Sofie Garde Thomle
@sofiegarde
United Nations OCHA Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy - Sahel - Lake Chad Basin - Great Lakes
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http://www.unocha.org 01-05-2009 02:26:44
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“Enough is enough.
It’s time to give peace a chance.”
Amina J Mohammed and other women leaders call for peace around the world, and the protection of all civilians.
#WomenForPeace
#DRC 's hunger crisis is escalating.
6.7 million people in the East urgently need food. But we only have enough $$ to reach 1.2 million people. Families are being displaced, farms are being destroyed & hunger is spreading.
World Food Programme needs $567m to scale-up emergency relief ASAP.
'I served as a humanitarian in Sudan years ago. It's very emotional for me to come back and see the suffering at an even larger scale.
We need all parties to the conflict to stop the war.'
Edem Wosornu, UN Humanitarian's Director of Operations, shares during her visit in Port Sudan.
The view from UN Humanitarian offices in midtown Manhattan today, as Canadian wildfires cover US skies in smoke.
Another example of how the climate crisis is worsening the frequency, intensity and impacts of extreme weather events.
No one - and no country - is immune.
#AirQualityAlert
Thanks Jens Laerke for the press briefing where we shared the real narrative about the humanitarian situation in CAR, including the impact of the Sudan crisis, the Chadian refugees & CAR returnees on local communities. Needs are immense & increasing yet our HRP is only 25% funded
$2.4 billion!
Thank you to all donors for your commitment to the #HornOfAfrica .
Your support helps save millions of ppl in #Ethiopia #Kenya #Somalia suffering from one of the world’s worst #climate emergencies.
➡️bit.ly/4367wxN UN Humanitarian Joyce Msuya
#InvestinHumanity
Important discussion at #IASC with UN Chiefs on critical humanitarian operations in #Sudan #Syria #Haiti #BurkinaFaso #Afghanistan #Myanmar
Look forward to working more closely together to ensure all vulnerable groups can access safe, dignified humanitarian aid. #HumanRights75
.UN Humanitarian briefing for #Geneva diplomats today.
While highlighting the growing humanitarian funding gap, also an opportunity to showcase our pooled funds in #DRC #Sudan which get funding fast &flexibly to front line responders in highly challenging contexts.
#InvestInHumanity
'What we are seeing is an absolutely devastating humanitarian crisis. This is not business as usual', Deputy Director UN Humanitarian, @Sofiegarde describing the humanitarian situation in North Kivu after visiting IDP sites.
Arrivée en #RDC depuis lundi, Sofie Garde Thomle, directrice adjointe UN Humanitarian, a visité des sites de déplacés autour de Goma pour palper du doigt le quotidien des centaines de milliers de personnes déplacées qui y vivent depuis le début de l’année.
Pour renforcer notre réponse humanitaire aux déplacés (soudanais & centrafricains), notre avion cargo a atterri ce matin a Birao avec 4691 kgs de matériels acheminés par UNHCR CAR UNICEF République centrafricaine UNFPA République Centrafricaine OIM République Centrafricaine OMS Centrafrique. Le PAM a livré des aliments pour 20.000 personnes
Thank you Denmark in UN NY🇩🇰 for the invitation and for the great exchange with Minister Dan Jørgensen on the Sahel, climate action and much more.
Inspiring to hear more about 🇩🇰 Denmark’s commitment to help avert, minimize and address #lossanddamage due to climate change.