Reports

The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund…

The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund…

Highlights More than 1,810 cholera / AWD cases including 14 deaths have been reported in 8 out of the 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR); with an average Case Fatality Rate of 0.8%, since…

Research reports and studies March 2019 Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd and John Twigg This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores…

WRITTEN BY JOSH AYERS Can the world ever eradicate poverty? At Food for the Hungry, we believe it’s possible. In fact, we see progress toward this every day in communities all around the world where we work to…

HIGHLIGHTS Food security stable but some areas experiencing crisis Protection concerns for South Sudanese IDPs and refugees Displacement crisis in Katanga, DRC Reintegration challenges for expelled migrants from Tanzania Less displacement caused by inter-communal violence in Kenya in 2013 compared to…

HIGHLIGHTS Regional food security in eastern Africa shows marked improvement Nutrition in Turkana Central worsens from Serious to Critical No polio in South Sudan, as political impasse hinders vaccination in Sudan More than 100 people dead and over one…

By Miriam Gathigah and George Gao NAIROBI/NEW YORK, Oct 17 2013 (IPS) - Wambui Karunyu, 72, and her seven-year-old grandson are the only surviving members of their immediate family. Karunyu’s husband and five children all succumbed…

(Extract) Pakistan Cyclone Phet hit south Pakistan on June 6, bringing heavy rains, high winds and severe flooding. Some 250,000 people are affected, and standing water continues to pose health risks. Lack of safe drinking water and insufficient access to food…

Children make up around one-third of the world's population. Yet a group of young journalists attending the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen believe their voices are still unheard. While youth delegations have been vocal on the streets and…