Informes

By Tsitsi Matope — 24 March 2016 Hundreds of thousands of people are facing hunger as an El Niño-related drought takes its toll in Lesotho. To reduce its impact, WFP is giving money to the most vulnerable…

HARARE – Vulnerable people in Zimbabwe will continue to receive relief assistance from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) through what is usually a period of bounty but which this year has turned into a…

In 2014 and 2015, ACTED implemented a project in Baidoa (Bay province, Somalia) funded by the Office of Food for Peace (FFP) through Adeso, a humanitarian and development organization based in Nairobi. The project targets 3,600…

Since 2011, Uganda has experienced a number of refugee emergencies with a spike of arrivals from South Sudan since war broke out there in December 2013. Today, the country hosts more than half a million refugees…

by Catherine Fitzgibbon Introduction and background In the wake of the 2011 drought crisis, the Government of Kenya (GoK) pledged itself to ending drought emergencies by 2022. This commitment is set out in its Ending Drought Emergencies (EDE)…

KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of GB£2.2 million (approximately US$3.2 million) from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) for the launch of a cash assistance programme…

By Laila Ali Across Somalia, more than 1 million people are struggling to meet their basic food needs, particularly internally displaced people and the urban poor. With support from the European Union’s humanitarian aid and civil protection…

Kakuma camp, along the border with South Sudan, hosts 180 000 refugees. In Kenya’s arid north, possibilities to earn a living or obtain food are limited for the refugees who rely on assistance to meet their…

In the poor urban areas of Madagascar affected by flooding, a Cash for Assets programme funded by the European Union and implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP) enables communities to restore their livelihoods, improve their…

Source: Reuters - Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:20 GMT By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Uganda is suffering a shortage of imported drugs to treat HIV victims due to a weak currency and insufficient foreign exchange…