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Lack of funds closes 28 per cent of WASH programmes
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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Iraq
Additional 12 per cent to close within two weeks. Provision of an effective WASH response across the country remains severely…
UNICEF's U-Report social platform hits 1 million active users
RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: World
Young people mostly in Africa are using U-Report every day to voice their opinions, connect to their leaders, and help change the conditions in their communities.NEW YORK, 16…
Five ways aid agencies can better communicate with those they help
RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: IRIN
Country: World
By Jessica Alexander
GENEVA, 20 July 2015 (IRIN) - International aid agencies have historically been criticized for failing to seek the views of those they are trying to help, providing them…
More people flee to Mauritania to escape insecurity in northern Mali
RELIEFWEB.INT - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Mali, Mauritania
MBERA CAMP, Mauritania, July 20 (UNHCR) – Almost 400 people fleeing a renewed outbreak of fighting in northern Mali have sought refuge in Mauritania over…
Food distribution by ICRC in Somalia
The ICRC in Somalia marked this year's Ramadan by distributing food and volumes of the Quran to detention centres in Somalia. Among the food items distributed were palm dates, meat, sugar, tea leaves and milk.
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Towards a better understanding of food security, gender equality and peace-building
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: World
IDS and FAO want to understand how addressing the specific priorities of men and women in food and nutrition interventions could shape conflict mitigation and…
Falck supports and sponsors the EMS 2016 Congress in Copenhagen
Falck will be a main sponsor for the first European congress on emergency medical services, EMS 2016 in Copenhagen
For the very first time EMS Copenhagen, part of the Capital Region of Denmark, will host an international congress on…
Greek beats back wildfires
Firefighters in Greece on Saturday succeeded in bringing two large wildfires in Athens and the Peloponnese under control, but an off-duty police officer is believed to have died in the flames. A body found in the Athens district of Kareas,…
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flooding in Indonesia, India and Bangladesh
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Bangladesh, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Nauru, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu
In Thailand, although the…
Humanitarian innovation that starts with crisis-affected communities
Source: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Country: Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, United States of America, World, Zimbabwe
Refugees, displaced persons, and others caught in crisis often…