Emergency Grant Aid in Response to Famine Disaster in the Middle East and Africa Regions
14 March 2017
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Press Release from the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations March 14, 2017
Emergency Grant Aid in Response to Famine Disaster in the Middle East and Africa Regions
1. On March 14, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of 26 million US dollars in response to the famine in the Middle East and Africa through 6 international organizations and agencies including the World Food Programme (WFP).
2. This assistance is also provided as a swift response to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call for support. Japan will provide humanitarian assistance such as food, nutrition, health and WASH (Water and Sanitation) in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Kenya.
3. This assistance, aiming to prevent further devastation of the humanitarian situation on the ground, is in addition to the humanitarian assistance of approximately 70 million US dollars decided in January for the projects such as food, nutrition, health and WASH in the above-mentioned countries.
* Breakdown of Emergency Grant Aid by countries:
Ethiopia 3 million US dollars Kenya 1.5 million US dollars Nigeria 5 million US dollars Somalia 8.5 million US dollars South Sudan 6 million US dollars Yemen 2 million US dollars
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