Brussels, 18/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has made several decisions regarding humanitarian aid for a total of 8.5 million euro. This aid concerns five countries: Kenya (3.1 million euro), Mozambique (840,000 euro), the Central African Republic (1 million), Yemen (1.885 million) and Somalia (1.7 million). In particular:
- the two decisions concerning Kenya aim to help the populations affected by the drought and relate to problems of nutrition, health, water and sanitation, animal health, etc.
- the 840,000 euro allocated to Mozambique will go to similar actions (nutrition, health, housing, etc.) for 350,000 displaced persons following the floods;
- resources allocated to the Central African Republic will be mainly used for the distribution of food and medical supplies to persons displaced following the violence that shook the capital, Bangui, after the attempted coup in May;
- funds granted to Yemen are earmarked for the poorest populations (rehabilitation of health centres access roads and water reserves);
- resources for Somalia will serve to tackle pressing humanitarian needs (food, water, health, sanitary equipment) engendered by the chaotic situation in the country.