Australia offers $20m to S Sudan, Yemen Staff Writer | September 17, 2017 | 11:14 am South Sudan refugees gather at the Goboro transit camp at S Sudan-Uganda border in April 2017 | Photo: Frederic Noy
The Australian Government has announced a grant of $20 million in humanitarian assistance for South Sudan and Somalia. In a statement on its official website, it says the money will be used to provide further assistance in response to widespread and devastating hunger and cholera in the two countries. According to the Australian Foreign Minister, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes and more than 13 million require assistance in South Sudan and Somalia. “Our assistance will help deliver life-saving food to 50,000 people and deliver clean water and protection services to the most vulnerable, including medical and psychological support for survivors of sexual violence,” partly read the statement. She says they will be provided with life-saving food, clean water and protection services, including medical and psychological support for survivors of sexual violence. The support brings Australian contribution in response to conflict, drought and famine in the two countries to around 64 US dollars this year. The government has also announced $10 million in humanitarian aid to Yemen for similar response. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opA-qsk3zpXL1%3D76iEyQJnzZVTwKcqoJyBzQO9_KRRfLA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
