World Humanitarian Day: People helping people
World Humanitarian Day: People helping people
Humanitarian aid workers around the world honour the sacrifice and devotion to duty that mark their work on behalf of the world’s neediest people.
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Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, UNHCR has deployed an emergency team to the Gode area, some 250 kilometres north of the refugee camps at Dollo Ado. In coordination with the Ethiopian authorities,…
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Life-saving efforts in Ethiopia continue, growing shelter needs in Djibouti
Mass distribution of UNHCR emergency aid is continuing in southern and central Somalia reaching some 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) this week alone. Since early July UNHCR teams have assisted…
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UNHCR distributes aid to 30,000 displaced Somalis in past week
Since early July, UNHCR has helped 180,000 people displaced by drought, famine or fighting. It plans to reach another 180,000 by the end of August.
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UNHCR launches shared web portal for Horn of Africa emergency
Nairobi, 19 August 2011
UNHCR today launched a new website providing detailed and regularly updated information from the agency and its operational partners on the refugee and displacement emergency in…
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