REACH
  • Who we are
  • What we do
    • News
    • Publications
    • Webmaps & dashboards
    • Partners
  • Where we work
Menu
Work With Us

News

Tagged : Emergency Response

  • Home
  • What we do
  • News
  • Emergency Response

Latest Releases

Press release: New Situation Overview from northwest Syria shows that living conditions of new arrivals remain dire
Press release: New Situation Overview from northwest Syria shows that living conditions of new arrivals remain dire

March 17, 2020

Press release: New Situation Overview from northwest Syria shows that living conditions of new arrivals remain dire

Data collected on 9 March shows that the displaced population is highly vulnerable, and many basic humanitarian needs are unmet. Living conditions of new arrivals remain dire too. REACH continues to inform the world, and humanitarian actors, on the evolution of the situation of displaced families in NW Syria.

Afghanistan: Evaluating 2015 earthquake emergency shelter response to improve future post-disaster programmes
Afghanistan: Evaluating 2015 earthquake emergency shelter response to improve future post-disaster programmes

April 13, 2017

Afghanistan: Evaluating 2015 earthquake emergency shelter response to improve future post-disaster programmes

In October 2015, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Badakhshan province, leaving over a hundred dead and tens of thousands displaced across Afghanistan’s most mountainous region. The earthquake struck during the lead up to winter, which only exacerbated the need to provide immediate winterized shelter assistance. Given the difficulty of accessing many affected areas, cash grants […]

REACH In the news

Who’s who in Northern Syria?
Who’s who in Northern Syria?

Who’s who in Northern Syria?

In a new escalation in Syria’s civil war, military operations were launched in northern Syria near the border. Here’s what you need to know about the many actors in the region.

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end
The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

The last rebel stronghold: Syrians at the border wait war’s bitter end

Fires have laid waste to entire fields before the harvest season, destroying essentials crops such as wheat and barley. Agriculture is being destroyed across Syria, some of the heaviest losses in the regions around southern Idlib, Aleppo and al-Hasaka in the northeast.

UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive
UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive

UN says over 50 healthcare sites in four-month Syria offensive

The UN says a total of 51 medical facilities – such as hospitals, ambulance points and clinics – have been damaged as a result of attacks since the offensive began. Those who fled north leave behind dozens of ghost towns in their wake, according to a report published in May by REACH, an organisation that analyses humanitarian data.

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?
Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

Should humanitarians support returns in a country still reeling from war?

According to recent data from REACH, a humanitarian research initiative, more than half of people recorded as coming back from Sudan through Renk in Upper Nile went to live in the U.N. protected site in Malakal.

View All

Latest Newsletters

Quarterly Newsletter - July 2019

Quarterly Newsletter - March 2019

Quarterly Newsletter - October 2018

Quarterly Newsletter - May 2018

Quarterly Newsletter - March 2018

Keep in touch

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

Newsletter Sign-Up

By signing to our newsletters you agree with our privacy policy.

REACH

International Environment House II, Chemin de Balexert 9, 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland

+41-225-66-29-63 geneva@reach-initiative.org

  • Privacy Policy
  • Media Inquiries
  • Web Design by Chameleon Studios
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Who we are
  • What we do
    • News
    • Publications
    • Webmaps & dashboards
    • Partners
  • Where we work

Contact Us

  • +41-225-66-29-63
  • geneva@reach-initiative.org

Keep in touch

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn