Informes

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0072 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone Manou 16 May 2003 This report summarises preliminary information provided by the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar. Situation As assessments are on-going, a more detailed evaluation of…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/71OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Horn of Africa - Floods16 May 2003 This report summarises preliminary information received from the UN OCHA Offices for Kenya and Ethiopia. Regional situation 1. Flooding in Eastern Africa has claimed far…

URGENT NEEDS IN HEALTH, NUTRITION, EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION Over 100,000 displaced due to recent flooding in the Somali region Additional rehabilitation centres needed as number of children requiring therapeutic feeding increase The emergency measles/Vitamin A campaign, targeting 7.2…

By Andrei Neacsu at the Sasumua dam The man in the yellow waterproof jacket is giving short and precise orders to a group of workers. The lush green valley of dense, ten metre-high bamboos, eucalyptus and other trees, reminds one…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0069 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone Manou 14 May 2003 The Government of Madagascar appeals for International Assistance. Situation 1. On 9 May 2003, Tropical Cyclone Manou reached the eastern coast of Madagascar making landfall over the…

IP/03/684 Brussels, 14 May 2003 - The European Commission has adopted a €13 million humanitarian aid package to support vulnerable people affected by drought and food shortages in Zimbabwe. The funds provided by the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office, ECHO, under the…

A first humanitarian convoy carrying 4,500 kg of relief items reached the flood-affected Madagascan city of Vatomandry yesterday evening by boat, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said today. The Malagasy Red Cross has sent two water…

South of the East African Rift Valley, the low, hot plains of Ethiopia play host to a hardened people who have accepted drought periods and subsequent famines as the natural cycle of their lives. An unusually severe drought withered the Ethiopian…

The number of Congolese refugees to Uganda's Western district of Bundibugyo is slowly swelling as a result of tribal clashes between the Lendu and Hema in the Ituri province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Although earlier media reports suggested a…

Disaster relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: N/A This Information Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time. The Situation The tropical Cyclone Manou reached the eastern coast…