Informes

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For…

Press Release [No. SEGL3/F/36/04] Tunis, 7 July 2004 - Kenya is launching an important project aimed at improving water supply and sanitation services in the Rift Valley. The African Development Fund (ADF) will help the country attain this objective with…

Agency helping victims of violence CIBITOKE, Burundi (July 07, 2004) CARE is helping victims of escalating violence in the Great Lakes region of Burundi, where an influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo is straining the country's…

Background: Inhabitants of Darfur, Sudan, have faced more than a year of conflict. Militia from nomadic and semi-nomadic groups have raided sedentary farmer communities. The attacks are in retaliation for rebel activity in Darfur last year and are fueled by…

Agency's National Advocacy Campaign Says Urge Senate to Fund $180 Million New York, NY -- As United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan warns African Union leaders at a summit in Addis Ababa today that the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, threatens…

Switzerland is to commit CHF 10 million in assistance to Darfur in 2004. Over CHF 6 million have already been injected into aid programmes and additional experts are to be sent to the region. Since last autumn, the SDC…

Context The conflict in Darfur, a battle for the control of resources that has taken ethnic lines, has now been underway for fifteen months. This conflict is symptomatic of the long-term marginalisation of peripheral communities across the country. According to…

Benguela, 07/2 - Angola's central Benguela province will produce 86.000 cubic metres of drinking water per day as from 2006, with the implementation of a Usd 80 million water project designed by Angolan Government and funded by Brazil, on…

Britain risks failing the people being killed and driven from their homes in the worsening crisis in Darfur, Sudan, says international aid agency Oxfam today. Despite generous aid, British diplomacy has so far failed to protect the men, women…

Executive Summary Over one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are estimated in the western Sudan region of Darfur with 326,422 in South Darfur, 398,773 in North Darfur and 502,265 in West Darfur. In addition to IDPs, an…