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Which aid agencies are on the ground? Who can you call? Search here for the projects and press contacts of relief organisations and U.N. agencies in emergencies and crises around the world.

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children international

Latin American floods

Press contacts

Dolores Kitchin - Director of Public Relations

Tel: (816) 943-3730 | Mobile/cell: (816) 718-0711

Email: dkitchin@children.org

un agencies and affiliates

Colombia displacement

Press contacts

Alejandro Lopez-Chicheri - Public affairs officer for Latin America (press contact)

Tel: +507 317 3934 | Mobile/cell: +507 6675 0617

Email: alejandro.chicheri@wfp.org

refugees international

Colombia displacement

Press contacts

Gabi Menezes - Media Manager

Tel: +1 202 828 0110 ext 225 | Mobile/cell: 240-486-3011

Email: Gabi@refugeesinternational.org

un agencies and affiliates

Chad troubles

Press contacts

Paul Fouda Onambele - Regional press officer

Tel: +233 21 675000 ext 2182 | Mobile/cell: +233 244 313 592

Email: Paul.FoudaOnambele@fao.org

Majid Chaar - Chief, media relations

Tel: +39 06 570 53528

Email: majid.chaar@fao.org, FAO-Newsroom@fao.org

norwegian refugee council

Ivory Coast unrest

Press contacts

Kaja Haldorsen - Media adviser

Tel: +47 997 22 009

Email: kaja.haldorsen@nrc.no

Veit Vogel - Country Director, NRC Côte d'Ivoire

Tel: +225 06328755

Email: cd@ivorycoast.nrc.no

Region of work: Abidjan, West (Moyenne Cavalli and 18 Montagnes), Central North (Bouaké with surroundings)

Areas of work: NRC has been active in Côte d'Ivoire since 2006, providing protection shelter, education, information and legal advise and food security and livelyhoods training.

american jewish world service

Myanmar cyclone

Press contacts

Joshua Berkman - Associate Director of Media & Marketing

Tel: +1 212 792 2893

Email: jberkman@ajws.org

catholic relief services crs

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Press contacts

Liz O'Neill - Communications Officer for Europe/Middle East/Asia

Tel: +1 443 955 7125 | Mobile/cell: +1 410 960 7097

Email: loneill@crs.org

christian aid

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Press contacts

Jo Rogers - International journalist, responsible for Asia

Tel: +44 (0) 207 523 2460 | Mobile/cell: + 44 (0) 7590 710942

Email: jrogers@christian-aid.org

premiere urgence

Lebanon crisis

Press contacts

Senad HASANBASIC - Desk Officer

Tel: +33 1 55 66 99 66

Email: shasanbasic@premiere-urgence.org

Jean-Yves Troy - Director of Operations

Tel: +33 1 55 66 99 66 (switchboard)

Email: jytroy@premiere-urgence.org

un agencies and affiliates

Sri Lanka conflict

Press contacts

Sulakshani Perera - Press contact

Tel: +941 126 83 968 | Mobile/cell: +94 777 272 494

Email: pereras@unhcr.ch

Hyeon Gyeong CHO - Press contact

Tel: +941 126 83 968 ext 373 | Mobile/cell: +94 772 514 955

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