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EU announces additional funds for Pak humanitarian crises

Dunya News

The EU has announced additional funding of 15 million for humanitarian crises in Pakistan.

According to a press release, the additional funding brings the European Commissions 2012 humanitarian contribution for Pakistan to a total of €70 million.These funds will provide assistance to those affected by the on-going conflict in the north of the country as well as to the victims of three successive years of major flooding in the south.Several hundred thousand of the most vulnerable victims of the conflict and floods, including women, children, the elderly, the disabled and the marginalised, will benefit from the boost.Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, responsible for Humanitarian Aid, Civil Protection and Crisis Response said: These two largely unreported crises in Pakistan are affecting tens of thousands of vulnerable people in the north and the south of the country.They have brought suffering to all those who have fled their homes due to the internal conflict, and to the victims of three consecutive years of devastating monsoon floods which have destroyed livelihoods and left behind lingering food shortages and hunger.Thanks to our humanitarian teams on the ground, we have been able to continuously monitor these twin crises and react accordingly, and are once again boosting our assistance to these voiceless and fragile populations.The delivery of aid funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) department will be targeted to those in greatest need and channelled through its humanitarian partners including UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent family and International Non-Government Organisations.