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Progress on the Opening of the Community Technology Access Centre in Kakuma
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 17 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )On 17 August UNHCR Kakuma hosted a visit by Mr. Allan Torrie, president and CEO of Morneau Shepell, a Canadian human resource consulting company which is emerging as one of Kakuma's primary private donors. Morneau Shepell is currently funding the construction of a Community Technology Access Centre... -
A Worsening Humanitarian Situation
news , 18 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )A Worsening Humanitarian Situation Somalia is at the heart of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. Twenty years of conflict and waves of drought have uprooted a quarter of the country\'s 7.5 million people. As the region faces its most severe drought in 60 years, the Somali ex... -
UNHCR addresses alarming level of child mortality in Ethiopian camps
news UNHCR, 18 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, August 16 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that child mortality rates at a camp for Somali refugees in eastern Ethiopia have reached \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"alarming\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\... -
UNHCR aid makes a difference in Mogadishu, but still not enough
news UNHCR, 18 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )MOGADISHU, Somalia, August 18 (UNHCR) – Kadija is in shock. Over the past two weeks, the 32-year-old Somali has lost her livelihood, fled her rural home and ended up in a dismal settlement in one of the most dangerous cities on earth. "I don't have my own house and my children can't go out and pl... -
Sharp rise in mortality seen at refugee camp in southeast Ethiopia
news UNHCR, 18 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )An assessment of mortality in one of four refugee camps at the Dollo Ado complex in Ethiopia has found that death rates have reached alarming levels among new arrivals. Since the Kobe refugee camp opened in June, an average of 10 children under the age of five have died every day. While malnutrit... -
Joint Protection Mission to Kakuma
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )A mission is being organized from 24 August to 2 September to assess the key protection and displacement concerns in relation to the current drought facing the Turkana region of Kenya. The mission will assess the capacity of UNHCR and partners to respond to the protection concerns of those affected... -
Assessment Mission on Climate Change
news UNHCR SO Kakuma, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )Planning is underway for a mission by UNHCR colleagues in early October to undertake an assessment of the environmental situation in the Turkana region of Kenya with the aim of developing a long-term strategy for mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into UNHCR operatio... -
Life saving efforts in Ethiopia continue
news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )In Ethiopia, a large scale effort has meanwhile been underway to address the high mortality rates among new arrivals from Somalia. Malnutrition remains the leading cause of death but the situation is being compounded by suspected measles and other diseases. Children under the age of five, already... -
New arrivals in the Gode area
news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )UNHCR, together with Ethiopian authorities and other partners is working on a response to the immediate needs of Somali refugees who arrived recently through the Gode area, 250km north-east of Dollo Ado. The refugees number more than 17,500. Priority activities are life-saving interventions such as ... -
Relocation to the Ifo II part of Ifo extension has begun
news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2011 (13 years ago )In Kenya, UNHCR began populating yesterday (Thursday, 18 August) a new part of the Dadaab refugee complex to provide shelter for tens of thousands of new Somali refugees and to ease the chronic overcrowding of the existing camps - namely Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera. The first group to occupy ten...