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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 4

    Hurricane has left a trail of destruction. Thousands of families are in desperate need of shelter, food & safe drinking water.💦 You can help our emergency teams on the ground provide life-saving aid:

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  2. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Hiba, 8, came with her family to camp more than 4 months ago from their hometown Baghouz. “We spent about 2 days on the way”. Collecting water takes up most of Hiba’s time. “We collect water 5 times a day, luckily the water tank is very nearby”. ©OCHA/Hammadi

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    Just concluded a visit to Somalia w/ & colleagues. Urging donors to step up their support to enable life-saving aid alongside long-term and durable solutions to help prevent a recurrence of humanitarian crises.

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  4. Quote of the day from Secretary-General Full press encounter here 👉🏾

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  5. Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. "We are desperate for the funds that were promised. When money doesn't come, people die." - Lise Grande Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen.

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  6. has claimed 50 lives in the Bahamas so far and the number is expected to climb. Here is an update on the government led response, and how the is supporting:

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  7. DRC faces one of the most complex humanitarian emergencies in the 🌍. Here are the latest updates on the Ebola outbreak & response ➡️➡️ 📸@UN/Martine Perret

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  8. After a 2 day visit to Somalia, & senior officials from the & say that early action and joined up approaches are key to ending the country’s cyclical crises 🇸🇴

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    23 hours ago

    . Mark Lowcock, Senior VP President Mahmoud Mohieldin & ASG Oscar Fernandez-Taranco arrived in Somalia yesterday to draw attention to the impact of recurrent climatic shocks, the need to build resilience & durable solutions for IDPs.

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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 12

    The aid distribution that ended yesterday was the 2nd phase of an operation aimed at easing the suffering of the people of . The 1st phase was a needs assessment while the 3rd upcoming phase is assisted departures.

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  11. Retweeted
    Sep 12

    Bahamas: OCHA team accompanying partners on the relief operation and assessing damaged infrastructures around Treasure cay, North of Abaco, one of the most affected islands by Hurricane .

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  12. Retweeted
    Sep 12

    Yesterday, the and finalized the delivery of much-needed humanitarian assistance to 15,000 internally displaced Syrians in . PRESS STATEMENT.

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  13. Retweeted
    Sep 11

    "When I go in the out into the field and talk to people, they don't ask for an response, or food, or jobs. The thing they yearn for most is peace". Read the piece on the many challenges people face in the .

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    These 3,758 backpacks represent each of the 3,758 children killed in conflict last year. This is heartbreaking and unacceptable. May these backpacks become a universal symbol of hope, and a heartfelt cry for peace.

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  15. Retweeted
    Sep 11

    In , armed attacks & insecurity have uprooted more than 289,000 people so far this year & closed 2,000 schools. More support is needed so humanitarians can continue providing lifesaving assistance, incl'g education, health & shelter. Read more:

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  16. Sep 11

    Our latest update on & the response in the Bahamas 🇧🇸 200+ humanitarians actors are responding, supporting the government led response.

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  17. Sep 11

    A discussion with Commissioner Mitiku Kasa about the IDP situation in Southern Ethiopia, where the & NGO communities have been supporting the government led response:

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  18. Sep 11

    🆘 has left a trail of destruction in the Bahamas 🇧🇸 Thousands of families are in desperate need of shelter, food & safe drinking water.💦 You can help 👉🏾

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  19. Sep 11

    Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. "We are desperate for the funds that were promised. When money doesn't come, people die." - Lise Grande Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen.

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  20. Retweeted
    Sep 10

    🚨 is currently monitoring 67 health emergencies and outbreaks in the African Region. 🌍 This week's bulletin covers in and the humanitarian crises in and Central African Republic (). 🚨

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  21. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    The and are providing humanitarian assistance; food and nutrition supplies, to 15,000 IDPs in 1/3

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