The Bulletin examines satellite imagery and data from Government partners to assess the climate anomaly during May - July 2021 and how the prevailing conditions might impact on rice production in real-time and with near-term perspective. It also provides a rainfall forecast for the coming months.
WFP supports Uganda’s COVID-19 response in close liaison with the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. WFP’s innovations range from engineering to transportation while co-chairing the national taskforce.
INITIATE² will develop standardized, innovative solutions such as disease-specific field facilities and kits and test these solutions in real-life scenarios. The agencies will also train logistics and health responders on their installation and use, contributing to their capacity to respond in health crises.
3 UN Joint Programmes
Promoting Sustainable Partnerships for Empowered Resilience (PROSPER): This UN (UNICEF, FAO, UNDP, WFP) and INGO joint programme works to strengthen the resilience of 1.2 million vulnerable groups against climate-induced shocks from 2019 to 2023 with support from the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Joint Programme on Girls Educ
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Famine has been confirmed in Zamzam camp, which shelters hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region, as conflict, displacement and humanitarian-access constraints have devastating consequences.
This article marks International Women's Day 2021: ‘Women in Leadership, achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’
“It is a beautiful river — it used to be very large, it had fish, but now the water’s gone down so much,” says Elba.
Years of recurring droughts and an erratic climate have taken their toll on the Torola, which courses through the department of Moraz
Kenya is home to over half a million refugees, the majority fleeing conflict in Somalia and South Sudan. This is the second largest refugee population in Africa after Ethiopia. In Kenya, refugees live in enclosed camps with restricted movement and are not allowed to work for pay outside the camps.