Rapports

Summary Conventionally, floods and flooding are perceived as geophysical hazards within a common framework of natural disasters that also covers storms and hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tsunami. In each case, socioeconomic losses and damage increase…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM CWS SITUATION REPORT: CAMBODIA FLOODING SITUATION: Monsoon rains related to Typhoon Ketsana, which affected the Philippines, have hit Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Effects are particularly strong in Cambodia, where CWS Cambodia reports that…

PHNOM PENH, Sep 29, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least eight people were killed Tuesday by the impacts of Typhoon Ketsana that hit Kompong Thom Province, about 230 kilometers northeast of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, according to local…

PHNOM PENH, Aug 25, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An independent watchdog for agriculture in Cambodia warned Tuesday that at least eight provinces out of the country's total 24 provinces and cities are facing drought. The Center for Study and…

Phnom Penh, August 4, 2009 - Today the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the World Bank signed a US$ 13 million agreement to support Cambodia's poorest and most vulnerable people by strengthening food security and social safety nets. The…

Manila, 31 July 2009-As Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 continues spreading across the globe, there is evidence that pregnant women, particularly in the second and third trimesters, are at higher risk of falling seriously ill or dying from the virus. This has…

Press Release No:2010/022/EAP Washington, DC, July 9, 2009 - When high food prices hit Cambodia in 2008, the country's poorest and most vulnerable people were hit hard - highlighting weaknesses in existing smallholder agricultural production systems and throwing an estimated…

This report covers 1 January to 30 June 2009 In brief Programme purpose: To coordinate and support International Federation (i.e. secretariat and partner national societies) efforts to assist host national societies to scale up their work in line with the Global Agenda. Summary:…

IOM this week presented the findings of a six-month assessment conducted in the remote provinces of Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri bordering Viet Nam and the Lao PDR. Most of the population in the two provinces is composed of ethnic minority groups,…

PHNOM PENH, 10 June 2009 (IRIN) - Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia's western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor. "I've heard the rumours about [Kuwait and Qatar]. I…