EU aid totals P630M
INQUIRER.net First Posted 09:17:00 11/22/2009
MANILA, Philippines—The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, has allocated an additional €7 million (about P490 million) in humanitarian assistance for the victims of typhoons Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana) and Pepeng (international name: Parma).
The amount, which is in response to the second flash appeal for aid by the United Nations, is on top of the €2 million (about P140 million) EC grant approved in September. It brings the total EC aid for typhoon victims to €9 million (about P630 million).
“The extent of the suffering and damage caused by Ondoy and Pepeng had called for exceptional efforts and resilience by the national and local authorities, and by so many ordinary citizens who responded directly to help those affected by the floods and landslides,†said Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, head of Delegation of the European Commission in Manila.
The amount will come from EC’s Humanitarian Aid Office and will be coursed through the UN agencies as part of the Commission’s response to the revised flash appeal.
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