quake

UN agencies take further steps to help earthquake survivors in Indonesia

1 June 2006
As the death toll continues to rise in the Indonesian island city of Yogyakarta and its surrounding areas in the aftermath of a devastative earthquake, United Nations agencies continue to help Government’s efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to tens of thousands of survivors.

International aid flowing to Indonesia following quake – UN

30 May 2006
Increasing international assistance is arriving in Yogayakarta, Indonesia, following last Friday's earthquake, which has claimed more than 5,000 lives and injured more than 8,000 people, the United Nations said today as its agencies rushed food, medicine, other supplies and cash to the area.
Ruins of homes destroyed by the May 2006 earthquake in south and central java.
WFP/Barry Came

UN health agency rushes aid to quake-struck parts of Indonesia

29 May 2006
As rescue teams search for survivors following Saturday's devastating earthquake on the island of Java, Indonesia, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it is sending emergency equipment to the area and will help to support vaccination campaigns while setting up a disease surveillance system there.

UN ready to respond with aid to quake-struck parts of Indonesia

27 May 2006
Following an early morning earthquake in Indonesia measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that has reportedly killed thousands of people, the United Nations is gearing up to provide emergency assistance to the affected areas, top officials from the world body said today.
Children under age five are the most vulnerable

Pakistan: UN study recommends steps to fight child malnutrition among quake survivors

10 May 2006
Seven months after the earthquake that devastated Pakistan in October, malnutrition persists as one of the major problems for children under the age of five in the affected areas, but the situation is gradually improving, thanks in part to an ambitious United Nations-backed survey of survivors.
Returnee family in severely damaged village of Ghannol

100,000 Pakistani quake survivors leave camps for home, UN reports

5 May 2006
Some 100,000 survivors of last October’s devastating earthquake in Pakistan have left temporary camps and returned to their ruined towns, villages and properties over the past month as the emergency phase of the massive relief operation begins to wind down, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today.

UNICEF launches new clean water project for Pakistani quake victims

4 May 2006
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today launched a new water network to benefit up to 30,000 people in a region of Pakistan devastated by last October’s earthquake.
Sálvano Briceño

UN sees San Francisco quake anniversary as clarion call to make schools safer

19 April 2006
The main United Nations body entrusted with mitigating the impact of natural disasters today used the 100th anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake to call for greater steps to protect schoolchildren such as better buildings and training, noting that at least 17,000 youngsters died in schools in last year’s Pakistani quake.
Wendy Chamberlin in Muzaffarabad

Pakistan: quake survivors want to go home, UN refugee official says

18 April 2006
As tens of thousands of people displaced by last October’s earthquake in Pakistan stream home from their temporary camps, a top official of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), which is leading the relief effort, listened to the aspirations and concerns of survivors and pledged to continue supporting them.

After successful relief stage in Pakistani quake, UN warns against fall in aid

10 April 2006
While the much talked about ‘donor fatigue’ did not occur during the relief phase for last year’s devastating Pakistani earthquake, any slackening of aid during the reconstruction stage could lead to hardship for many survivors next winter, a senior United Nations relief official has warned.