Aid
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Aid delivers to victims of Hurricane Matthew in Cuba
Jan 14, 2017News Hour: IOM delivered a consignment of non-food aid to communities most affected by Hurricane Matthew in Cuba’s Guantanamo province. The aid consisted of 820 mattresses that will be distributed to the worst affected families in... -
Aid to reach more conflict-affected areas of South Sudan
Dec 21, 2016News Hour: IOM teams are now providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance, including emergency medical support, to displaced and conflict-affected families in insecure and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan. Response teams are currently operating in the Greater Equatoria... -
UN provides vital food and aid to 42,000 people in eastern Mosul
Dec 10, 2016News Hour In the single largest humanitarian aid delivery in eastern Mosul since the current conflict began, the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday provided food, dignity kits, water... -
UK challenges World Bank to work smarter and harder to end aid dependency
Oct 11, 2016News Hour: The world’s poorest people will continue to be blocked from opportunities for jobs and wealth creation unless the World Bank radically reforms, International Development Secretary Priti Patel will say in Washington DC this weekend.... -
USAID partners with Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sep 19, 2016News Hour: The U.S. Agency for International Development Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) and California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® launched a partnership to improve the traceability of seafood products entering the North American market.... -
Aid agencies prepares for expected Mosul, Iraq displacement
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: Over 90,000 Iraqis have been displaced in the Mosul Corridor as military operations continue in preparedness for the liberation of Mosul. This includes over 82,600 IDPs who have been displaced from Salah al-Din (Baiji... -
Humanitarian needs escalate in Nigeria with over 2 million internally displaced
Aug 27, 2016News Hour: The Boko Haram conflict affecting the Lake Chad Basin area, particularly in northeast Nigeria, has resulted in large scale displacement and a significant protection crisis. In Nigeria alone, over 2.2 million people are internally... -
Honduran municipalities and IOM aid returned migrant children
Aug 25, 2016News Hour: IOM and the Association of Municipalities of Honduras (AMHON) have signed this week a letter of understanding to strengthen the capacities of local Honduran actors in the care and reintegration of migrant children and... -
US backs aid to displaced in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Aug 13, 2016News Hour: USAID’s Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has confirmed a new contribution of USD 2.3 million to strengthen IOM’s assistance to conflict-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).... -
Nearly 400,000 civilians cut off from aid in Syria
Jul 27, 2016News Hour: More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an estimated 60,000 in the Manbij area, Syria, have been cut off from aid in the last three weeks, marking a shameful deterioration since the International Syria...
