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WFP Ethiopia Country Brief September 2026

. WFP assisted 1.9 million people in August, distributing 15,236 metric tonnes (Mt) of food and transferring USD 4.5 million in cash assistance across all activities. WFP advanced preparedness for anticipated El Niño-related impacts, including plans for a phased emergency respons...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

NEWS QUOTE: Floods drive hundreds of families in Western Nepal from their homes

. KATHMANDU, 28 September 2026 – Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have swept away houses and buildings in Western Nepal, forcing nearly 750 families to leave their homes and killing more than 20 people, according to the government. The floods and landslides come jus...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Brief: Recent developments in southwest Syria (As of 18:00, 11 September 2026)

. In addition to the threat of ongoing Israeli activity in the south, chronic underfunding and economic crisis have continued to erode all levels of state services across south-west Syria, with budgetary strain pushing some municipalities—such as Al-Taybah in Daraa province—to su...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report No. 8, 1-31 August 2026

Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan . Highlights Afghanistan’s nutrition crisis continued to worsen, with 3.7 million children suffering from wasting, including around one million with severe acute malnutrition. Flash floods continued to affect communitie...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Humanitarian Assistance, Health, Food Security, Shelter and Sustainable Recovery: Compassion, Partnership and Resilience: A Humanitarian Journey concise, dignified, and closely aligned with KSrelief’s humanitarian identity - KSrelief in Pakistan 2025-2026

Countries: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia . Introduction A Continuing Humanitarian Partnership The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), established by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2015, is the Kingdom’s leading humanitarian and relief organization. Guided by the p...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Syria Protection Sector 2026 Mid-Year Report

. Syria Protection Sector Mid-Year Report January - June 2026 Humanitarian Reset initiated: The Sector initiated implementation of the consolidation of the Sector, beginning with a streamlined chapter in the 2026 HNRP. The Sector also began mapping and reviewing existing working ...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

One Month On: Nepal's Flood-Affected Children Still Carry the Weight of Loss

. One month after glacier-triggered flash floods devastated Rasuwa and Nuwakot, thousands of children and families continue to face the consequences of the disaster. The floods have claimed 1,451 lives, while 5,786 people remain missing. An estimated 22,000 children have been aff...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Global Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Cluster: From Damage Assessment to Rapid Repairs and Return: Lessons from the Venezuela Earthquake Response - Webinar Report (22 September 2026)

. Executive Summary This webinar brought together experts from UNDP, Miyamoto International, the Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Cluster (SLSC), to discuss lessons from the 2026 Venezuela earthquake response. Discussions focused on the continuum from rapid damage assessment t...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

oPt: Shelter Cluster - Palestine Situation Report, July - August 2026

. SITUATION OVERVIEW GAZA • Shelter Cluster partners continued delivering life-saving Shelter and NFI assistance across the Gaza Strip throughout July and August, responding to urgent needs among affected households through in-kind assistance and voucher modalities. • In July, pa...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

World leaders renew commitment to protect the world from future pandemics

. The UNGA today held its second High-level Meeting on PPPR, following its first staged in 2023 in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and gaps in global health security. Countries stressed that strengthening PPPR is not a health issue alone – it requires a ...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Case study: Ethiopia - Nourishing the First 1,000 Days

. How Ethiopia's Seqota Declaration is uniting a nation to end child stunting in a generation Ethiopia has spent over a decade building the evidence, financing and political will to end child stunting, and since joining the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in 2012, that ambiti...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Syria: Reconstruction Deals Lack Critical Rights Framework [EN/AR]

. Government, Donors, Investors Should Ensure Rebuilding Serves Communities (Amman) – The Syrian transitional government is signing billions of dollars in reconstruction deals without a human rights framework that would ensure that rebuilding respects, protects, and fulfills the ...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Nepal Flood 2026 - DREF Operation Update #01 (MDRNP022)

. As of 18 September 2026, CHF 5.682 million in confirmed multilateral hard pledges recorded against the CHF 18 million IFRC Secretariat Emergency Appeal (approximately 32 per cent). Continued funding is required to sustain the response and scale up early recovery interventions. ...

ReliefWebSep 28, 2026

Syrian Arab Republic: Humanitarian Update No. 7 | July - August 2026

. HIGHLIGHTS Camp departures accelerated during July and August, with 38,836 IDPs leaving displacement sites, including 19,600 people supported through facilitated return mechanisms. During the same period, 130 IDP sites were inactivated. More than 60,000 IDPs have been supported...

ReliefWebSep 27, 2026

2026 UNRWA Syria Mid Year Protection cases trends update

. Executive Summary – Mid-Year 2026 Protection Case Trends, UNRWA Syria During the first half of 2026, UNRWA recorded 587 protection cases affecting Palestine refugees across Syria. Reported cases increased from 266 in Q1 to 321 in Q2, reflecting strengthened case identification ...

ReliefWebSep 27, 2026

Venezuela Situation Report: July - August, 2026

. This report has been prepared by OCHA Venezuela in collaboration with humanitarian clusters and partners, and covers the humanitarian response both in the context of the 24 June earthquakes and the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan across the rest of the country....

ReliefWebSep 26, 2026

World: Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Remarks at the High-Level Meeting on the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel, 23 September 2026

. As delivered Thank you, Penny [Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia], thank you, friends, thank you, Ayman [Safadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jordan] and colleagues for bringing this group together, and to the Ministerial Group as well for your leadership. So, ...

ReliefWebSep 25, 2026

Nepal: The Illusion of Food Security: Food Security Protected by Emergency Assistance: WFP’s Household Survey in Flood Affected Areas of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading - September 2026

. EXECUTIVE FINDINGS The August 2026 floods caused widespread displacement and damage to homes, food stocks, agricultural land, livestock, businesses, roads, bridges and markets across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading. WFP conducted this rapid assessment between 5 and 16 September to ...

ReliefWebSep 25, 2026