AMREF  [to 15 March 2014]

AMREF Kenya receives matching grant for mHealth Project
AMREF Kenya and WelTel have partnered to secure a $2 million investment to improve patient care and expand the mobile health (mHealth) program across rural Kenya.

Half of the funding, USD$1 million, is from APHIAPLUS IMARISHA, a five year USAID-funded project managed by AMREF Kenya. Grand Challenges Canada, an organization funded by the Government of Canada that supports bold ideas with big impact in global health, has also invested USD$1 million.

Dr. Lennie Kyomuhangi, Country Director, AMREF Kenya notes that the matching grant will take mHealth interventions to a wider beneficiary cohort.

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AMREF ‏@AMREF_Worldwide Mar 14
@moqami: KMTC Principals commit to support @AMREF_Worldwide #StandUpforAfricanMothers campaign @vikkimwari”

AMREF @AMREF_Worldwide Mar 7
Mulindi-National AIDS Control Council (Kenya) supports AMREF’s partnership with education institutions to strengthen the health workforce.

AMREF USA @AMREFUSA Mar 11
Training women as “Water Engineers” in Kitui, Kenya has raised the health&welfare of entire community http://bit.ly/1iwivnq  #WomenInspire

AMREF USA @AMREFUSA Mar 11
A2: Invest in more girls like @NailanteiN who is working to end #FGM & child marriage http://bit.ly/1lSG1ja  #WomenInspire

AMREF USA @AMREFUSA Mar 10
Our ED will be presenting shortly at @TheWilsonCenter on #WASH Programs as a Strat to Advance #MaternalHealth Watch: http://bit.ly/1kaT1O9

BRAC  [to 15 March 2014]

‘Impact assessment of credit programme for tenant farmers’ workshop
16 March 2014, Dhaka. Based on the findings of the impact assessment of the credit programme for tenant farmers, a national level workshop was held on Saturday, 15 March 2014 at the BRAC centre auditorium. Since its establishment in December 2009, the tenant farmer development project – funded by Bangladesh Bank – provides credit and other support for tenant farmers.The event was attended by the governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr Atiur Rahman, as the chief guest and chaired by Dr Mahabub Hossain, ad……Read More

BRAC @BRACworld 2h
Follow & send in your questions to Sir Fazle at his session with @GESForum tomorrow! #GESF #gesf2014 #education pic.twitter.com/UJl0bUZiuU

BRAC ‏@BRACworld Mar 14
BRAC #Tanzania announces Commitment to double #youth #girls clubs by the end of 2014 http://bit.ly/1ktbgP4  #Commit100M #globaldev #MDG

BRAC ‏@BRACworld Mar 14
BRAC’s frontline #health worker’s story of a successful search & destroy #tuberculosis mission – http://bit.ly/OremYw  #globalhealth #MDG

Susan Davis @SusanDavisBRAC Mar 13
@BRACworld excited to be part of @GlobalMoneyWeek prevent future unemployed & ultra poor. Key is kids learn, earn, save & spend wisely.

BRAC @BRACworld Mar 13
Thousands in #Uganda receive #scholarships frm BRAC & @MCFoundation http://uganda.brac.net/news-a-media/209-students-receive-scholorships-from-brac-and-mastercard-foundation … pic.twitter.com/jLau5pi2wU

BRAC @BRACworld Mar 12
Finding forgotten #children on Dhaka streets http://blog.brac.net/2014/03/finding-forgotten-children-on-dhaka-streets/ …

Casa Alianza  [to 15 March 2014]
Covenant House [to 15 March 2014]

Covenant House ‏@CovenantHouse Mar 12
Taquan aged out of #fostercare and became a #homelessyouth, but he still has hopes and dreams. See what fuels him: http://ow.ly/ur8eK

ECPAT  [to 15 March 2014]

ECPAT-USA @ecpatusa 20h
Attention #NYC! Join us for the 1st meeting of ECPAT-USA’s Young Professionals Committee this March 20 > http://ow.ly/uCqhC

ECPAT-USA ‏@ecpatusa Mar 15
Join us on March 17th in #NYC for a panel discussion on the use and misuse of technology in sexual exploitation > http://ow.ly/uCqgb

Handicap International  [to 15 March 2014]

Syria: Handicap International condemns obstacles to delivering aid
Read our latest Situation Report
Takoma Park, MD—March 12, 2014—On the third anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Handicap International condemns the obstacles to delivering humanitarian assistance in Syria, and highlights the painful injuries and disabilities inflicted on Syrians.

Handicap Int’l-US @HI_UnitedStates Mar 14
#Syria–Older refugees in exile via @helpageusa http://www.helpage.org/newsroom/latest-news/syria-three-years-on-older-refugees-in-exile/#.UyMbI8wjRfo.twitter …

Retweeted by Handicap Int’l-US
Handicap Intl PH ‏@HI_PH Mar 7
Jessica Cox visits Philippines REBUILD Project http://wp.me/p48mlL-76  via @wordpressdotcom

Handicap Intl UK @HI_UK Mar 15
Welcome home? – Arriving at the Zaatari refugee camp – A look at our work at the vast camp http://bit.ly/PAT37T  #SyriaCrisis #3yearson

Handicap Intl UK @HI_UK Mar 14
It couldn’t happen here? – powerful #savesyriaschildren made us think about this film on landmine victims http://bit.ly/1hjavoX  #withSyria

Heifer International  [to 15 March 2014]

March 10, 2014
Heifer International Celebrates 70th Anniversary by Launching “Beyond Hunger: Communities of Change” Campaign to Support Family Farmers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Heifer International is proud to celebrate its 70th Anniversary during the United Nations-recognized International Year of Family Farming, a time designated to honor the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security…

Heifer International @Heifer Mar 14
Want to know more about how Heifer is ending hunger? Read the new @World_Ark magazine online now: http://hefr.in/OqMZOd

Retweeted by Heifer International
Pierre Ferrari ‏@HeiferCEO Mar 13
“When empowered, women can play critical roles in preventing conflict and building peace.” @USAID via http://hiltonprizelaureatescollaborative.net/2014/03/09/report-womens-lives-and-challenges-equality-and-empowerment-since-2000/ …

Heifer International @Heifer Mar 11
Heifer International re-launched its programs in Zimbabwe with a new office in Harare http://hefr.in/PoWqik

HelpAge International  [to 15 March 2014]

Syria three years on: Older refugees in exile, the silent casualties
On the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, HelpAge International is highlighting the plight of the civil war’s “silent casualties”: the invisible victims of the war who have succumbed both in Syria and also in host countries to what were previously manageable chronic illnesses.

Lack of physical and financial access to regular health care and medication has placed additional stress on people living with chronic disease in exile. This impact is accentuated by the fact that, before the conflict, people in Syria with non-communicable diseases were accustomed to regular treatment. This is in addition to the fact that many of those injured, disabled or traumatised by the fighting will require care and assistance for life.

A forthcoming survey, produced jointly with Handicap International, indicates that 54% of older Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon have a chronic disease – with war bringing a brutal and damaging interruption to their treatment. The physical, psychological and economic consequences of the conflict in Syria, and in neighbouring countries which have taken in Syrian refugees, are worsening by the day. The research highlights the fact that older refugees fleeing   Syria are affected disproportionately by a variety of conditions, including impairment, and are facing additional difficulties to cope with their displacement.

Displacement has a severe negative impact in the daily life of older people. In the experience of HelpAge International and Handicap International, the presence of a supportive family, but more broadly the existence of an organized network support is an essential part in reducing vulnerability.

Toby Porter, CEO of HelpAge International, said:
“While the perspective for the future still remains unclear, on the third anniversary of the conflict we can see the current Syrian crisis is getting increasingly protracted and will bring additional challenges for both refugees and the host country.

“The loss of previously existing coping mechanisms and support networks also has a big impact on older people. When fleeing the fighting, older people often leave behind a supportive physical and social environment. Life in exile means they often no longer have accessible homes and workplaces, secured access to treatment or connection with family members and relatives.”…

HelpAge @helpage Mar 14
Basheera 68 left #Syria last April. She’s no money 4 rent & bills. Find out what we’re doing http://bit.ly/1kQzdT9  pic.twitter.com/DG7r7993uX

Retweeted by HelpAge
HelpAgeUSA @HelpAge_USA Mar 13
@AARPIntl spotlights @helpage CEO @tobyhporter: “#Olderpeople are the most diverse demographic in any population” http://twitpic.com/dy7lni

HelpAge @helpage Mar 13
Find out what happened when we presented our Global AgeWatch Index at the Age Forum in #Korea: http://bit.ly/1i7VBno  #ageingindex

HelpAge @helpage Mar 12
Our partner in Philippines COSE is 25 today! Together we’ve helped 50,000 people since Haiyan http://bit.ly/1br9Mgw  pic.twitter.com/0g5nUDkMzf

HelpAgeUSA ‏@HelpAge_USA 21h
We are teaming with @HI_UnitedStates outside #Syria to include older #refugees & people w/ #disabilities http://bit.ly/1gx1AP7

HelpAgeUSA ‏@HelpAge_USA Mar 14
Our study w/ @HI_UnitedStates shows just 1% of #aid is specifically allocated to #olderpeople & ppl w/ #disabilities http://bit.ly/1oUbUVD

Retweeted by HelpAgeUSA
InterAction @InterActionOrg Mar 9
@HelpAge_USA board chairwoman reflects on the incredible resilience, generosity of #Haiyan survivors http://bit.ly/1eaWMhD

International Rescue Committee   [to 15 March 2014]

Media Release – 14 Mar 2014 –
Early Arrival of Rainy Season in South Sudan Called ‘Catastrophic’ For Those Already Displaced by Conflict a Second Blow
March 14, 2014 – Early rains in South Sudan are “catastrophic,” says the IRC’s country director, Wendy Taeuber. “Now it’s a race against time. Shelter, sanitation and clean water are urgently needed because of the large number of people living in makeshift shelters. We are concerned about their health and safety.”

The rains, not anticipated at this strength until early April, began to fall last week in different parts of the country and are continuing, exacerbating an already difficult situation for the almost 710,000 people who have been displaced by the violence that has overrun South Sudan since December. “The rains are truly devastating for the people here,” says Taeuber.  “People are still afraid to go home but also fear living knee-deep in water amid dangerously unsanitary conditions, where they are at risk of disease outbreaks.”

The IRC is calling for an urgent shift from planning to action in dealing with the effects of the rainy season in the displacement sites. “Contingency plans developed by implementing partners for the rainy season should be set in motion now to respond to damage already done and prevent the additional damage being done daily by continuing rains,” says Taeuber…

Media Release – 12 March 2014
Syria’s women and girls continue to face chaos and danger, fearing for their safety

Media Release – 10 March 2014
Hauser Lecture 2014: What can be done in Syria?
[see coverage in Week in Review above]

3 million Syrians cut off by violence: Urge Congress to help aid get through
Posted by on March 14, 2014
2.5 million refugees created, 80% of them women and children. An estimated 140,000 people killed. Roughly 6.5 million Syrians displaced inside their own country. The figures continue to grow and leave the world numb in the face of the Syrian crisis, one that will reach the grim third year milestone on March 15. more »

The Syrian crisis: 3 years in
Posted by The IRC on March 13, 2014
Three years after the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, the threat of unspeakable violence and cruelty is a daily reality for women and girls who have fled their homes in search of safety. more »

“I Used to be a Nurse:” A Syrian mother adjusts to life as a refugee in Jordan
Posted by The IRC on March 12, 2014
“I used to be a nurse,” says Leila, who is describing her journey from the besieged Syrian city of Homs to Mafraq in northern Jordan, speaking with a calm dignity that can’t quite disguise a tinge of desperation so characteristic of Syrian refugees in Jordan. more »

David Miliband on the new Pakistan Reading Project [Video]
Posted by The IRC on March 11, 2014
In a recent video interview, IRC president David Miliband explains how the IRC’s new USAID-funded education program, the Pakistan Reading Project, fits in to the IRC’s long history of work in the country. more »

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC 18h
#Syria‘s #refugees: Where are they going? #WithSyria pic.twitter.com/jH217exdUi

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Mar 14
“Women are bearing the major brunt of the Syria crisis”–  @DMiliband on @DailyMirror: http://bit.ly/OdkvaU  #WithSyria #ShesFirst

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Mar 13
#Syria:”The defining collective failure of this century so far” Our president @DMiliband on @BBCNewsnight: http://bbc.in/1evCdg8  #WithSyria

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Mar 11
@Refugees says its increasingly alarmed at rising level of violence in #Nigeria; working w/ @theIRC, via @VOA_News: http://bit.ly/1g66GB5

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières  [to 15 March 2014]

Doctors w/o Borders @MSF_USA Mar 14
VIDEO: The MSF month in focus, March 2014. Stories from CAR, Chad, Cameroon, Afghanistan, and more. http://bit.ly/1krLGtA

Doctors w/o Borders @MSF_USA Mar 14
CAR Refugees in Cameroon: “Our Children Have Become Stateless” #CARcrisis http://bit.ly/NdVECR

Doctors w/o Borders ‏@MSF_USA Mar 11
Violent clashes have forced more than 15K people to seek refuge in newly created camps in Melut county, South Sudan http://bit.ly/1qsVzLc

Operation Smile  [to 15 March 2014]

Operation Smile ‏@operationsmile Mar 13
We are able to change the lives of children by healing smiles and creating universal access to safe surgery in developing countries.

Partners In Health  [to 15 March 2014]

Mar 14, 2014
Read a Translation of Paul Mainardi’s Radio Spot

Mar 13, 2014
‘I’m Not Afraid Anymore’: A Young Man Recovers from a Mental Illness
Partners In Health’s team in Haiti helps a patient with a mental disorder reclaim his life.

Mar 11, 2014
In Malawi, Michael Mulepa Keeps the Wheels Turning
As transportation manager for PIH’s Malawian sister organization, Michael Mulepa oversees a fleet of trucks and dirt bikes, ensuring that clinicians and staff members can access the hardest-to-reach patients in Neno, Malawi. Learn more about our work in rural Malawi. 

Partners In Health @PIH Mar 14
Many thanks to @gchallenges for supporting #mentalhealth in Haiti! Read how this work is transforming lives: http://ow.ly/uAEug

Partners In Health @PIH Mar 13
Learn what accompaniment means to six @PIH leaders in this new article from @chwcentral http://ow.ly/uxV5f

PATH  [to 15 March 2014]

Announcement | March 12, 2014
Newly published study indicates lifesaving potential for new rotavirus vaccine
Article in The Lancet provides safety and efficacy data from phase 3 trial of ROTAVAC

What does PATH stand for?
Posted on March 12, 2014

Throughout our 40-year history, people have asked us what our acronym stands for. In the beginning, it stood for a mouthful: Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology, or PIACT. Later, we changed to Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, or PATH. For the last few decades, our partners and colleagues around the world have simply known us as PATH.

And now, it’s legal. Our name is PATH. Full stop.

So now when people ask us what PATH stands for, the answer is easy. PATH stands for the type of transformative innovation that save lives and improves health, especially among women and children. We stand for accelerating innovation and making the world a more equitable place.

We’re proud—and grateful—that you stand with us.

PATH ‏@PATHtweets Mar 15
We’ve set our sights on eliminating #malaria from Senegal, one community at a time. On our blog: http://bit.ly/1f1U5CH

PATH @PATHtweets Mar 14
Rotavirus kills too many. ROTAVAC shows great promise in reducing deaths (at $1 a dose!) http://bit.ly/NdpB5Z  pic.twitter.com/Pb0oFar39S

PATH ‏@PATHtweets Mar 12
It’s not an acronym anymore. Our legal name is officially PATH, but we still stand for something. On the blog: http://bit.ly/1qvT0rS

PATH @PATHtweets Mar 11
We answer where to invest in #globalhealth in 2014 on March 19th. Watch the event live at http://bit.ly/1cRBFAx  #BestBuys4GH

SOS-Kinderdorf International  [to 15 March 2014]

Tackling child poverty and social exclusion in the EU
10.03.2014 – On 10 March, the social affairs ministers of EU Member States will meet to discuss the EU’s social agenda for 2014. SOS Children’s Villages calls on the ministers to give priority to tackling child poverty and social exclusion. And we do so in partnership with 20 other European networks, all part of the EU Alliance “Investing in Children”.

Children’s Villages @sos4children 5h
The SOS Child-Friendly Space in Damascus has been a sanctuary for Sabeen’s family #Syria http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/news/syria-emergency-appeal-2014/syrian-children-haunted-by-nightmares …

Children’s Villages @sos4children Mar 13
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in an SOS family? Watch this video to find out! http://www.our-africa.org/rwanda/our-family … #Rwanda

SOS Children USA @SOSChildrenUSA Mar 13
.@NBCNews features @SOSChildrenUSA alum’s survival story + advice to #SyriasChildren: http://goo.gl/pyvdM1

SOS Children USA @SOSChildrenUSA Mar 12
Read and watch how SOS Children’s Villages and UNICEF partner to protect children in the #CAR. http://ow.ly/uvhZW

Retweeted by SOS Children USA
Lynn Croneberger @LynnCroneberger Mar 11
Give girls opportunities to train for careers.  @SOSChildrenUSA is training nurses in #Ethiopia. http://qub.me/ZiA3za  #womeninspire

Tostan  [to 15 March 2014]
March 13, 2014

Celebrating International Women’s Day at Thiès Prison!
On March 12, 2014, Tostan’s Prison Project in partnership with the Prison Administration at Thiès Prison in Senegal organized a prison open day to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Detainees and their family members, prison staff, Tostan employees, and community members all gathered to recognize the accomplishments of the Prison Project.

Since 2003, Tostan has run a modified version of the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in women and mixed prisons in Senegal. The project is now active in five prisons. At Thiès Prison, there are currently 25 women participating in Tostan classes, they benefit from a number of trainings offered by the prison project, in areas including animal husbandry, clothes dyeing, and weaving. The project’s goal is to help detainees reintegrate into their communities….

Tostan ‏@Tostan Mar 11
@Tostan partner communities #investingirls by building access to health resources & econ opportunity http://bit.ly/1hTbhs1  #WomenInspire

United Nations – Selected Meetings Coverage and Press Releases [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.un.org/en/unpress/

UN Meetings
Security Council Fails to Adopt Text Urging Member States Not to Recognize Planned 16 March Referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea Region (15 March 2014)
After weeks of intense diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, the Security Council today failed to adopt a draft resolution that would have urged Member States not to recognize the results of the referendum planned for 16 March in that country’s autonomous Crimea region, or any alteration of its status.
SC/11319

United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo Must Transform into ‘Robust, Flexible, Highly Mobile’ Entity, Security Council Told (14 March 2014)
Fourteen years of a “static” approach to civilian protection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had proven insufficient, and the United Nations mission there must transform into a robust, flexible and highly mobile entity, able to deploy across the country’s volatile eastern region, the world body’s senior official there told the Security Council today.
SC/11316

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2144 (2014), Authorizing Year-Long Mandate Extension for United Nations Support Mission in Libya (14 March 2014)
The Security Council today renewed the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 13 March 2015.
SC/11315

Common Position in Women’s Commission: Post-2015 Agenda Must Include Gender Equality Targets Absent from Millennium Development Goals (13 March 2014)
WOM/1983

‘Gender Lens’ Sharpens Focus of Economic and Social Council Reforms, Shapes Global Policy, Speakers Say in Women’s Commission (12 March 2014)
WOM/1982

Speakers in Women’s Commission Say Legal Gaps in Protection, Prevention, Accountability for Violence against Women Must Be Addressed (11 March 2014)
WOM/1981

Press Releases
Awareness Must Be Coupled with Concrete Action to Protect Vital Forests, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Observance (13 March 2014)
SG/SM/15706-ENV/DEV/1415-OBV/1305

With Violence in Syria Reaching ‘Unthinkable Levels’, Secretary-General Appeals for End to Tragedy of World’s Biggest Humanitarian, Peace, Security Crisis (12 March 2014)
SG/SM/15703

Secretary-General, Concerned about Escalating Violence in Darfur, Urges All Parties to Cease Hostilities, Ensure Protection of Civilians (10 March 2014)
SG/SM/15700-AFR/2835

Gender Equality Key to Achieving Millennium Goals, Says Secretary-General, Urging Greater Focus on Maternal Health as Commission on Status of Women Opens (10 March 2014)
SG/SM/15697-WOM/1980

UNICEF [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71508.html

Media Releases [selected]
Three years of Syria conflict have devastated lives of millions of children
BEIRUT, 15 March 2014 – As the crisis in Syria reaches the end of another year of brutal violence today, five of the world’s leading aid organizations say that the three-year old conflict has devastated the lives of millions of children and young people – and a generation is at risk of being lost forever.

UNICEF supplies 150,000 mosquito nets in Bangui as rainy season approaches
BANGUI, Central African Republic/DAKAR, Senegal, 14 March 2014 – Ahead of the rainy season due to start next month in the Central African Republic (CAR), UNICEF is providing 150,000 mosquito bed nets for 75,000 people displaced in the capital, who have lost their homes because of the conflict.

UNICEF: Justice still out of reach for millions of children
GENEVA, 13 March 2014 — Millions of children across the globe have their rights violated, but only a few are able to seek recourse to improve their situation in a timely, fair and effective way, UNICEF said today.

European parliamentarians mark third year of Syrian conflict and mobilize for children of Syria
STRASBOURG, France, 12 March 2014 – Leading Members of the European Parliament today joined ‘No Lost Generation’, the global initiative launched by UNICEF and other organisations to mark the third year of the Syrian conflict, with a call on world leaders to support the children of Syria.

Number of children suffering more than doubles in third year of Syria conflict
AMMAN, Jordan/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 11 March 2014 – As the conflict in Syria approaches another sombre milestone, more than twice as many children are now affected compared to 12 months ago, says a new report by UNICEF published today. Particularly hard hit are up to a million children who are trapped in areas of Syria that are under siege or that are hard to reach with humanitarian assistance due to continued violence.

UNHCR [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

Press Releases and Latest News
15 March 2014
Three years of Syria conflict have devastated lives of millions of children

14 March 2014
Three Years Syria Conflict: UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie’s Appeal to World Leaders

14 March 2014
Three years and counting: Syria tops world list for forcibly displaced

12 March 2014
Western Sahara: Resumption of family visit flights

Press Releases and Latest News
UNHCR condemns deadly attack in Homs on collective shelter
Press Releases, 15 March 2014
UNHCR learned this morning of an attack in Homs that has resulted in one death and others being wounded at a shelter in which scores of evacuees are being held.
The attack on the Al Andalus collective shelter – an abandoned school – occurred just after midnight local time, when mortars hit a wall. A local resident was killed, and some 10 people in the centre were wounded. All were hospitalized. UNHCR is awaiting further word on their conditions and those of others still in the shelter.

“We are taking this extremely seriously,” said Amin Awad, UNHCR’s Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “All parties to Syria’s conflict have obligations under international law relating to the protection of people not involved in the conflict.

In early-mid February, UN staff and volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent assisted more than 1,400 people to leave the Old City of Homs during a three-day “humanitarian pause”. However not everyone was able to leave, and 336 men and boys were kept behind at the Al Andalus centre for screening.

Information on the attack is still sparse. It is not fully clear at this stage whether the shelter was deliberately targeted and who the perpetrators were…

Syria tops world list for forcibly displaced after three years of conflict
More than 2.56 million Syrians have registered or are waiting to register as refugees in neighbouring countries as the number of displaced inside Syria passes 6.5 million.

UNHCR addresses alarming health situation of refugees in Cameroon
Most of the new arrivals have spent weeks living in the bush without access to water and food and have walked great distances to reach safety in the eastern Cameroon.

Former Somali refugees raise funds in Canada to build pre-school in Dadaab
More than 400 children applied to enroll in the new school in Dagahaley camp, but there is currently only room for 140. The students include refugees and local Kenyan children.

UNHCR and partners distribute aid to conflict-affected in South Sudan’s Pariang County
UNHCR estimates the number of forcibly displaced people in the seven districts of Pariang County at about 20,000. So far, the refugee agency has given aid to almost 11,500.

UNHCR calls on the Americas to keep children on the run safe from violence
UNHCR’s “Children on the Run” report also urges governments to take action to keep children safe from rights abuses, violence and crime, and to ensure their access to asylum.
[see full treatment in Week in Review above]

Briefing Notes
Refugee information presented in twice-weekly press briefings in Geneva.

:: Cameroon: UNHCR stepping up aid to CAR refugees arriving in poor conditions

:: Boat tragedy involving refugees and migrants in the Gulf of Aden

:: Date set for new camp opening in Jordan

:: Deadly attacks reported in Nigeria’s Lake Chad region, more people fleeing

:: Displacement of people continues to rise in Anbar, Iraq

UNOCHA [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.unocha.org/

Press Releases
15 Mar 2014
Syrian Arab Republic: Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos Statement on Syria
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab Republic (New York, 15 March 2014): Three years after the start of Syria’s conflict, we estimate that more than 9 million people need aid and protection inside Syria and another 2.5 million have fled the country. The humanitarian consequences of the fighting are staggering and despite our best efforts, aid workers are struggling to reach everyone who needs help…

10 Mar 2014
Central African Republic: Statement on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic Barbara Shenstone
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Central African Republic Bangui, 10 March, 2014: The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic Ms. Barbara Shenstone condemns in the strongest terms the killing, on 8 March in Ndele, of a staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). She extends her deepest condolences to the family of the victim and his colleagues and friends in ICRC…

10 Mar 2014
Philippines: Communications with Communities March Newsletter
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Response Typhoon Haiyan destroyed or damaged an estimated 1 million homes across the Eastern and Western Visayas Regions of the central Philippines. One hundred days on from the devastating storm, the most pressing needs in the affected areas are for durable shelter and the restoration of livelihoods….

USG Statements and Speeches
Statement on Syria, 15 March

Latest Map: Central African Republic: Central African Republic: Who has a Sub-Office/Base…

UN Division for Sustainable Development [to 15 March 2014]
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.html

Latest contributions from Major Groups
:: MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION: THINKING WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY (International Movement ATD Fourth World)

:: The Path toward Truly Universal Quality Education (International Movement ATD Fourth World)

:: Good Governance and Extreme Poverty (International Movement ATD Fourth World)

:: POLICY BRIEF AND PROPOSALS: COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITIES (International Movement ATD Fourth World)

UNDP  United Nations Development Program [to 15 March 2014]
http://www.us.undp.org/content/undp/en/home.html

14 Mar 2014
Grassroots women: game changers in the fight against corruption
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Huairou Commission, a global network of grassroots women’s organizations, convened a global dialogue to discuss how supporting women can further contribute to building transparent and effective governance, including the context of the Post-2015 development agenda.

13 Mar 2014
UNDP steps up its support for sound public finance in Africa
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will train a diverse range of partners during the second phase of a comprehensive programme designed to mobilize tax revenues and improve budget management in Africa.

10 Mar 2014
Lebanon – Reviving Markets and Stimulating the Local Economy
Renovated with support from UNDP and UNHCR, Lebanon’s Al-Marj market is stimulating the local economy in host communities in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.