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In the west African country of Burkina Faso, the displaced struggle to find a refuge from violence and the effects of climate change. After leaving their homes, where drought has become endemic, thousands of people then faced violent floods that wiped away their shelters. UNHCR

Together with the Government of Burkina Faso, UNICEF and Enfants du Monde, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – launched a new multi-year programme that aims to provide education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected regions of the country. ECW

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s Sahel which has now displaced more than two million people within the borders of their countries for the first time ever. UNHCR

As 2021 approaches, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen. UNICEF / FILE

Pope Francis has shown his support for the work of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in tackling hunger and poverty, with the Holy See making its first-ever contribution to the Fund. IFAD

“This Nobel Peace Prize is more than a thank you. It is a call to action,” said the WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley in Rome on Thursday while receiving the prestigious award on behalf of the World Food Programme. WFP

Launching the annual Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Pledging Event, Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock, said, “extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow we do need to reach the goal we set in 2016 for a billion-dollar CERF.” UNIFEED

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will host a virtual global launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 on Tuesday (1 Dec) with multiple virtual regional launches in key capitals around the world. OCHA

On the eve of a high-level event on the impact of climate change on refugees, Andrew Harper, UNHCR’s special advisor on climate action talks about climate refugees, conflict triggers and what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about responding to global emergency. UNHCR

People in four food insecurity “hotspots” in parts of Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday. UNTV CH