Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last situation report was dated April 16, 2002. BACKGROUND Insecurity, a lack of infrastructure, and limited access to vulnerable…

Life is not easy when there is no source of drinking water close at hand. And it becomes very difficult indeed when the nearest spring lies several miles away - a long distance to travel when you have to…

Since late 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire) has been ravaged by war. Every day, men, women and children are shot and killed. Others succomb to illness, hunger, thirst, exile and exhaustion as they attempt to flee…

The ICRC's Red Cross message network in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest in the world. It's one of many activities carried out in the country's conflict areas that extend well beyond Bunia, and include North…

(2003- 83) News Release Ottawa - The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, today announced that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is providing $5.8 million in humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "We applaud…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background Armed conflict in northern Uganda combined with violent looting and cattle raids by Karamojong pastoralists in the east have…

June 2003 Northern Uganda spiralling out of control? In the past month, the LRA violence has been escalating in Northern Uganda, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation and paralyzing further, the social and economic livelihood of the affected…

Appeal Target: CHF 1,002.930 Period covered: January to June 2003.The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of…

Los campos de acogida están al tope de sus posibilidades Oxfam Internacional trabaja ya en dos campos de desplazados en Bunia y un campo de refugiados en el este de Uganda, para atender a las personas que huyen del conflicto…

Whilst the interim multinational peace-keeping force sent by the European Union, of which French troops form the backbone, is currently being deployed in Bunia, in the Ituri province torn apart by fighting and massacres, the basic humanitarian needs of…