Informes

Aid workers working for ACT/Caritas in the Taaisha area of southern Darfur have their work cut out with a new flood of displaced people. Ten villages were attacked in late September, two of them burned to the ground. At least…

Key Developments: SRSG Pronk delivered his monthly report to the Security Council on the situation in Sudan on Tuesday, 5 Oct. WFP announces that it has distributed food to approximately 1,337,000 conflict affected people in the Darfur region during the month…

SOLIDARITES, an international humanitarian aid organisation, sends out an SOS for emergency humanitarian aid for the displaced populations in Darfur, and launches a press campaign to inform and mobilise the general public. The SOLIDARITES team of 11 volunteers in Darfur (soon…

Westport, CT (October 4, 2004) - While Save the Children has assisted more than 300,000 Sudanese forced to flee their homes as a result of ethnic violence, the agency's top officials say the job of saving lives in western…

Key Developments: Preliminary results from a food security and livestock survey conducted by FAO indicate a grim reality in the Darfur region. According to the preliminary report, up to 90% of the cattle livestock in GoS areas and between 60-90%…

Lubango, 10/04 - About USD 24,000 will be invested this month, by a Dutch non-governmental organisation for refugees (ZOA), in a project that aims the opening of water wells, in the outskirts of Chipindo district, Angola's southern Huila province. This…

Westport, CT (October 3, 2004) - Save the Children is expanding its efforts to respond to a devastating drought in the eastern region of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa where malnutrition rates among children are rising at an…

DARFUR ICRC highlights An assessment in the region of Silea shows that the nutritional situation may further deteriorate: It is estimated that the coming harvest will barely cover 20% of the overall food needs of the local population. Last week, over…

Caritas Australia has committed another $250,000 to the Sudan crisis this week. In total, $750,000 has now been raised to provide water, food, shelter, sanitation, basic sleeping and kitchen materials, health care and education to a growing number of…

MID MEHER ASSESSMENT The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) published its mid-season assessment report of the main or 'meher' season, highlighting the food supply prospect for 2005. Teams of the multi-agency assessment collected information from district level officials which included…