“Girls across Afghanistan have been denied their right to learn for over three years – first, due to COVID-19, and then because of the ban on attending secondary school," - UNICEF chief.
Since the beginning of the year, up to 15 March, a total of 531 people were killed, 300 injured and 277 kidnapped in gang-related incidents that took place mainly in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The floods damaged most of the water systems in affected areas, compelling people - including 2.5 million children - to solely rely on contaminated water from ponds and wells.
Over a million children in Burkina Faso are affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of 40 per cent since the end of the last school year.
Iraq + 1 more
As the funding shortfall coincides, regrettably, with the Holy Month of Ramadan, WFP is urgently seeking $10 million to continue providing food assistance to vulnerable IDPs until June 2023.
At least five people have been killed and at least five others are missing, with the provinces of Sanliurfa and Adiyaman badly hit. Footage shows streets in Sanliurfa turned into fast-flowing rivers.
World + 15 more
These grants will help countries, with support from GAFSP’s implementing partners, design and implement solutions in line with their current agriculture and food security strategies.
Flooding caused by Cyclone Freddy, compounded by interruption of WASH services, is driving a rapid acceleration in cholera cases, which have almost quadrupled – to almost 10,700 – since early February.
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