Washington: In response to growing needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing more than $152 million in additional humanitarian assistance.
"The United States is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, and this latest announcement brings the total contributed by the American people for the people in Tigray to nearly $305 million," said USAID in a press release on Thursday.
According to the Agency, the humanitarian situation in Tigray continues to be dire, with approximately 4.5 million people in need of assistance.
This new funding will address life-threatening hunger and acute malnutrition, as well as provide safe drinking water, urgently needed medical and health support, and shelter for some of the estimated one million people who have fled their homes.
USAID support will also provide protection for the most vulnerable—including safe spaces and psychosocial support for women and girls, case management for survivors of gender-based violence, training for social workers and community case workers, and programs to reunite children separated from their families.
"Amidst considerable insecurity and humanitarian access constraints, USAID support will provide life-saving aid to more than 3 million people most in need in Ethiopia’s Tigray region," it stated.
"The United States remains deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Tigray and the lack of sufficient humanitarian funding to address it," it added.
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