Tuesday, September 30, 2008
United Nations seeks $15 million for flood beleaguered Nepal
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have issued a $15.5 million appeal today to help 70,000 victims of flooding in eastern Nepal.
The flooding began in August when heavy monsoon rains caused a dam to break, breaching the eastern embankment of the Kosi River, one of the largest river basins in Asia. The force of the water led to 80 per cent of the river changing course, and the resulting flooding has impacted an already vulnerable population.
Robert Piper, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal, called on donors for their assistance to help communities – who, in spite of widespread poverty, have helped affected families and sheltered those forced from their homes by the flooding and local governments. "As it will be many months before these families will be able to go home, their support will prove crucial to stabilize the precarious conditions of the displaced."
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The flooding began in August when heavy monsoon rains caused a dam to break, breaching the eastern embankment of the Kosi River, one of the largest river basins in Asia. The force of the water led to 80 per cent of the river changing course, and the resulting flooding has impacted an already vulnerable population.
Robert Piper, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal, called on donors for their assistance to help communities – who, in spite of widespread poverty, have helped affected families and sheltered those forced from their homes by the flooding and local governments. "As it will be many months before these families will be able to go home, their support will prove crucial to stabilize the precarious conditions of the displaced."
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: affected families, Aisa, donors, embankments, Flooding, funds, heavy rains, help, Kosi River, largest river basins, monsoon, Nepal, population, poverty, Robert Piper, Saptari districts, victims
Sunday, May 11, 2008
United Nations food agency suspends aid flights: 1.5 million victims
The U.N. food agency suspended aid flights to cyclone struck Myanmar on May 9 after the military government seized two deliveries at Yangon airport, apparently determined to distribute supplies on its own.
The shipments of 38 tons of high-energy biscuits, enough to feed 95,000 people, were intended to be loaded on trucks and sent to the inundated Irrawaddy delta where most of the estimated 1.5 million victims need help.
"We're going to have to shut down our very small airlift operation until we get guarantees from the authorities that we'll be able to have the food when it arrives," U.N. World Food Program regional director Tony Banbury told CNN.
"I am furious. It is unacceptable."Governments around the world have been pressing Myanmar's ruling generals to open the country's borders to desperately-needed assistance and on May 9, Germany said it agreed with a proposal by France to use the U.N. Security Council.
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The shipments of 38 tons of high-energy biscuits, enough to feed 95,000 people, were intended to be loaded on trucks and sent to the inundated Irrawaddy delta where most of the estimated 1.5 million victims need help.
"We're going to have to shut down our very small airlift operation until we get guarantees from the authorities that we'll be able to have the food when it arrives," U.N. World Food Program regional director Tony Banbury told CNN.
"I am furious. It is unacceptable."Governments around the world have been pressing Myanmar's ruling generals to open the country's borders to desperately-needed assistance and on May 9, Germany said it agreed with a proposal by France to use the U.N. Security Council.
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Labels: cyclone nargis, France, Germany, help, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, people missing, suspended aid flights, Tony Banbury, U.N. food agency, U.N. World Food Program, victims, Yangon airport
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