Ha sido el municipio más golpeado por el conflicto armado en el departamento, y 44.978 de sus residentes hacen parte del Registro Único de Víctimas. Por eso la priorización del Gobierno para llevar programas de reparación.
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Ciudad de Guatemala, 24 ago (AGN). Hasta el momento el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (Maga) ha desembolsado 16,1 millones de quetzales para apoyar a las víctimas de la erupción del volcán de Fuego, ocurrida el pasado 3 de junio.
La mayor cantidad de recursos económicos, 11.3 millones de quetzales, que equivale al 70.2 por ciento del total, lo ha erogado el Viceministerio de Desarrollo Económico y Rural del Maga, según el Sistema de Contabilidad Integrada Gubernamental (Sicoin).
In Numbers
334 mt of food assistance distributed
1,081,484 cash based transfers made
USD 42 m six months (August 2018-January 2019) net funding requirements, representing 27% of total
141,533 people assisted in July 2018
Operational Updates
Emergencia por la erupción del Volcán de Fuego en Guatemala.
**La erupción del Volcán de Fuego en Guatemala el 3 de junio del 2018 dejó a más de 650.000 niños, niñas y adolescentes afectados en los Departamentos de Sacatepéquez, Escuintla y Alotenango. Más de 12,000 fueron evacuadas y 3,700 personas, entre ellas 1,434 niñas, niños y adolescentes, tuvieron que refugiarse en albergues.
Countries in the Lake Chad basin have come together to fight Boko Haram through joint military operations. However, there is a growing realisation that non-military strategies are needed to make sure these areas do not remain at the mercy of violent extremism. The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), with the support of the African Union (AU), is in the process of developing such a regional stabilisation strategy. Its success depends on closer cooperation between affected member states and their willingness to bring government services to peripheral communities.
24 August 2018 - As the Rohingya crisis reaches its one year anniversary on Saturday 25 August, Christian relief and development agency Tearfund points to the importance of remembering and addressing the psychological impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis on the thousands of children currently residing in temporary camps.
Situation Overview
By Janet Adongo
Their task was daunting. Upon first inspection of what was left of one of the tarmacs at the Malakal airport, the gallant Indian peacekeepers serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan were met by huge cracks.
This particular section of the Malakal runway, also laden with significantly-sized craters, had remained untouched by landing wheels and passengers since 2013, when the crisis broke out.
Roseau – Over 500 families who lost their roofs and nearly everything else after Hurricane Maria have received assistance from the UN Migration Agency (IOM) to rebuild stronger, more resilient roofs.
An IOM contingent arrived in Dominica less than two weeks after the Category Five hurricane decimated Dominica on 18 September 2017, damaging or destroying 90 per cent of the housing stock.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are urging Tanzania to ensure Burundian refugee returns are voluntary and based on individual choices – in keeping with the country’s longstanding history of generosity toward those fleeing persecution, and in line with its international obligations.
UNHCR reiterates that every refugee must have the freedom to decide on when to return and the decision be based on a free and informed choice.
“Before, the locals saw me as a refugee and they would not trust me when I asked for loans or provide me with work.” After 18 years displaced in Somalia, Aisha and her family finally became fully integrated members of their host community.
“This place holds both some of my worst and some of my greatest memories,” Aisha Mohamed says as she reflects on her last 18 years in Garowe’s informal settlements. “Life in the bush has been a fearful one, but it was also here that I met my husband and raised my eight children.”
The European Union has provided €10 million for UNESCO’s initiative, Cash for Work: Promoting Livelihood Opportunities for Urban Youth in Yemen. The initiative aims to create jobs in heritage restoration and preservation for young Yemenis, while promoting social cohesion and resilience through cultural programming.
The initiative comes against a background of economic hardship, extensive population displacement, and heavy damages to infrastructure and heritage due to the ongoing conflict in the country.
20 August 2018. Hundreds of young people have taken part in first of a kind job fairs in Somalia as part of a week of International Youth Day celebrations in the country. The fairs were held in Galmadug, Hirshabelle, South West State, Jubaland and Puntland from 12th to the 16th August, and gave young people the opportunity to showcase their trades and products, with businesses and government officials providing information on internships, job placement, and career guidance in some states.
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS
Description of the disaster
While refugees seek economic opportunities, most financial institutions, whether local microfinancing organizations or traditional banks, are unwilling to serve refugees because they are perceived as too risky. But as refugees experience protracted periods of displacement—sometimes upwards of 20 years—the real need for economic stability and even growth becomes more pressing.
- The government of the Republic of Korea offered US$1 million in emergency relief aid and dispatched Korea Disaster Relief Teams (KDRTs) to the Lao People's Democratic Republic to help it recover from its dam accident on July 23.
° The third KDRT sent to Laos on August 14 will arrive at Incheon International Airport on August 24, local time, after ten days of medical services in the country, marking the end of the ROK government’s emergency relief operations there.
HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chaired a meeting on Thursday on housing assistance for people affected by flash floods and landslides nationwide, stressing that helping the victims to rebuild their homes is an urgent task.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that natural disasters have been very serious in recent years with flash floods, landslides and riverbank and coastal erosion on the rise, causing heavy human and property losses.
Yangon, August 23, 2018– In response to the widespread flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar, the European Union is allocating €130 000 (more than MMK 206.5 million) in humanitarian aid funding to address the most pressing needs of the worst affected populations.
The aid will directly benefit 15 000 people in the worst-hit southern states of Bago, Kayin, and Mon.
One year on from the devastating man-made crisis which saw the mass exodus of 700,000 people from Burma to Bangladesh the UK is calling on the international community to provide long-term support
UK calls on the international community to prioritise long-term support for the Rohingya people on the anniversary of the crisis
PHILIPSBURG, August 23, 2018 – Two new projects for a total of US$ 47.5 million in grants from the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience Trust Fund financed by the Government of the Netherlands have been launched. The first project provides training and stipends to unemployed and underemployed residents in the wake of hurricane Irma and the second will help bring the Sint Maarten Medical Center, including a new hospital building, to standards that can withstand extreme weather events.
