With funding ‘down to a trickle,’ UN agency renews warning over Burundi refugees
May 24, 2017, at 04:52 am
New York, May 23(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has increased its funding appeal by $36 million to support Burundians fleeing their homes in what could become the third-largest refugee crisis in Africa.
UN migration agency releases funding for emergency response to Congolese fleeing Kasaï
Apr 26, 2017, at 05:42 am
New York, Apr 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency released emergency funding in the amount of $100,000 to kick-start relief operations in Angola for the 1.1 million Congolese displaced by fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) south-central Kasaï region.
UN calls for 50 per cent increase in funding for mine action in 2017
Feb 10, 2017, at 04:24 am
New York, Feb 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations has launched a $511 million international appeal for humanitarian mine action in conflict and post-conflict settings for 2017, a 50 per cent increase from last year's $347 million consolidated appeal.
MARRAKECH: UN chief urges rapid scale-up in funding to address climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:23 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 22, continued its work on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged greater efforts to mobilize funding to address climate change, especially to support developing countries.
Ethiopia: Funding helps UN agency avoid cutbacks in food aid to drought-affected people
Nov 19, 2015, at 02:09 pm
New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Thanks to timely contributions from key donors, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it is able to continue food distributions later this month for more than 1.5 million people in the Somali region of Ethiopia, and can scale up nutrition help to more than 700,000 children and nursing mothers in the most drought-affected areas.
UN agencies boost aid efforts to flood-hit Tindouf refugees, call for urgent funding
Oct 24, 2015, at 02:22 pm
New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency and its partners are scaling up aid efforts after devastating floods widely damaged Sahrawi refugee camps in southwest Algeria, working to provide food and relief supplies, while urgently appealing for emergency funds to fill the 80 per cent gap in order to reach the most vulnerable.
UN cites need for funding to ensure aid delivery
Jun 17, 2014, at 05:38 pm
New York, Jun 17 (IBNS): As the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide continues to grow, the top United Nations relief official on Monday urged the international community to provide the requisite funding and access needed to enable aid workers to do their jobs effectively.