Informes

Highlights The United States Government has awarded a USD 15.2 million grant for the next two fiscal years to WFP’s school meals and scholarship (Take Home Ration) programmes through the USDA McGovernDole initiative. Mr Miki Watanabe, Chief Secretary…

Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC July 25, 2016 On July 25, 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry led the United States’ delegation to the Ninth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Vientiane, Laos. Established at the…

(MissionNewsire) Salesian-run Don Bosco Kep, located in Kep Province, Cambodia, has just completed a water system and sanitation project on the school grounds. The project entailed drilling a new well, installing a water filter, new irrigation,…

Highlights WFP in collaboration with UNICEF and FAO is finalizing an assessment of the medium and long term needs for the response to drought conditions in Cambodia as a result of El Niño. This includes a nationwide…

Executive summary Cambodia is a country prone to floods and droughts, but 2016 has proven to be the hottest year on record. The ongoing 2015 – 2016 El Niño event is causing severe drought in much of…

Background El Niño is an abnormal weather pattern caused when warm water from the western Pacific Ocean flows eastward. It results from variations in ocean temperatures in the Pacific around the equator and occurs on average every…

Highlights In April, Cambodia recorded its highest temperature. Coupled with low rainfall, it has seriously affected vegetation and crops. WFP is closely monitoring the water scarcity situation and mapping its impact, using data from a satellitebased drought monitoring and…

By Eun-Young Jeong and Darathtey Din It’s not even 9:00 a.m., and the alleyway in front of six-year-old Bunley’s house is buzzing. On any other day, it would have been just his grandfather, occupying a corner of…

Cambodia has received $2.65 billion in ADB lending, grants, and technical assistance since joining ADB in 1966. ADB is Cambodia’s largest multilateral development partner. Between 2010 and 2014, ADB helped to provide 96,000 rural households with access…

On 28 March 2016, The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) have agreed to engage in a Safety Village Construction Project (SVC Project), with the assistance of Komatsu Ltd. This is…