Liberia
Brother's Brother Foundation and the Liberian Community Association of Pittsburgh, PA are requesting funds to send requested medical and educational supplies to war torn Liberia in West Africa. T. Momolu Massaquoi , President of the Liberian Community Association of…
Liberia
Humanitarian Situation in Liberia Over recent weeks fighting in and around Monrovia has caused thousands of people to flee within the city. Following the breakdown of the peace talks and ceasefire two weeks ago, heavy fighting resumed between 23 and…
Guinea + 2 more
Collapse of Zabara Bridge on road between Kissidougou and Nzérérkoré interrupts humanitarian activities in Forest region On Saturday 28 June a wooden bridge collapsed in Zabara, 45 km south of Macenta on the route between Kissidougou and N'Zérékoré. The accident…
Liberia + 1 more
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: A DREF application is in process.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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
MSF has set up a new health post where people enter Bunia and provides first aid as well as medical screening of people entering the town. According to MSF workers at the health post, the returnees are exhausted, many…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
MSF's project in Beni, DRC, has approximately 20 staff, mostly Congolese. The recent fighting brought the frontline of the war between the two factions further to the north, and closer to the town of Beni. MSF decided to evacuate…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The ICRC's Red Cross message network in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest in the world. It's one of many activities carried out in the country's conflict areas that extend well beyond Bunia, and include North…
Liberia
Cholera outbreak puts thousands at risk In response to the health crisis in war-torn Liberia, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, is calling for supplies and funds to urgently provide crucial health care to Liberians. The delivery…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2003- 83) News Release Ottawa - The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, today announced that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is providing $5.8 million in humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "We applaud…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 more
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background Armed conflict in northern Uganda combined with violent looting and cattle raids by Karamojong pastoralists in the east have…
