United Nations humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, has released US$13
million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide
life-saving assistance to 250,000 people in areas of north-east Nigeria
that have just become accessible.According to a statement by O’Brien which was
released today June 27th, the destruction of crops and looting of
livestock have left many people unable to support their families. More
than 50,000 people need seeds and tools for the upcoming planting season
and CERF funding will help them to rebuild their livelihoods. A
significant number of women and girls, and also men and boys, have
suffered or witnessed terrible abuses; CERF funds will enable
humanitarian partners to provide critical psychosocial support and
protection services.
“People have experienced unspeakable suffering due to the violence
perpetrated by Boko Haram. We now have better access finally, and a
chance to help them. The international community must take advantage of
this opening to reach people with essential services and build on the
CERF allocation to scale up the response’ UN Humanitarian chief said in a
statement