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Netherlands adds 5 mln
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ADDIS
ABEBA(August 5, 2008)
- The Royal Netherlands Embassy here on Monday announced that the
country is contributing an extra five million euro to help Ethiopians
cope with the current drought.
Earlier this year the Netherlands already contributed 8.5 million
euro to help drought victims. In total the Netherlands has contributed
13 million euro in for humanitarian relief, a statement from the embassy
said.
The new five million euro contribution will go entirely to the Humanitarian
Response Fund set up to efficiently provide support for humanitarian
needs in Ethiopia, it said adding that the fund supports food aid,
urgent health care and drinking water. It also supports urgent agricultural
support.
The need for additional support remains large, as drought continues
to affect the lives of more and more people, the statement cited the
Netherlands' Minister for Development Cooperation, Bert Koenders,
as having said. "In addition, higher oil and food prices on the
world market have contributed to the higher cost of humanitarian support."
In addition to the above direct contribution for Ethiopia the Netherlands
is also the largest contributor to the central emergency fund of the
UN (CERF). This year already $27.8 million of the Netherlands contribution
to this fund was used for Ethiopia, the embassy added.
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