Addis Ababa, December 19, 2020 (FBC) – The European Union (EU) has announced a total of €23.7 million humanitarian funding for Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya.
The funding will be used to deliver humanitarian assistance to those in need in Ethiopia’s Tigray regional state and for refugees in Sudan and Kenya, said EU in a statement today.
Of the total funding, humanitarian partners working in Ethiopia will receive an extra €18.8 million and €2 million will go to Sudan.
In addition, €2.9 million will be mobilised to address the problems of food security situation of refugees in Kenya.
In Ethiopia, the new additional funding will seek to provide water and health services and to enhance treatment for malnutrition.
Today’s funding brings EU’s total humanitarian support for Ethiopia in 2020 to €63.2 million.