Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 16th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide humanitarian aid in Ethiopia.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 24th June 2022

This year nearly 30 million people throughout Ethiopia will require life-saving humanitarian aid. Conflict, environmental pressures, COVID-19 and the inflationary impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are the main drivers of humanitarian suffering.

The UK is a major humanitarian donor to the East Africa region including Ethiopia. In financial year 2021/2022 the UK provided more than £230 million towards humanitarian crises across the region of which £86 million was to Ethiopia. UK-funded activities are making a difference. In Ethiopia through the World Food Programme nearly 900,000 people have been provided with food assistance and over 200,000 with nutrition support. Beyond UK finances, the UK is working to secure improved humanitarian access to northern Ethiopia and to improve the performance of UN agencies in Ethiopia. I have written to World Bank President Malpass this week urging further action on food security in the Horn of Africa.

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