Informes

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is preparing $6.1 million Cdn./$4.6 million U.S. in aid for victims of violence in western and central Sudan. MCC is working directly with its partner in the region, the Sudan Council of Churches. An MCC assessment…

Food distribution CARE has completed distributions in Iridimi, with distributions continuing in Bredjing for spontaneous refugees. Water and sanitation CARE is conducting a three-week evaluation of water and sanitation systems in the camps, and developing a system to manage solid waste in…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: RATIONALE FOR CAP REVISION Given the fluidity of the evolving refugee situation during the first part of 2004, the possibility of a revision was already anticipated in March, when the CAP for Chad was launched.…

N'DJAMENA, 19 August 2004 - This week, UNICEF is airlifting 81 tons of humanitarian aid to N'Djamena in eastern Chad. This airlift is part of the recently drafted 90-Day Emergency Plan (August-October), aimed at reinforcing UNICEF response to the…

(Extract) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS VENEZUELA: WHAT WE HOPE FOR FROM THE BORDER Some weeks ago, various families from Puerto Lleras, a village situated by the Colombian river Arauca, sought refuge in Las Palmas hacienda, an area near to El Nula, in Páez…

CORD, the UK based aid agency, said today that thousands of refugee child who have fled into Chad to escape the conflict in West Darfur, Sudan, are suffering trauma. "Many children have crossed the border alone either because they have…

By Sr. Lolín Menéndez RSCJ, former JRS Refugee Education Resource Person for Africa Open conflict erupted in Darfur, western Sudan, in early 2003 when the two loosely allied rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality…

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of: a) strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); b) resource mobilisation; c) coordinated programme…

Vast majority of the refugee population will be unaccessible during the rainy season; thus, an urgent need to deliver relief aid before then Less than 5% of the US$ 6.8 million appeal covered US$ 1.9 million urgently…