4 August 2011 |
| RedR Australia is a not‐for‐profit organisation which selects, trains, deploys and supports experts deployed to international humanitarian relief operations. RedR Australia maintains a Standby Register of experienced and highly mobile professionals for deployment to emergency situations with their partner UN Agencies. Due to increased demand for qualified personnel, RedR Australia is seeking applications from experienced, motivated and dynamic humanitarian professionals with the ability to deploy rapidly and work in demanding situations for three to six month deployments. If this sounds like you, please apply now! |
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2 August 2011 |
| Mandera town, on the border between Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, is the hub for aid operations in the drought-affected Mandera district in Kenya. It could have been a possible logistics base for sending help by road to the famine-affected areas in south-central Somalia, but the security risk is high. |
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2 August 2011 |
| As the world’s attention turns to East Africa’s hunger crisis, with famine in parts of Somalia being declared, a statement from Niger warning on alarming child malnutrition rates in the West African country seems to have gone unnoticed by the international media. |
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2 August 2011 |
| The United States has significantly enhanced its development strategies, policies, and programs. It should continue to reduce overlaps and improve coordination, according to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Review of the Development Co-operation Policies and Programs of the United States. |
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28 July 2011 |
| The European Union's executive will increase funding for victims of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, the EU's crisis chief said on Wednesday after visiting Kenya and Somalia. |
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27 July 2011 |
| After walking for days to escape drought and insecurity, often barefoot and with almost no food or water, Somali refugees who arrive at Dadaab camps in northern Kenya are met with delays and red tape. |
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26 July 2011 |
| Persons with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in times of food insecurity and other emergencies. They and their families may not be able to access emergency response services due to difficulties in mobility, hearing, seeing and understanding. Disability inclusion is essential for effective and good quality humanitarian practice. With this in mind, CBM Australia and Plan International Australia have released a new fact sheet, providing base level information to practitioners for awareness raising, training, advocacy, project design and proposal writing. Fact sheet: Disability Inclusion in Drought and Food Crisis Emergency Response (PDF) ACFID: Disability and development |
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25 July 2011 |
| The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister today announced the Government will provide $20 million in additional emergency humanitarian support for the 11.6 million people affected by the looming catastrophe in the Horn of Africa. |
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25 July 2011 |
| The Australian Tax Office (ATO) plans to make a change to the tax act, applying an 'in Australia' special condition for funds with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status. ACFID met with Treasury on 14 July to clarify some of the issues around this change. For more information, please read ATO bill to change DGR status (PDF) Eposure Draft: Restating the 'in Australia' special conditions for tax concession entities (PDF) |
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21 July 2011 |
| The United Nations declared today that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now in crisis, of whom an estimated 2.8 million people are in the south. |
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20 July 2011 |
| Aid agencies today welcomed the announcement of an additional $30 million in humanitarian assistance for the drought and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. The peak body for Australian aid and development organisations, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) said the funding was urgently needed as the United Nations is on the verge of declaring famine in parts of Southern Somalia. Read the full media release. |
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20 July 2011 |
| Several rich governments are guilty of wilful neglect as the aid effort to avert catastrophe in East Africa limps along due to an US$800 million (AUD$745m) shortfall, Oxfam said today. With the gravity of the crisis increasing daily, the agency said both international donors and regional governments need to step up urgently their response. |
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20 July 2011 |
| The United Nations said on Monday it had started airlifting food aid to rebel-held parts of drought-hit Somalia and that Islamist insurgents had abided by a pledge to allow relief workers free access. |
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20 July 2011 |
| Violence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights. |
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19 July 2011 |
| Britain has indefinitely suspended part of its aid programme, worth £19m, for Malawi over the country's repeated failure to address concerns over economic management and governance. |
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