EU grants 5.5 million euros more as humanitarian assistance to Myanmar
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Yangon - The European Commission has provided new humanitarian aid wroth 5.5 million euro for 200,000 of the most vulnerable people in Myanmar to help meet their ongoing emergency needs.
The European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, announced Friday that the contribution would provide food assistance, basic household items, provisional shelter and protection to people displaced by violence in Rakhine and Kachin states and along the eastern border of the country.
“I saw change in Myanmar when I went in September 2011. Yet, despite change, there are still people suffering greatly from sectarian violence and internal conflict,” Georgieva said.
“The EU has decided to increase its funding to humanitarian organisations in Myanmar that have the capacity to deliver aid in sensitive environments, applying the humanitarian principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality across communities. They need to have unhindered and secure access to identify and help those who most need it.”
The Nation
