UNDP United Nations Development Programme [to 17 January 2015]

UNDP United Nations Development Programme [to 17 January 2015]
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15 Jan 2015
Ebola recovery assessment mission kicks off in Sierra Leone
An international mission to assess support needed for long term recovery in the three countries hardest hit by Ebola kicked off in Sierra Leone today.

15 Jan 2015
Kyrgyzstan: 15,000 people to get help in radioactive waste affected areas
Around 15,000 poor and vulnerable people from towns near radioactive waste sites will get help to monitor the environment, create jobs, boost livelihoods and strengthen communities.

13 Jan 2015
Thousands of Ebola workers paid in Liberia
UNDP has helped the Liberian government pay thousands of Ebola workers. Over $1 million dollars in cash payments were distributed across the country in January alone. The workers were hired at the height of the crisis to run treatment centres, help communities prevent transmission and track people that have had contact with victims.

12 Jan 2015
30,000 food packages for vulnerable, displaced people in Ukraine
Amid continuing fighting and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, UNDP launched an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to the country’s internal displaced persons (IDP’s) and other vulnerable citizens trapped by the ongoing hostilities