The Convergence 2015 World Forum: Online registration now open!

The Convergences 2015 World Forum will bring together the leading operators from the private sector, social entrepreneurship, social and solidarity e...

No Time Left: How do you see the world today?

Committed filmmakers, take part in the 2nd edition of the short film Festival “No Time Left”. You have until May 11th to send your short films on one...

Focus South Sudan - A new crisis country

Every day for the last 6 months, tens of thousands of people have been flowing into Jamam camp in the northern tip of newborn South Sudan. Jamam was n...

Slideshow: ACTED's team mobilized against the food crisis in HoA

NAIROBI [ACTED News] - The poor performance of the 2012 long rains (March – May season) predicted for the Horn of Africa threatens to reverse recovery...

Water everywhere, but not a (safe) drop to drink

Months after the heaviest monsoon rains for over 100 years fell on southern Pakistan, the flood water is still not receding – leaving the rural popula...

2012/05/21

South Sudan | Emergency

South Sudan: In the field

The South Sudan refugee situation has been at the heart of ACTED’s preoccupations for several months.The town of Jamam originally had 3,000 inhabitants, and now, it’s a camp of [...]

2012/05/18

France | Development

The Convergence 2015 World Forum: Online registration now open!

The Convergences 2015 World Forum will bring together the leading operators from the private sector, social entrepreneurship, social and solidarity economy, microfinance and the [...]

2012/05/15

South Sudan | Emergency

As Jamam prepares for the rains, community mobilization at the heart of the response

JAMAM [ACTED News] - On the frontlines of the first phase of an emergency response, one immediately notices distribution of food, blankets, jerry cans and tents. What one might [...]

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2012/05/22 (All day) - Pakistan

Pakistan: IDP registrations continue to rise

PESHAWAR [ACTED News] – Mid May, 232,390 individuals (52,839 families) were registered at Jalozai Camp; an increase from 47,600 families in mid-April, according to the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 3,000 families are registered daily, [...]

2012/05/22 (All day) - DRC

DRC: Thousands flee to Uganda

KAMWENGE [ACTED News] – In the last few weeks, thousands of refugees have been streaming across the border to Rwanda and Uganda because of conflicts which have ended three years of relative peace in North Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of the [...]

2012/05/22 (All day) - Lebanon

Lebanon: ACTED provides emergency support to Syrian refugees

BEIRUT [ACTED News] - Some 24,000 displaced Syrians have sought refuge in Lebanon, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ACTED is undertaking a water, hygiene and sanitation assessment, and knowledge and practices survey of [...]

2012/05/15 (All day) - Somalia

Somalia: Projected rainfall and food insecurity outcomes for Somalia

NAIROBI [ACTED News] – At present, there are total of 2.51 million people are in crisis nationwide (33% of the population) of which 1.7 million are in the south of Somalia. 325,000 children are acutely malnourished of which 70% are in the southern regions – [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - Iraq

Iraq: Distribution of water tanks and hygiene kits to IDPs in Baghdad

BAGHDAD [ACTED News] - 776 displaced families living in squatter settlements in Baghdad received water tanks and hygiene kits distributed by ACTED. These distributions are part of a larger program to improve the living conditions of poverty-stricken families [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - Sudan

Sudan: Better access to services for 40,000 people in central Darfur

ZALINGEI [ACTED News] - ACTED will improve access to basic services for over 40,000 people in Darfur. Poor infrastructure, coupled with the ongoing conflict, has limited access to basic services such as health centers, education facilities and even markets to [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - Sudan

Soudan: Meningitis detected in central Darfur

ZALINGEI [ACTED News] - A Meningitis preparedness plan for central Darfur state is to be finalized by the health sector partners in the region, in the light of 15 suspected meningitis cases reported by a WHO-led task force in Um Dukkun, early April. Even [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - India

India: Health assessment in Indian-administered Kashmir

DELHI [ACTED News] - Early May, ACTED conducted an assessment in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir state from the capital of Srinagar. The assessment will focus on the health and hygiene needs of women, the role and capacity of state health facilities and [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - Pakistan

Pakistan: Rapid increase in IDP returns to Bajaur Agency

ISLAMABAD [ACTED News] – At the end of April, the government of Pakistan has deregistered over one thousand IDP families from Bajaur Agency, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), most of which have been displaced since the onset of conflict in [...]

2012/05/14 (All day) - Sudan

Sudan: Poor harvest and insecurity threaten vulnerable communities in Darfur

ZALINGEI [ACTED News] - A poor harvest in 2012 following low and intermittent seasonal rainfall has once again made food insecurity a growing concern in Darfur. Prices of staple foods such as sorghum and wheat have risen as much as 65% in conflict-affected [...]

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