EC increases €5 million for humanitarian aid to Yemen in 2011
The Source: BRUSSELS/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 12/12/2011
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European Commission (EC) announced Monday increasing its humanitarian funding to Yemen with an additional €5 million.
The decision brought the Commission's 2011 humanitarian allocation for Yemen to €25 million, and the total EU humanitarian funding to almost €60 million, the European Union's Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva said.In a press release issued today in Brussels, Georgieva said "At a critical moment for the country [Yemen] and its people we are boosting our relief aid and we will continue our support to the most vulnerable Yemeni families notably through the provision of food and health care .. The additional European funding would help to provide assistance and protection to people affected by armed clashes and political turmoil as well as victims of the ongoing food crisis and refugees from the Horn of Africa, mostly from Somalia, she added.
It will finance food distribution, cash-for-work programmes and small-scale economic initiatives. Access to water and sanitation facilities will also be secured for around 300,000 people. In addition, regular development aid, concentrating on the population's basic needs, continues to be disbursed to the country..
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