Brussels, 05/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to grant one million euros in emergency humanitarian aid to some 350,000 people hit by floods in Bolivia, a result of the El Niño phenomenon.
The funds, which will be taken from the budget of ECHO, the European Commission's humanitarian aid service, will be made available by the emergency procedure to pay for shelter, distributing food rations and vital household goods, and access for the populations to basic...