Rapports

Four trucks loaded with plastic sheeting and thousands of blankets have reached Zalambessa, a border town destroyed during the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict. The first 1,200 families returning home to rebuild their houses will use the sheeting to build temporary shelters. The…

Highlights The food aid response emergency appeals has been outstanding with almost 100 per cent of the requirements met with confirmed pledges. The only exception is the requirement for an additional 37,148 MT of pulses. However, about…

ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT AND UNITED NATIONS APPEAL FOR ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UNTIL THE END OF 2003 The Ethiopian Government and the United Nations appealed on 5 September 2003, for an additional US$40 million of non-food humanitarian aid and 37,500 mt of…

No.: 151/03 Minister of International Development Hilde F. Johnson has decided to earmark an additional NOK 25 million (approximately USD 3.4 million) to those affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia and Eritrea). This means that since…

United Nations Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office for the Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern AfricaBi-monthly Update RIACSO provides support to the national efforts in addressing the Southern African crisis and ensures cohesion and complementarity of…

GULU CHILDREN OF WAR REHABILITATION PROGRAMME Twenty-two formerly abducted children were received at the World Vision Gulu Children of war Rehabilitation Centre and 27 adults were received at the Adult Centre, 245 km north of Kampala from September 2-3, 2003. This…

CURRENT SITUATION General 1. The general consensus among humanitarian actors on the ground is that the situation in accessible areas is operationally under control. The majority of the target population has received immediate assistance in most sectors, or assistance is already…

Assessment Mission: 19 August 3 September, 2003By François Piguet, Field Officer 1. Introduction and background Both Afar Region and Shinille Zone in the Somali Region have got recently heavy rains after 3 to 5 years of low precipitations.…

CURRENT SITUATION General 1. UNDAC continues to monitor the situation, and with the easing of water levels, more areas have become accessible for information gathering purposes. 2. The level of the Gash River has returned to normal (information source KEF), and…

Launched on: 05 August 2003 for CHF 1,917,000 (USD 1,412,563 or EUR 1,250,535) for 3 months for 140,000 beneficiaries. Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: CHF 200,000 Period covered: 18 August to 1 September, 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives…