UN Allocates $100 Million for Underfunded Humanitarian Crises

The United Nations has distributed $100 million to support underfunded humanitarian crises in various regions, including Yemen and Ethiopia. Key beneficiaries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East will receive funds to address hunger, displacement, disease, and climate disasters. OCHA official Joyce Msuya calls for more sustained donor attention.

The United Nations has allocated $100 million to address 10 underfunded humanitarian crises across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, announced a U.N. spokesperson Friday.

More than a third of the funding is directed toward critical humanitarian operations in Yemen ($20 million) and Ethiopia ($15 million), where populations are severely affected by hunger, displacement, diseases, and climate-related disasters.

Additional funding will support Myanmar ($12 million), Mali ($11 million), Burkina Faso ($10 million), Haiti ($9 million), Cameroon ($7 million), Mozambique ($7 million), and El Nino-impacted regions such as Burundi ($5 million) and Malawi ($4 million). OCHA official Joyce Msuya emphasized the urgent need for increased and sustained donor engagement to effectively address these crises.

(With inputs from agencies.)