Uploads from DFID - UK Department for International Development, tagged humanitarianemergency

Displaced people crossing the border from Ivory Coast to Liberia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:27:35 -0700

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Thousands of Ivorians have used this river border crossing to escape into Liberia from fierce fighting in Ivory Coast.

UK aid is providing an emergency support package to help thousands of those caught up in the crisis.

For more information, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/emergency-ai...

Picture: Department for International Development/Derek Markwell

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Displaced Ivorians queue for food at a UNHCR distribution site in Liberia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:26:40 -0700

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Displaced Ivorians queue for food at a UNHCR/Norwegian Refugee Council distribution site in Liberia.

The UN is appealing for urgent assistance to help tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees who have crossed the border into Liberia as a result of fierce fighting in Ivory Coast.

To find out how the UK is helping respond to this crisis, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/emergency-ai...

Picture: Department for International Development/Derek Markwell

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Children pictured at a UNCHR food distribution point in Liberia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:26:21 -0700

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Aid from the UK is supporting the work of UNICEF to ensure that children affected by the crisis in Ivory Coast are protected from violence, abuse and exploitation. UNICEF and other NGOs are also working to re-unite children that have been separated from their families by the violence.

The UK government has recently announced an urgent emergency aid package to help tens of thousands of people affected by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Liberia and the Ivory Coast.

To find out more, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/emergency-ai...

Picture: Department for International Development/Derek Markwell

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ICRC providing clean drinking water at a refugee camp in Liberia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:27:16 -0700

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Red Cross workers install tanks for clean water at a camp for refugees in the village of Butuo,Liberia, about 50km from the border with Ivory Coast.

To date, over 117,000 refugees have crossed the border from Ivory Coast into Liberia. The Liberian government, Red Cross, UN and international NGOs are working together to provide humanitarian aid to refugees in Liberia and those displaced by political unrest and violence in Ivory Coast.

The UK government has announced an urgent emergency aid package to help tens of thousands of people affected by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the region.

To find out more, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/emergency-ai...

Picture: Department for International Development/Derek Markwell

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Refugees from Ivory Coast queue for food at a distribution site in Liberia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:26:07 -0700

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Food distribution taking place at one of 76 Liberian border villages who have taken in Ivorian refugees.

These women have received a food package consisting of bulgar wheat (high in fibre and protein in comparison with rice), pulses, corn soya blend (CSB - soybean flour and cornmeal fortified with vitamins and minerals) and oil.

The UK government has recently announced an urgent emergency aid package to help tens of thousands of people affected by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Liberia and the Ivory Coast.

To find out more about how aid from the UK is helping, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/emergency-ai...

Picture: Department for International Development/Derek Markwell

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Andrew Mitchell talks to migrants at a transit camp near the Tunisian border from Libya

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:33:36 -0800

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UK International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, talks to migrants at a transit camp near the Tunisian border from Libya.

To find out how the UK is helping the humanitarian emergency in the region, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/libyaunrest

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1 March 2011, Dubai: Tents and blankets being loaded, bound for the Tunisia/Libya border

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:39:03 -0800

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A relief flight carrying aid supplies from the British Government departed from Dubai earlier today and has now arrived in Tunisia. The flight contained 36,000 blankets and 300 tents to provide much needed shelter for at least 1,500 refugees who have fled over the Libyan border.

The tents and blankets will be handed over to the UNHCR who will deliver them on the ground.

For more information on the UK government's response to the crisis in Libya please see: www.dfid.gov.uk/libyaunrest

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Providing clean water and sanitation

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:58:23 -0800

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Children in Sindh, Pakistan, play at a water pump in a village.

The British government is supporting the refurbishment of thousands of water pumps in Sindh, as people return to their communities following the devastating floods which swept across Pakistan in 2010. The floods caused widespread damage to infrastructure across Pakistan, contaminating wells and water supplies. UKaid from the Department for International Development has provided funding to NGOs such as Concern, International Medical Corps, Mercy Corps, Oxfam and Save the Children, to provide clean drinking water, sanitation shelter and healthcare to thousands of families across Pakistan.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Russell Watkins

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Supplying medicines to prevent sickness and diarrhoea

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:30:48 -0800

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Children in Sindh, Pakistan, hold up medicines that have just been prescribed to them by doctors from the charity International Medical Corps.

The British government is supporting International Medical Corps to provide basic healthcare to thousands of people in Sindh, as they return to their communities following the devastating floods which swept across Pakistan in 2010.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Vicki Francis

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Remains of a school destroyed by flooding, near Jacobabad

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:09:21 -0800

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The entrance gate to this school is all that's left standing after the rest of the building was completely destroyed by flood water in Pakistan's Sindh province. Thousands of acres of land remain flooded, even six months on from the initial rainfall in July 2010.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Magnus Wolfe-Murray

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Prescribing medicine to prevent sickness and disease

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:53:23 -0800

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A pharmacist in an International Medical Corps mobile health clinic dispenses medicine to a sick child in a remote village in Pakistan's Sindh province.

The UK government, through the Department for International Development, is supporting International Medical Corps' work in Pakistan to help thousands of people affected by the flooding that devastated the country in August 2010.

Many people have only recently been able to return to their communities as the flood waters recede, but many homes and infrastructure such as schools and medical facilities have damaged or destroyed. Mobile clinics such as those provided by International Medical Corps are providing vital basic health care, as well as an early warning scheme, looking out for signs of any outbreak of disease such as cholera or dissentry.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Vicki Francis

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A female doctor with the International Medical Corps examines a young boy at a mobile health clinic in Pakistan

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:31:11 -0800

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Funding from the UK government is enabling the International Medical Corps to operate mobile health clinics in Sindh, as part of the UK's response to the Pakistan floods. These clinics will provide access to basic healthcare services for thousands of people across Sindh as they return home to communities which were devastated by the floods in August 2010.

The floods destroyed clinics and hospitals as well as homes and schools, so mobile teams of doctors, nurses and pharmacists are a vital way of reaching people in need of healthcare.

The teams also operate as a disease 'early-warning' system; by getting out into the communities, they can spot the early signs of cholera and other water-borne diseases associated with large amounts of standing water and limited sanitation.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Vicki Francis

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Supporting people as they return home to still-flooded land

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:33:56 -0800

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Families returning to their communities following the flooding in Pakistan are often being forced to camp by the roadside, as the flood waters have still not receded sufficiently for them to return to their homes.

This family are setting up 'charpoy' beds next to a vast expanse of still-flooded fields - the land that they used to farm.

The UK government is working with the government of Pakistan, other donor governments, international NGOs and UN agencies to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of more than 20 million people who were affected by the floods, such as shelter, water, sanitation and basic healthcare.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Russell Watkins

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A female doctor with the International Medical Corps examines a woman patient at a mobile health clinic in Pakistan

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:24:37 -0800

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Funding from the UK government is enabling the International Medical Corps to operate mobile health clinics in Sindh, as part of the UK's response to the Pakistan floods.

These clinics will provide access to basic healthcare services for thousands of people across Sindh as they return home to communities which were devastated by the floods in August 2010.

The floods destroyed clinics and hospitals as well as homes and schools, so mobile teams of doctors, nurses and pharmacists are a vital way of reaching people in need of healthcare.

The teams also operate as a disease 'early-warning' system; by getting out into remote communities, they can spot any early signs of cholera or other water-borne diseases associated with large amounts of standing water and limited sanitation.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Image: DFID/Russell Watkins

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Trees cocooned in spiders webs, an unexpected side effect of the flooding in Sindh, Pakistan

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:23:19 -0800

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An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.

Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh had never seen this phenomenon before - but they also reported that there were less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that was around.

One theory is that mosquitos may have been caught in the spiders webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.

UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - helped millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development

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Trees cocooned in spiders webs after flooding in Sindh, Pakistan

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:23:28 -0800

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An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.

Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amoungt of stagnant, standing water that is around.

It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.

UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - is helping millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development

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Trees cocooned in spiders webs after flooding in Sindh, Pakistan

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:24:56 -0800

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An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.

Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around.

It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.

UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - is helping millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.

Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months

Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development

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MDG 7: Since 1990 2 billion people have gained access to clean drinking water

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:48:34 -0700

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Children drinking water from a communal pump in a village near Dadu, in Sindh, Pakistan.

Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development

MDG Countdown 2012 will showcase innovative projects and programmes to highlighting how coordinated development work is making a real difference. Visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/mdgcountdown2012 for more information.

Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell speaking to Bangladeshi migrant workers.

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:14:54 -0800

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Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell speaking to Bangladeshi migrant workers about their journey to reach the transit camp in Tunisia from Libya. Many had travelled for days to reach the camp and arrived with little more than the clothes they stood up in. Having slept rough for days, the camp gave them decent shelter and warmth. For more information, please see: ht.ly/48tdc

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Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell speaking to Bangladeshi migrant workers in Tunisia

nobody@flickr.com (DFID - UK Department for International Development) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:14:57 -0800

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Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell speaking to Bangladeshi migrant workers as they enter the transit camp 8 km from the border Libyan border in Tunisia. The workers have fled their jobs in Libya. For more information, please see: ht.ly/48tdc

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