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This funding will provide lifesaving and protection assistance to the people most in need. It will support emergency food assistance and nutrition, healthcare, access to water, sanitation and hygiene services, protection, shelter and essential household items, as well as education in emergencies.

EU humanitarian partners will, thanks to the new funding, provide life-saving assistance for people affected by conflict, displacement and disasters, including recent flash floods in several locations across the country.

EU aid will address food insecurity through cash assistance, healthcare and nutrition services, water and sanitation, shelter support, protection and education. This funding will also help sustain essential services, support livelihoods, and strengthen resilience.

This announcement comes as drought related food insecurity and malnutrition rates are surging nationwide in Somalia, with 6.5 million people (i.e. around 1 in 3 Somalis) facing hunger and an estimated 1.85 million children under the age of 5 at risk of acute malnutrition.

The support will be delivered as cash assistance, so vulnerable household can meet immediate needs and start rebuilding their lives.

Following the collapse of the former government in Damascus, the EU is working at all levels to boost humanitarian aid delivery, including through launching Humanitarian Air Bridge flights.

This emergency funding aims to tackle the most urgent needs such as protection, food assistance, shelter and health care. The EU stands ready to provide further support by mobilising all the available emergency response tools, including via use of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

In response to the heavy rains and landslides that struck Ethiopia in July 2024, the European Union has provided €150,000 to support the country’s response in providing life-saving interventions in the affected areas.

This funding will help provide cash assistance, food, access to clean water and sanitation, and other essential services in the hardest-hit areas.

The response includes providing emergency shelter and cash assistance for people that have lost their homes or livelihoods, as well as healthcare and water and sanitation services, among other actions.

The funding will serve to provide assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the hurricane, including cash assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene, food items and other basic needs, among other aspects.

On 16-19 June 2024, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to see first hand the humanitarian crisis affecting parts of the country due to conflicts and violence.

Following heavy rains in April and May 2024, several regions across the country are experiencing severe flooding, affecting over 590,000 people, and displacing nearly 100,000.

The funding will help address the most pressing needs of the affected populations, including shelter, water and sanitation access and other essential items for people who lost their homes.

The funding will support food security and assistance for malnutrition, health care and protection, water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter and education activities, as well as the transportation of humanitarian workers and supplies to remote and inaccessible locations.

The third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum concluded today in Brussels, co-organised by the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the EU.

Many of the people who fled to Armenia during the last year’s mass exodus took little to no belongings with them, leaving them dependent on emergency aid.

The new funding will aim to further strengthen the existing EU humanitarian response to the displaced people by providing cash assistance, shelter, food security and livelihoods assistance, protection, and health.

The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Haiti has doubled over the past five years reaching 5.2 million, nearly half of the country's population.

The funding announced today will help the most vulnerable people, particularly those internally displaced and living outside camps in informal settings in Iraq, to meet their basic needs.