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Informing humanitarians worldwide. A digital service provided by the United Nations @UNOCHA.
Bangkok, Nairobi, New York
Joined February 2009
#Ethiopia: Civilians in Tigray are suffering "The Cruelest of Fates" and need life-saving assistance, with their lives & livelihoods destroyed by the war. 900,000 people are in #famine and nearly 2 million more are at risk -@RefugeesIntl 📷 UNICEF/Ayene
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.@SafeguardingHC reported an eight-fold increase in incidents of violence against or obstruction of #healthcare by the #Ethiopian armed forces in #Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions since 2021. 📸: UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye
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6 months into the war in #Tigray, Ethiopia, only 30% of hospitals, 17% of health centres and none of the 712 health posts were functional. A new assessment in @bmj_latest evaluates the health system before and during the war. 📷: UNOCHA/Tinago Chikoto
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Health facilities across Ethiopia’s Tigray region have been looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on healthcare, according to @MSF
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More than 1 million people are displaced in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region, announced @UNmigration #IDP's are residing in overcrowded shelters, in schools and open spaces. Their urgent needs include food, shelter, and health services. #TigrayConflict 📷: IOM
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Despite some improvements in delivering humanitarian aid to communities in Afar and Tigray regions, overall humanitarian access in northern Ethiopia remains challenging @UNOCHA's Access Snapshot looks at the situation
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#NepalQuake: First map on estimated population exposed & fatalities http://t.co/6MlNC6gEr3
#NepalQuakeRelief
http://t.co/pPfGWnogJX.
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Read @WorldPeaceFdtn’s study “Starving #Tigray” for a snapshot of how the ongoing war has destroyed the region's economy and food systems and the humanitarian emergency from #foodinsecurity & #famine threatening millions. 📷: UNICEF/Sewunet
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#Nepalquake: Country Disaster Response Handbook from @cfedmha
http://t.co/dT2KvsW5yq
#NepalEarthquake #Nepal
http://t.co/UppD42h5V9.
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All warring parties in Tigray, #Ethiopia have been implicated in the attacking, pillaging and occupying of schools since the conflict started, @hrw has warned. About 25% of schools in Tigray have been damaged. #education. 📷: OCHA/Charlotte Cans
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More than 2.1 million people are internally displaced in #Tigray. USD 27 million is urgently needed to continue providing emergency shelter and non-food support, warns @UNmigration. #Ethiopia . 📷: IOM/Kaye Viray.
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The crisis in Tigray, #Ethiopia, is entering its sixth month with no clear end in sight amid severe child rights violations. #Education, water, protection, health and nutrition have all been affected, warns @UNICEF. 📷: UNICEF/UN0412581/Leul Kinfu.
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The UN Security Council will hold a session on the situation in #Iraq Wed 28 Aug at 10:00amEST. The latest report to the Security Council can be found at: .Broadcast live: .Text of briefing will be posted at:
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Get the latest humanitarian updates from Asia and the Pacific with @UNOCHA 's Weekly Snapshot
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#Ethiopia #Tigray Crisis: Women & girls are forced to exchange sex for small amounts of cash due to lack of access to food and cash to meet basic needs - @RESCUEorg 📷: UNHCR/Gebrehiwot
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#NepalEarthquake: We will aggregate updates here: http://t.co/wBTIsRphQH Follow @OCHAAsiaPac for latest info #Nepal #earthquake.
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As the situation continues to develop across #Myanmar, ReliefWeb's dedicated country page provides updates on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar and how those already in need are being affected
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How are children's rights affected by #climatechange? What is the role of the next generation as activists within their changing environments? To find out, register for @HumanitarianTr1's free online course at 📷: UNICEF/Noorani
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A free online @UNFPA course targets those who want to increase their knowledge around gender-based violence (#GBV) prevention and response in #emergencies. Available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic
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#Syrianrefugees: Snow and freezing temperatures endanger flooded refugee camps In #Lebanon @UOSSM (image © UNHCR/A.McConnell)
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.@UN & partners appeal for $415 million to help people affected by #NepalQuake
http://t.co/biHUxDMEq1
#Nepal
http://t.co/n6lMfP9Uhx.
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#Ukraine: #Humanitarian funding remains low as displacement rises - latest @UNOCHA report http://t.co/9r29Yr2mFx
http://t.co/GH5GBXLXAn.
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.@UNFPA launches its largest ever humanitarian appeal to reach 54 million women, girls in 68 countries 📷: UNFPA Sudan
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Hours after cyclone Batsirai wreaked destruction in eastern #Madagascar, @WFP is on the ground providing emergency assistance in coordination w/govt authorities. 📸WFP/Nejmeddine Halfaoui
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The World Health Organization @WHO today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Coming soon! ReliefWeb Jobs - your gateway for humanitarian and development jobs.
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#DRCongo: Years of #conflict, #climatechange, #COVID19 and other epidemics have taken a heavy toll on the young generation. @EduCannotWait and @UNICEF call for a substantial increase in funding for crisis-hit children. 📷: UNICEF/UNI308360/Desjardins
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On 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. #WorldRefugeeDay 2023 focuses on the power of inclusion and solutions for refugees. 📷 @Refugees
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The @ICRC has developed a new online course, "Sustainable Development in Humanitarian Action", which aims to teach workers of humanitarian organizations the principles and practices of sustainable development
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Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 53M lives since 2000. Global TB Report 2017, released by @WHO
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What are you doing on 16-17 February 2023?.Take part in @EduCannotWait's #HLFC2023 to learn about the 🌏#EducationCrisis & what #ECW+strategic partners are doing about it!.Register now for virtual attendance➡️@UN @BMZ_Bund @NorwayMFA #222MillionDreams✨📚
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Over 1.7 million people displaced due to conflict are in need of urgent assistance across 265 accessible locations in Ethiopia's Tigray region and neighboring Afar and Amhara, according to data collected by @UNmigration
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For 25 years, @reliefweb has been the NO. 1 source of information on humanitarian crises worldwide, serving more than 15 million users a year. Read how the portal came about and what it means today to those engaged in humanitarian response .👉 📸Makau/RW
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A new @UNDP study of #Afghanistan’s economy demonstrates that without continuity for girls’ education and women’s ability to work, prospects for the country’s recovery will remain grim.
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UN Humanitarian Coordinator @AlainNoudehou condemns today’s attack on aid workers in Renk, Upper Nile, #SouthSudan @UNOCHA
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The Global Fund @GlobalFund signed 157 grants for a total record breaking US$8.54 billion for lifesaving HIV, TB and malaria programs and to strengthen systems for health
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"Reaching Syria’s Underserved Children" – @EduCannotWait’s #Syria Multi-Year Resilience Programme aims to re-engage children in learning by providing equitable access to safer and inclusive #learning spaces: . 📷 OCHA/Abdul Aziz Qitaz
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The State Of Open Humanitarian Data 2022: @humdata reports steady progress in closing data gaps across most humanitarian operations
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#Syria: In 2021, more than two people were killed per week in Al Hol, making it one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child, reports @SavetheChildren. Read about the devastating toll of #violence on children in Al Hol camp: 📸 UNICEF
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Attacks on #healthworkers and health facilities remain prevalent around the world. This #interactive map tracks incidents of violence and threats against #healthcare - @InsecurityInsig, @mapaction, @SafeguardingHC
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As the world’s population hits 8 billion people, UN via @UNFPA calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development. By achieving the SDGs, delivering human rights and leaving no one behind, we can usher in a world where all can thrive .
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Local women in #Bangladesh are keen to support displaced #Rohingya women to promote dignity, safety @UN_Women
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Today we remember the migrants & refugees who have tragically lost their lives this year. #Together #ForMigration
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On #WorldHumanitarianDay, let's pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives everyday for others #ShareHumanity
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Indonesian Red Cross @ifrc rescue teams are searching for survivors in the rubble and providing first aid following a devastating earthquake in Sulawesi, Indonesia 📷:IFRC 2019
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26 million people in Africa live in areas where access to humanitarian aid and basic services like medical care is limited due to violence & armed conflict, according to the @ICRC 📷Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/ICRC
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Child marriage in Africa - 1 in 4 girls marry before 18 despite African leaders’ efforts via @HRW
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In 2014, @UNOCHA launched HDX to improve data sharing across the #humanitarian system. Today, it's used in every active crisis around the world. The new Centre for @humdata will build on this work for more effective action. #Data4Humanity
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Interested in advocacy? @UNICEF has developed a 30-minute online free introductory course on what it means, how to build capacity and how to develop advocacy strategies. (photo © UNICEF/AFGA2004-00039/Slezic)
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Norwegian Refugee Council (@NRC_Norway) launched the first online introductory course on humanitarian access, to contribute to improving how the aid community reaches communities in conflict.
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.@UNReliefChief Martin Griffiths today allocated US$25 million from the @UNCERF to support life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection of civilians in #Ethiopia. 📸Sonu Jain/World Bank Group
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When it comes to #humanitarian crises, protracted is the new normal: http://t.co/Lm48DoCY4f
http://t.co/agdfwJrhr3.
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The UK government calls for continued support to ‘strengthen @EduCannotWait's role in ensuring continuity of education for all in the face of increasing extreme weather events and emergencies’
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Want handy checklists, tips & assessment templates to check if your #EducationInEmergencies intervention is #gender-responsive in each of its phases? Refer to the "EiE-GenKit" by @EduCannotWait @INEEtweets @UNGEI. 📷: UNICEF/Haro
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Today is Intl Day of @UN #Peacekeepers! Learn about #humanitarian aspects of #peacekeeping on our topic page: http://t.co/2FZac163jW
#PKday.
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With COVID19 testing programming efforts, @IFRCAsiaPacific reviews its progress in "Strengthening capacities of National Societies in Emergency WASH Response & Preparedness", with a zoom in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR & the Pacific. 📷IFRC/Bangladesh
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The @ifrc is declaring the climate crisis a dire humanitarian emergency and need more volunteers to respond to this emergency: #FacesOfClimateChange.
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In 2017, 139 aid workers were killed while doing their jobs. Another 174 were kidnapped or injured in attacks. This fits an ongoing pattern: over the past decade, close to 300 aid workers have been affected by serious violence every year #NotATarget
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.@EduCannotWait allocates record US$64 million to support education in #Chad, #Ethiopia, #SouthSudan and #Syria (📷: UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/NahomTesfaye)
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The #humanitarian situation in #Ukraine is increasingly dire and desperate, and the @ICRC is scaling up its response by the hour to meet people’s vast needs.📸 ICRC
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Back by popular demand: Online course on building resilience to disasters through ecosystem management
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Operational guidance on the safe, ethical and effective management of #data within #humanitariancrises from the @iascch alongside further resources can be found on ReliefWeb's dedicated page
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An @ifrc study calls on governments and disaster agencies to counter the lack of attention, systems and adequate investment in #childprotection and to recognize the consequences of disasters for children 📷: UNICEF/UN0286416/Akash
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Nearly a million Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar are bracing for Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit by May 14. @UNmigration is strengthening infrastructure and preparing for medical emergencies
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.@ifrc is looking for #volunteers to help in mapping for Cyclone #Idai! Click to find out how you can help . Image: ©IFRC
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Want handy checklists, tips & assessment templates to check if your #EducationInEmergencies (#EiE) intervention is #gender-responsive in each of its phases? Refer to the "EiE-GenKit" by @EduCannotWait @INEEtweets @UNGEI. 📷UNICEF/Haro
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.@EduCannotWait approves US$33.3 million in response to the health and humanitarian crisis in the Central #Sahel in #BurkinaFaso, #Mali and #Niger. 📸UNOCHA/Giles Clarke
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Aid agencies are warning of a looming humanitarian catastrophe as more than one million people are at risk of hunger in Syria if cross-border aid resolution not renewed 📷: WFP/Jessica Lawson
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#COVID-19 has reached Cox's Bazar, #Bangladesh. With more than 855,000 refugees and 444,000 locals living in and around the camps, conditions are ripe for the spread of the virus.
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.@UNHABITAT & partners have compiled best-practice #COVID19 solutions in slums from across the world in an Interactive Project Map. 📷: UN-Habitat/Kirsten Milhahn
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A research brief by @CGDev on “Rethinking #Humanitarian #Reform" suggests that instead of designing a new policy-led reform, #donors & aid agencies now have an opportunity to harness change that is already happening. . 📷 OCHA/Tremeau
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Armed conflicts, forced #displacement, climate change and other crises increased the number of crisis-impacted children in need of urgent quality #education to 224 million, according to a new study by @EduCannotWait.
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