Why are WFP and UNHCR struggling to raise funds for humanitarian emergencies that dont make the headlines?
Its been called disaster overload major crises in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Philippines have left the United Nations humanitarian response system reeling. But as media attention gravitates toward the major crises, theres been little thought to the long tail of the humanitarian system.
Chad, one of the poorest countries in Africa, is now facing two separate refugee crises: a long-running crisis in the east, where refugees from Darfur began arriving more than ten years ago and arrivals from the conflict-torn CAR in the south. Worse, instability in CAR has cut off the main logistics corridor used to bring assistance to the country. Chad is landlocked, all resources must come through Cameroon, which makes everything more expensive, explains Aminata Gueye, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)s representative in Chad. The agency is struggling to cope, having raised just 25% of its needs for 2014.
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