East Africa: European Union Boosts Aid to Drought-Affected Countries in the Horn of Africa.
Brussels — Additional humanitarian assistance of €60 million will help scale up the response in the three countries worst affected by drought in the Horn of Africa.
The European Commission has announced additional humanitarian assistance of €60 million to help people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, who have been facing critical levels of food insecurity due to severe drought.
This additional assistance brings EU humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region (including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti) to nearly €260 million since the beginning of the year.
Millions of people are struggling to meet their and their families’ food needs.
The European Union has been following the situation closely since the very beginning and progressively increasing aid to the affected populations.
Projects addressing water supply, livestock protection and response to outbreaks will also be supported.
The bulk of the funding (€40 million) will go to help the most vulnerable in Somalia, while €15 million will go to Ethiopia and €5 million to Kenya.
Background Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are affected by food insecurity and water shortages.
The EU has allocated over €1 billion in humanitarian aid to its partners in the Horn of Africa since 2011.