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UN: UN
GRANTS $3.7 MILLION TO HELP FLOOD SURVIVORS IN MALI, GHANA, AND TOGO:
09/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 09 October 2007 -
The United Nations has allocated $3.7 million
from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help ongoing relief efforts
in Mali, Ghana and Togo which were struck recently by some of the worst floods
West Africa has seen in decades.
The
landmark Fund, launched in 2006 to make funds available quickly for relief
operations, will provide $1 million to Mali, $2.5 million to Ghana and $225,770
to Togo.
The
funds will support projects developed by UN agencies and their partners to help
improve the living conditions of 125,000 people in the three countries.
“These
floods have displaced thousands of homeless families, damaged farms and crops,
destroyed houses and roads, and washed away cattle,” said Hervé Ludovic de
Lys, Head of the West Africa Regional Office of the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “With the funds allocated to Ghana, Togo and
Mali, the most vulnerable will receive vital aid for three months.”
Just
last week, the UN and its partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) launched
a $10 million appeal to assist 75,000 flood victims in Ghana, one of the hardest
hit countries with nearly 340,000 people affected.
The
floods have affected some 800,000 people in 14 West African countries – Mali,
Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Gambia, Liberia,
Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea.
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