Informes

The first of four Red Cross Red Crescent aid flights to assist victims of severe floods in northeastern Sudan has arrived in Sudan's Kassala state, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The flight, which arrived…

Current situationKassala 1. UN agencies and five NGOs will officially launch a flash appeal today in Khartoum and Geneva. 2. Following two cases of measles, MOH started measles vaccination on Thursday, targetting children aged 9 months to 5…

Humanitarian Update is published by the Disaster Prevention, Management and Coordination Unit under the UN Kenya Resident Coordinator Office, UN Complex, Block Q, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. Overview Some showers of rain were experienced in the Arid districts of…

Emergency Response for Flood Affected People in Kassala State and Other Areas Khartoum 11 August 2003 HIGHLIGHTS 1. This inter-agency Appeal is requesting USD 8,632,069 for ten projects submitted by five UN agencies and five NGOs in order to: Provide…

Current situation Kassala 1. Flood waters have again reached the western part of the city despite vigorous efforts to reinforce embankments. The river Gash remains high. 2. Malaria cases are on the increase. WHO has supported the establishment of 21 disease surveillance…

(New York: 8 August 2003) United Nations agencies and their non-governmental organization (NGO) partners are responding to needs created by heavy flooding in northwestern Sudan. Floodwaters from the River Gash have swept through the town of Kassala in northwestern Sudan,…

Appeal launched on 5 August 2003 for CHF 1,917,000 (USD 1,412,563 EUR 1,250,535) to assist 140,000 beneficiaries on a preliminary basis for 3 months. Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 200,000 Period covered: August 5 -7 2003 The Federation's mission…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last situation report was dated March 25, 2003. BACKGROUND The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi's 6.85…

This report builds on the findings and recommendations of inter-agency needs assessments carried out in Kassala from 1 to 4 August 20031. Current situation 1. Following an inter-agency fact-finding mission carried out on 1 August, comprehensive inter-agency needs assessments were undertaken from…

Fire destroys internally displaced persons camp in Bossaso... Two fires broke out in the Buulo Elay Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bossaso on 9 and 30 July 2003. The first fire was the most severe, causing the deaths of…