Yearly Archives: 2022
ISIOLO, Kenya – As a frontline health-care worker at Isiolo County referral hospital, Denis Mutirithia has a critical role in saving lives – and a new digital tool to help him do so. The pharmaceutical technologist is tasked with predicting and preventing shortages and stockouts of essential medical supplies, including contraceptives. If he receives stock […]
As we face numerous challenges within our operating context, including the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will seek to be more agile and adaptive as an organization so that we can continue to do the work we have been called to do. Our goal is to continue to reach children, their families and […]
IOM VISION IOM is recognised by the Government of Zimbabwe as the principal international intergovernmental organization addressing the entire spectrum of migration issues, providing technical assistance on migration management, emergency response, health interventions, protection of migrants’ rights, and dissemination of safe migration information. As the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration, IOM acts […]
KAMPALA, 10 January, 2022- Children in Uganda head back to the classroom today as the world’s longest school closure ends – but lost learning may lead to high dropout rates in the coming weeks without urgent action, Save the Children said. In March 2020, all schools across the country shut down as the COVID-19 pandemic took […]
Over the past few weeks thousands of people from Cameroon have crossed the Logone and Chari rivers to find refuge in Chad due to ongoing violence. There are now around 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom are women and children, living in around 20 informal sites. We are mobilising teams in response, to provide […]
When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel and her husband were torn about what to do. Leaving their land, which they relied on for food, was a tough decision. “We spent three days moving. It was challenging, with four children and a herd of goats,” she says. Eight months since flooding […]
When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel and her husband were torn about what to do. Leaving their land, which they relied on for food, was a tough decision. “We spent three days moving. It was challenging, with four children and a herd of goats,” she says. Eight months since flooding […]
When the floodwater levels started rising in her village, 21-year-old Nyabeel and her husband were torn about what to do. Leaving their land, which they relied on for food, was a tough decision. “We spent three days moving. It was challenging, with four children and a herd of goats,” she says. Eight months since flooding […]
Harare, 4 January 2022 – United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) new Resident Representative, Ms. Mia Seppo, has today presented her credentials to the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Hon. Prof. Amon Murwira. Receiving Ms. Seppo in her new post, Hon. Minister Prof. Murwira highlighted the cordial relations between the Government of Zimbabwe […]
AT least 940 households in Gweru will benefit from urban resilience building projects spearheaded by a German non-governmental organisation, Welthungerhilfe. The organisation toured some of the projects in Mtapa suburb this week, where its representative, Fanny Nyaunga said about $2,8 million was injected into poultry, shoe-making, hydroponic gardening and peanut butter manufacturing projects. “We are […]