EU Steps up Support for Nepal After Worst Floods in Decades: "European Solidarity Crosses Oceans"
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The European Union has added to Nepal's support after one of the worst floods in recent decades. A first flight of the EU's humanitarian air bridge arrived in Nepal on Friday with 82 tons of essential materials, and the European Commission has allocated another 500,000 euros for the response to the crisis.
The plane that arrived on the morning of Friday contained health, education, food, sanitation and protection materials. In addition to the plane, the EU made €500,000 available to help local teams.
The European Commission is making an additional half a million euros available for aid to Nepal, it announced on Friday. The extra money will be added to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent's Emergency Disaster Relief Fund. From there, teams working locally can help those affected with items that are urgently needed.
Community executive says it will also provide more than €500,000 in humanitarian aid to support emergency teams on-site.
The community is sending an additional 500,000 euros to curb the humanitarian disaster.
A European Union-funded humanitarian flight has arrived in Nepal this Friday with more than 80 tons of emergency supplies to assist those affected by the flood on 26 August in the north of the country, on the border with China, a tragedy that already leaves about 1,300 dead, according to the latest report.
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