CERF allocates over $40,000 for human right monitoring and protection programme for displaced population in Nepal.
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A girl refugee in Nepal [Photo: UNICEF]
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31 December 2008: Flooding in 2008 displaced tens of thousands of people in Nepal. Protection concerns continue in resettlement camps, especially for adolescent girls and women.
CERF has provided $40,000 to the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its human rights monitoring programme for some 50,000 IDPs. OHCHR is monitoring human rights concerns, including violence and gender discrimination, in and around camps and resettlement areas. This will help reduce human rights violations and address immediate protection concerns.
[last updated on 7 January 2009]
CERF allocates nearly $ 3 milllion for food assistance to populations affected by high food prices in Nepal.
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Women carrying food assistance in a village in Nepal [Photo: IRIN]
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13 November 2008: Nepal is one of the poorest countries in south Asia, and rising food prices are having a devastating impact on the population. More than 41 percent (11 million) of the population is undernourished. Poor infrastructure and social services aggravate the situation. A CERF grant of $3 million will help the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) target the most vulnerable.
FAO will help 30,000 poor farming families feed themselves and their communities. CERF has contributed to WFP's massive food aid effort, which assists over 2 million people. UNICEF will use CERF funding to assist ten of thousands of malnourished infants and children.
[last updated on 31 December 2008]
CERF allocates $3.6 million for emergency assistance to flood-affected populations
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A displaced family in Nepal [Photo: IRIN]
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26 September 2008: Flooding has caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people. Following an appeal by the Government in coordination with the international humanitarian community, the CERF has allocated $3.6 million in emergency funding to six UN agencies.
Relief activities include shelter construction, the provision of domestic items, safe water, sanitation and hygiene support, food assistance, livestock support for affected farmers, healthcare, and temporary learning facilities for displaced children. An estimated 70,000 people will benefit.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing urgently needed food to over 200,000 flood-affected people. Reproductive health care for women and protection against sexual violence and HIV is being provided to 50,000 in the flood zone by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
[last updated on 4 November 2008]