Author: Laura Quinones

Most frequent flyers know the feeling: the plane begins its descent but, instead of heading for the runway, starts circling overhead. It isn’t necessarily a fault or bad weather. Often, it is a holding pattern – a manoeuvre that keeps aircraft airborne until there is room for them to land. It is one symptom of […]

Before the disaster, the World Food Programme (WFP) was already assisting around 500,000 people through school meals and community support. Now, the agency is shifting its work toward emergency assistance. Holding his three young children by the hand, one stricken father told UN humanitarian teams he no longer had shelter, water or food.  The children’s […]