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EU allocates €210 m aid to eight African countries in 2021
The EU is reaffirming its solidarity with vulnerable people in countries in the Sahel and Central Africa through a humanitarian budget of €210 million in 2021.
The funding will be allocated to humanitarian projects in the following eight countries; Burkina Faso (€24.3 million), Cameroon (€17.5 million), the Central African Republic (€21.5 million),Chad (€35.5 million), Mali(€31.9 million), Mauritania (€10 million), Niger (€32.3 million) and Nigeria (€37 million).
EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, JanezLenarčič, said: “Worsening instability and armed conflicts, together with the COVID-19 pandemic and natural hazards, are having a devastating impact in the Sahel and countries in Central Africa. The EU remains committed to help reduce suffering among people in need in the region. While humanitarian aid is there to bring emergency relief, longer-lasting improvements can only be brought about through the political will of national governments and good governance.”
The EU’s humanitarian funding in the Sahel and Central Africa countries is targeted to provide life-saving assistance to the people affected by conflict and to the communities hosting people who had to flee.
It is also meant to provide protection to vulnerable people and support the respect of International Humanitarian Law and the humanitarian principles.
The funding also aims to support measures to address food crises and severe acute malnutrition among children under 5.
It also aims to enhance the immediate response in terms of basic services to most vulnerable population, especially as concerns health care for all or education for children caught up in humanitarian crises.
It is also meant to strengthen fragile communities’ preparedness for crises, such as mass displacements of people, or recurrent food or climate-related crises.
This assistance is part of the wider EU support provided to the region, including through the ´Team Europe´ contributions to the Coronavirus Global Response, support to the vaccine distribution effort through the COVAX Facility, and other actions providing longer-term support to strengthen fragile health systems.
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