Informes

NAIROBI, Kenya, 13 September 2011 – UNICEF and its partners are striving to reach children and their families affected by famine and drought in southern Somalia with the start of a food voucher and cash transfer…

NAIROBI –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is bolstering its nutritional support for malnourished children and mothers in the Horn of Africa. WFP is also expanding its use of cash transfers to help drought-hit families…

ADDIS ABABA, 2 September 2011 (IRIN) - In an effort to help some of the most vulnerable people in one of Ethiopia's most food insecure regions, the government of Tigray has launched a pilot scheme to…

Peter Clottey Information minister Joel Kapaanda says the $500,000 donation demonstrates his government solidarity and compassion for the people affected by the famine. “Our government has decided to support the people of Somalia and of the Horn of…

NAIROBI, 30 June 2011 (IRIN) - As the drought in Somalia [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93092 ] intensifies, with an estimated 2.85 million needing aid, more and more relief agencies are looking at the option of cash transfers, saying…

The Government of Zimbabwe and UNICEF, through contributions from the international donor community, have introduced a Social Cash Transfer Programme mechanism for extremely poor labour constrained households, especially the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) and Child…

by Sebastian Nyamhangambiri HARARE - Zimbabwe's elections chief Simpson Mutambanengwe on Thursday said without an immediate injection of funds his commission will not be able to carry out reforms key to ensuring that polls expected next year are credible. President Robert…

Protection for the most vulnerable households By Victor Chinyama and Vivian Siu MCHINJI, Malawi, 28 October 2010 - UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake recently concluded a two-day visit to Malawi, where he highlighted a cash-transfer programme as an innovative way…

The 2010 edition of UNICEF's Progress for Children shows that despite advancement towards the Millennium Development Goals, many of the poorest and most disadvantaged children are still missing out. The following story from Malawi is one such example. By Shantha…

HARARE - A cash crunch after international donors withdrew funding has crippled efforts to clear Zimbabwe's mine fields laid by combatants during the country's 1970s war of independence, President Robert Mugabe has said. The de-mining exercise is being carried out by…