The United Nations says it needs $49.5 billion this year to assist 204 million people threatened by conflict, climate shocks, hunger and forced displacement. He said the release of $100 million is meant to shrink this critical funding gap and address the problem head on. So, it is the worst of the worst that we are trying to address with the CERF funding. “Children who do not get the vaccines that they need and so on and so forth.”Laerke said the $100 million will help scale up lifesaving operations in the 11 countries, which include Yemen, South Sudan, Myanmar, and Venezuela. He noted that CERF has allocated a record $250 million dollars so far this year to countries that are in a desperate state, but largely overlooked.

Source: Ethiopian News September 17, 2022 00:28 UTC