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Providing mobile meternity clinics to displaced women and babies in evacuation centers following devastating floods amidst COVID-19. © UNFPA Timor-Leste 2021 DILI April 13, 2021 -- The Government of Timor-Leste declared a one-month state of calamity in Dili and appealed for relief assistance last week to respond to effects of devastating floods that left more than 13,000 people displaced. According to the Secretariat of State for Civil Protection the flash floods have claimed 46 lives while ma...

DILI April 08, 2021 -- Humanitarian workers continued rescue missions Wednesday in remote locations in Timor-Leste using excavators and cranes, as death toll from recent flash floods reached 42, even as many are still reported missing by local authorities. Families relied on the generosity of their neighbours to seek temporary shelter in the few houses left standing after the devastating floods and landslides that affected an estimated 10,000 people in the island nation. Impassable roads and po...

20 Apr 2021 About the role: This is a 24 month replacement role with unaccompanied terms based in Khartoum, capital of Republic of Sudan, with frequent travel to West Darfur, South and West Kordofan States and other Concern field locations in Sudan. You will be required to spend at least 60% time at the field to support different programmes. The salary is Grade 4 €43,268 - €48,076. You will report to the Programme Director. You will also liaise closely with the Area Coordinators, Area Manag...

15 Apr 2021 Since the Government of Iraq declared that combat operations against the Islamic State Group (IS) had ended in 2017, Iraq has been recovering from the significant damage and destruction caused by the armed conflict. Of the more than six million Iraqis who fled their homes since 2014, 4.78 million Iraqis have returned to their area of origin and 1.28 million remain internally displaced. Many Iraqis have returned to areas that lack basic infrastructure, services and livelihood opportu...

13 April 2021 UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. IOM is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Read more about diversity and inclusion at IOM at www.iom.int/diversity. Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particular...

Please note this position requires fluency in both Spanish and English. NRC is expanding and strengthening its presence and operations in the North of Central America (NCA) and Mexico. In the past five years, the populations of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala have been affected by devastating violence, extreme weather (torrential rains and flooding followed by months-long drought) and other natural disasters. The number of displaced people has been growing exponentially and every year hundr...

  New York: With over 2.6 million dead and 117 million infections, no country in the world has remained untouched by COVID-19. Yet one year on from the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, evidence shows that crisis-affected countries have been especially hard-hit by the secondary impacts of the crisis, including rising poverty rates, a rise in domestic and other forms of violence and an erosion of trust between citizens and state. In response, United Nations Developme...

Donor Relations/Grants Management Job in Yemen, requiring 0-2 years of experience, from IOM; closing on 24 Mar 2021

COVID-19 eroding social cohesion and triggering rise in civil unrest in crisis-affected countries, alert UNDP, g7+ Format © UNDP Bangladesh/Fahad Kaizer New York, 11 March 2021 – With over 2.6 million dead and 117 million infections, no country in the world has remained untouched by COVID-19. Yet one year on from the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, evidence shows that crisis-affected countries have been especially hard-hit by the secondary impacts of the crisis,...

  Geneva/Jackson Hole, WY/Rome/New York, 3 March 2021 - For the first-ever virtual celebration of the United Nations World Wildlife Day, representatives of UN Member States, UN System organizations, international and non-governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local communities, and youth took part in an online event marking the Day.  World Wildlife Day is celebrated this year under the theme " Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", highlighting the link between th...