Appeals

29/01/2013 - FAO seeks USD 34.85 million to urgently help farming and herding families restore their food security base and livelihoods. The current events in Syria have caused USD 1.8 billion in damage to the agriculture sector, and affected almost all aspects of national food production and family access to food. In many areas, ...READ MORE

08/04/2008 - The controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in December 2007 spurred ethnically motivated riots responsible for the displacement of 500 000 people. The violence is deeply rooted in the ethnic-based ...READ MORE

28/03/2008 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is appealing for USD 73 307 596 million under the 2008 Work Plan for the Sudan, which outlines the international ...READ MORE

18/03/2008 - The severe cold wave and related energy crisis in Tajikistan is compounding acute levels of underlying poverty and human suffering resulting from a combination of natural, economic and social shocks. ...READ MORE

11/03/2008 - The Government and people of Liberia have made considerable progress in consolidating peace and starting the country on the road to sustainable recovery since the ending of 14 years of ...READ MORE

03/03/2008 - Cyclones Fame and Ivan have affected more than 239 000 people in Madagascar. Striking only three weeks apart (27 January and 17 February, respectively), the cyclones triggered torrential rains and ...READ MORE

27/02/2008 - Human suffering in Sri Lanka is deeply embedded in nearly two decades of conflict (1983-2002) compounded by the devastation caused by severe natural disasters. While the 2002 ceasefire agreement between ...READ MORE

25/02/2008 - The combined effects of four years of destructive conflict and 15 years of economic hardship have led to a severe decline in the living standards of the Iraqi population. Throughout ...READ MORE

21/02/2008 - La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon during which the sea surface temperature is 0.5 degrees lower than normal, affecting global climatic patterns. La Niña conditions tend to recur every ...READ MORE

20/02/2008 - Nepal is one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries. Nearly one-quarter of its population lives on less than US$1 per day. Coping with the impact of conflict for ...READ MORE

10/12/2007 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the poorest countries in the world. Human suffering deeply roots in decades of civil unrest and conflict. Since 1998, famine, ...READ MORE