10.8 mln children in need of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia: UN

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10.8 mln children in need of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia: UN
Children sit in a classroom at a school in the camp for internally displaced people of Farburo in the village of Adlale, near the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 11, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into "acute food insecurity" in Ethiopia alone, where a deadly conflict has also ravaged the north of the country. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that 10.8 million children in Ethiopia are in need of emergency humanitarian aid in 2024.

In its latest Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report, the UN agency said at least 20 million people, including about 10.8 million children, are in need of emergency humanitarian aid in 2024. 

UNICEF also said it needs 535 million U.S. dollars to address the multiple and growing challenges facing vulnerable populations and to help avert the disastrous consequences of overlapping crises in Ethiopia in 2024.

The funds are needed to meet basic food needs, provide reproductive health services, give vaccinations for children, and provide clean water for families in need, it added.

“The year ahead will continue to bring many challenges to the people of Ethiopia. New and ongoing drought, conflict, and disease epidemics are compounded by increasing food insecurity and forecast flooding events,” the UNICEF report warned.

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