The European Union today announced 41 million euros in humanitarian aid for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region in 2025, including 17 million for Mozambique and one million for Angola.
In a statement, the EU executive said that ‘it will grant an initial humanitarian aid allocation of 41 million euros for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region in 2025, an area that faces both natural risks and conflicts’.
The main slice of this European Union (EU) funding will go to Mozambique, which will receive 17 million euros to support the country’s efforts to respond to the consequences of tropical cyclones Chido, Dikeledi and Jude, which hit the country in December 2024, January and March 2025 respectively, causing destruction, flooding and leaving families homeless.
In addition to this emergency funding, in response to tropical cyclone Chido, the EU also transported 60 tonnes of assistance (shelters, household items, water and sanitary supplies) from the EU bloc’s warehouse in the region, in Nairobi, Kenya.
In the press release, the institution said that the EU will also make one million euros available to support the response to the current cholera outbreak in Angola, which has killed more than 400 people since January.
Other funds include seven million euros for Madagascar to facilitate access to food, emergency education and nutritional services, among others, as well as 16 million euros for regional and plurinational programmes to help children stay in school, strengthen protection against gender-based violence and increase the response to epidemics.
The Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region, made up of 14 countries with different levels of national capacities, is prone to natural hazards, disease outbreaks and man-made disasters caused by armed conflicts and violence.
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