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The British Prime Minister announced Sunday that his government will be stepping up its humanitarian support to help millions of people at risk of starvation in Yemen.
“The new UK aid worth £200 million will feed millions of people and provide water and sanitation to those most in need,” said the Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP. “This new announcement brings the total that the UK has committed since the start of the four-year conflict to £770 million.”
Now, what will this aid package do?
The new UK aid package will:
• give cash and vouchers to 3.8 million vulnerable Yemenis across the country that they can use to buy food;
• screen and treat 20,000 children for malnutrition this year; and
• give 2 million people better access to water supply and basic sanitation, which will also help prevent the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera.
The UK on Tuesday will host a side-event at the UN pledging conference in Geneva, bringing together leading donors and UN agencies for a renewed international effort to ensure aid reaches the most vulnerable Yemenis.
On Monday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) called for more financial support for the Yemeni people.
The NRC, however, lashed out at governments selling weapons to the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen and called for a halt to the weapons sales.
More specifically, the organization singled out the UK and the US governments, calling on them to end their hypocrisy regarding the crisis there.
Source: Yemenwatch.net
