Rapports

Forced to evacuate staff and suspend deliveries of desperately needed medical and health supplies, United Nations relief agencies in Liberia warned that a "dire humanitarian situation" is unfolding as rebel forces close in on the capital, Monrovia. The UN High…

ACCRA, GHANA - In a telephone interview Monday from the besieged capital of Monrovia, Liberian Minister of Health Dr Peter Coleman said that doctors and nurses in two public hospitals were working overtime to deal with mounting casualties from…

The Liberian Red Cross has been busy providing safe drinking water to residents of Monrovia and transporting the wounded to hospital as fighting between government forces and rebel forces gets closer to the capital. The Liberian Red Cross (LRCS) had…

HQ/2003/14 AKOSOMBO, Ghana, 9 June - As Liberian rebels closed in on Monrovia and refugees began fleeing, a humanitarian strategy meeting convened by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has warned that conflict in the region was worsening an already…

MILITARY AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS Fighting is reportedly continuing in the western area of Bushrod Island, coming as close as Sayon Town, some 3 kilometers northwest of central Monrovia. Thousands of displaced people are hopelessly on the move, not knowing where…

By actively promoting synergy among its NGO partners ADRA, Africare and OICI, USAID/Guinea has allowed these organizations to share best practices that simplify and improve upon work processes. The result? Increased food security in some of the poorest areas…

USAID-sponsored NGO (OICI) is working with the truly poor in Guinea in helping rural women improve their organizational and business management skills to better conduct small trading. The result? Improved economic and social status for rural women. A year and…

Appeal Number: 6466 Appeal Amount: $150,000 Situation Report (This appeal, originally issued April 24, is updated with new information provided June 6 and May 29.) JUNE 6 SITUATION: Panic and uncertainty are sweeping the west African nation of Liberia in the wake…

Acción contra el Hambre se enfrenta actualmente en Rep=FAblica Democrática del Congo a una de las más graves situaciones de malnutrición de los =FAltimos años. En los centros nutricionales, gestionados por nuestros equipos norteamericanos en Lubumbashi, hemos registrado durante el pasado…

Appeal Target: CHF 3,444,614 (USD2,363,533 or EUR 2,341,987) Period covered: January to March, 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its…