OCHA allocates $55 Million to Underfunded Emergencies

The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $55 million towards humanitarian interventions. Countries receiving funds in this allocation are Afghanistan, Cameroon, Columbia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Sudan. Each of these countries is home to underfunded and underpublicized humanitarian crises.  

 

“I hope this funding will also serve to draw attention to their situation, as millions more people are still in need,” said Valerie Amos, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. 

 

According to a press release from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “A third of all CERF funds are earmarked each year for underfunded emergencies.”  

 

Read the full press release here.