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Add to Preferred SourcesThe European Commission announced an additional €50 million in humanitarian aid to help respond to the dramatic increase in humanitarian needs caused by the Coronavirus pandemic globally.
The new funding follows increased appeals by humanitarian organisations, including the UN Global Appeal.
Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, said: “The Coronavirus pandemic is creating a humanitarian crisis of an enormous scale in some of the most fragile countries in the world. The pandemic threatens food security in countries where public health systems were already weak before this new crisis. We must act now to leave no area of the world unprotected. This is in our common interest. And it is crucial that humanitarian actors continue to have access to carry out their life-saving work.”
The new funding will help vulnerable people facing major humanitarian crises, notably in the Sahel and Lake Chad region, the Central African Republic, the Great Lakes region in Africa, Eastern Africa, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Venezuela, as well as the Rohingya. It will provide access to health services, protective equipment, water and sanitation. It will be channeled through non-governmental organisations, international organisations, United Nations agencies, and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Original source: European Commission
Published on 20 May 2020