of Africa, UNICEF is launching a massive fund-raising campaign to help the more than 1 million children in…

Par Chris Niles NEW YORK, États-Unis, 2 avril 2012 - Comme la saison de la faim commence au Sahel, l'UNICEF lance une grande campagne de collecte de fonds pour venir en aide à plus d'un million…

Situational Update The IOM team that arrived on site on March 16th continues with the operations including registration, medical and psychosocial intervention, food and non-food items distribution as well as preparation for transportation of the returnees to…

Action Against Hunger scales up operations to address food shortages, treat more than 20,000 severely malnourished children For months humanitarian actors have sounded the alarm in anticipation of an impending regional food crisis due to shortages, price…

Highlights Increase in admissions for SAM between January and February 2012 in all Sahel belt regions Project cooperation agreements to be signed with new potential partners (Merlin, Alima, Premiere Urgence, etc.). UNICEF integrated plan elaborated (new objective: 100% coverage). Integrated…