Humanitarian Aid

A group of forcibly displaced people in north Yemen.

UN official calls for increased assistance to nations ravaged by conflict and disaster

28 October 2009
Global

On the heels of a four-nation trip to see first-hand the damage caused by conflict and natural disasters, the top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for international support to help these countries recover and rebuild.

High energy biscuits

Scores of thousands of Indonesian quake victims receive UN aid

27 October 2009
Asia Pacific

United Nations agencies continue to aid scores of thousands of Indonesians after last month’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of western Sumatra island, leaving nearly 200,000 households in need of emergency shelter and other assistance.

Laos: UN and partners launch $10 million appeal for flood victims

21 October 2009
Asia Pacific

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today launched a flash appeal for $10 million to provide six months of aid to nearly 180,000 typhoon victims in some of the poorest regions of Laos.

Quake survivors get fresh water from water tank at Muaro Village, West Sumatra

Shelter urgently needed for Indonesian quake victims, UN aid agencies say

20 October 2009
Asia Pacific

Finding shelter tops the list of priorities for emergency relief agencies scrambling to help hundreds of thousands of people in Indonesia devastated by last month’s powerful earthquake off the coast of the island of Sumatra, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today.

A child sits alone amid the ruins of a collapsed building in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

UN humanitarian chief ends visit to Indonesia as death toll from quake tops 1,100

15 October 2009
Asia Pacific

The official death toll from last month’s earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra has climbed to 1,117, including those still missing, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today as its chief wrapped up a two-day mission to the site of the destruction.

An earthquake survivor washes dishes by the river at Muaro Village in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Urgent shelter needed for Indonesian quake victims ahead of rainy season – UN

14 October 2009
Asia Pacific

The top United Nations emergency relief official took a helicopter tour today of the worst affected rural areas in the wake of last month’s earthquake in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, flying over valleys ravaged by dozens of landslides.

A child sits alone amid the ruins of a collapsed building in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Three-month plan launched to help Indonesian quake victims, UN says

9 October 2009
Asia Pacific

The international humanitarian community launched a $38-million response plan today to complement the Indonesian Government’s efforts to aid communities in West Sumatra hit by last month’s earthquake, United Nations officials reported.

Rescue teams evacuate trapped victims in the aftermath of the 30 September 2009 earthquake in Indonesia

Indonesia: UN mobilizes to prevent epidemics after earthquake

2 October 2009
Asia Pacific

United Nations emergency personnel in Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra are mobilizing to prevent the outbreak of epidemic diseases and get children back to school two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,100 people, trapped and injured many thousands more, and destroyed numerous buildings.

Victims of the earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra being treated at a make-shift hospital

Indonesia: UN assessment teams to survey damage wreaked by deadly quakes

1 October 2009
Americas

The United Nations is rushing teams to Indonesia to survey the damage in the wake of a massive earthquake, as a senior official with the world body called for global unity in responding to a series of deadly natural disasters that have struck Asia in recent days.

At least 64 people people were killed and another 25,000 uprooted by the 2 September, 2009 quake off West Java

Deadly Indonesian earthquakes leave 75 dead and thousands trapped, UN reports

30 September 2009
Asia Pacific

Devastating back-to-back earthquakes have rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, killing at least 75 people and leaving thousands trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, the United Nations humanitarian wing has reported.