Rapports

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 6 September, 2002 for CHF 4,966,000 for months (the operational plan and related budget are currently being revised.) Beneficiaries: 100, 000 persons (currently under consideration) Period covered:…

by Caroline Lees in Asha Kurak, Eritrea Even before reaching the small village of Asha Kurak, visitors are likely to meet most of its inhabitants. Men, women and children, along with their cattle and goats, spend hours each day waiting…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: CHF 70,000 This Bulletin is being issued based on the needs described below reflecting the information available at this time. Based on further updates and details from assessment reports, or should the situation deteriorate, the…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Crisis in Ethiopia - Background In 2002, Ethiopia suffered one of its worst droughts in recent years. The severity of the situation was recognised early in 2002 in the pastoral areas, particularly in Afar Region and Somali…

Luanda, Jan 04 (Angop) - Luanda's Water Supplying Company (EPAL) is in need of US $30 million for the execution of the emergency recovery plan of the province's infrastructures and the water systems. It was announced on Friday by the…

UNUSUAL RAINS IN DECEMBER After erratic rainfall contributed to a dramatic decline in crop production in 2002, partially attributed to a weak El Nino in the Horn of Africa reported by the Drought Monitoring Centre in Nairobi, in December unusual…

Core statistics on children 65% of population live below poverty line of about US $1.00 per capita per day Child malnutrition: - Stunting: moderate: 49%; severe: 25.4% - Underweight: moderate: 25.4% - severe: 5.9% - Wasting: moderate: 5.5% - severe: 1.2% Infant morality rates:…

Situation Analysis in the New Sudan: An Overview The New Sudanese Indigenous NGOs united in the NESI-network are working for long term development at grassroots level since many years. They wish to express to the outside world…

Oxfam Update on Flooding in Mozambique Over the weekend floodwaters rose again on the Zambezi River in Central Mozambique, with more than 150,000 people now having been forced from their homes. The giant Cahora Bassa dam was forced to open…

It was just a year ago that television screens were filled with pictures of families clinging to the tops of houses surrounded by dangerous rushing waters. Now, again, we are hearing about severe flooding in Mozambique that has already…