Helping to shelter refugees arriving in Chad who’ve fled violence in their home Cameroon
Christian Dela CruzThe Guilmey camp is located just 5 kilometres from the capital N’Djamena in Chad, where over 1,600 refugees from Cameroon arrived after fleeing intercommunal conflict. By April 2022, five RHUs had been fully installed at…
Delivering RHUs to support pandemic relief in Argentina
Christian Dela CruzIn August 2020, UNHCR delivered 48 RHUs to Buenos Aires, Argentina to support both the municipal and federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The RHUs provided temporary health infrastructure, extending hospitals, health clinics and…
Recovering from disaster in Assam, India
Christian Dela CruzLocated at the foot of the Himalayan mountains in India’s northeast, the province of Assam is distinctly vulnerable to natural hazards, including heavy rainfall and flooding. The rainfall season in 2022 was devastating, that by…
Supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in Rwanda
Christian Dela CruzKiziba is the oldest refugee camp in Rwanda, hosting some 15,000 refugees, over 44 hectares of land. When the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout Rwanda in 2020, UNHCR worked with partners to determine solutions on treating…
Mobilising RHUs for temporary shelters in camps throughout Somalia
Christian Dela CruzBetween January and June 2021, conflict and drought displaced over 477,000 people, most arriving in the Banadir, Baidoa, Jowhar, Beletweyne, Luuq and Xudur district. In Baidoa, south-western Somalia, the internally displaced people live in the…
Building RHUs in Tunisia to treat COVID-19 patients
Christian Dela CruzUNHCR supported the COVID-19 pandemic relief strategy in Tunisia since 2020, by donating up to fourteen RHUs, including to the Kasserine Governate in West Tunisia. When the pandemic grew and symptoms became more intense and…
Accelerating RHUs to combat COVID-19 in Zambia
Christian Dela CruzAt the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, UNHCR scaled up support in the southern African region to provide screening and treatment facilities, and to accommodate new arrivals in anticipation of mandated border…
Strengthening reception capacities in Panama for migrants making dangerous journeys for safety
Christian Dela CruzThe Darién gap in between Colombia and Panama is one of the most inhospitable places in the world, yet hundreds of thousands continue to cross this dangerous migration route every year, seeking safety and better…
Integrating RHUs in response to humanitarian emergencies across Nigeria
Christian Dela CruzThe northeastern region of Nigeria has been in conflict for over a decade, resulting in over eight million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. So far, the conflict…