Africa, Kenya Friday, April 7, 2017
ACTED is providing short-term unconditional cash transfers to households affected most by the recent drought in Samburu County. They are specifically targeting households with malnourished pregnant or lactating women or with children under 5 years to minimise...
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Africa, Ethiopia Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the successful completion of the U.S.-funded Urban HIV Nutrition and Food Security Project. Over the past five years, the project improved...
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Africa, Madagascar Friday, March 24, 2017
At first glance, $36 may not seem much, but for survivors of a devastating cyclone in Madagascar, that amount provides the ability for a family to meet their immediate basic needs for six weeks. Thanks to funding originating here in Canada, more than 17,000...
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Asia, Jordan Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Over 15,000 Syrians live in informal tented settlements across rural Jordan. As these makeshift settlements are located far from urban centres and are cut off from their surrounding communities, the population living in these settlements tend to be the...
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Asia, Lebanon Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Denmark has contributed DKK 25 million (approximately US$ 3.6 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s core programmes and services in Lebanon. This contribution will...
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Africa, Lesotho Tuesday, December 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2016 – Lesotho’s drought response efforts got a boost today following the approval of $20 million in additional financing by the World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors. The added funds will help the Government of Lesotho improve...
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