EU will provide 1.9 billion euro in initial humanitarian aid for 2025

With more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, the European Union announced on January 16 an initial humanitarian budget for 2025 of 1.9 billion euro, the European Commission (EC) said.

The EU continues to remain a leading global humanitarian aid donor, the EC said.

A total of 375 million euro will be allocated to the wider Middle East.

“The humanitarian situation remains extremely acute and fragile, particularly in Gaza. The region has seen significant changes in recent months, including after the recent developments in Syria,” the EC said.

Ninety-five million euro will be allocated to North Africa and Yemen: “a region exposed to complex political, economic and social challenges”.

For Ukraine, now in its third year of war, the initial allocation is 140 million euro. An additional eight million euro is allocated to humanitarian projects in neighbouring Moldova.

For Africa, a total of 510 million euro will support vulnerable people across the continent.

Aid will be channeled in West and Central Africa, the Sahel, the Lake Chad basin, North-West Nigeria, the Central Africa, the Great Lakes region and the Greater Horn of Africa.

An initial 113 million euro will be directed at addressing the domestic and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the needs of the most vulnerable people affected by the armed conflicts in Colombia, the complex crisis in Haiti and the violence in Central America, Mexico and Ecuador.

About 182 million euro in Asia will be allocated to humanitarian assistance, in particular for the Myanmar crisis and its impact in Bangladesh, as well as for the crisis in Afghanistan.

Thirty-five million euro is allocated to the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region as well as five million euro in the southern Caucasus and Central Asia.

The EC said that more than 295 million euro is reserved for worldwide actions, responding to sudden-onset emergencies and unforeseen humanitarian crises that may arise throughout the year.

More than110 million euro will be committed to horizontal activities, including innovative projects and policy initiatives, for example, the multi-year programmatic partnerships, and the enhanced response capacity, the EC said.

(Photo: Frank-Schwichtenberg)

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