US to give Sh53.4 billion in humanitarian aid for DRC
It takes total US funding for DRC since October to $838 million (Sh108 billion), said Prescott.
The United States (US) said on Wednesday it would provide nearly $414 million (Sh53.4 billion) in humanitarian assistance for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where more than 25 million people need such aid, nearly a quarter of the country's population.
US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Jeffrey Prescott, told Reuters a significant amount of that money would go to UN agencies and aid groups providing urgent food assistance, healthcare and nutrition support, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene.
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"This funding also includes direct support (of) agricultural commodities from American farmers," said Prescott, who will formally announce the aid in Kinshasa on Wednesday with US Ambassador to the DRC Lucy Tamlyn.
It takes total US funding for DRC since October to $838 million (Sh108 billion), said Prescott.
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