KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations has approved $125 million to finance underfunded humanitarian responses in 14 countries across the world, including Afghanistan.
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths okayed the amount from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) on Tuesday.
Griffiths warned: “It is a cruel reality that in many humanitarian operations, aid agencies are scraping along with very little funding right at a time when people’s needs compel them to scale up.”
He noted, “Thanks to the generosity of a vast range of donors, we can count of CERF to fill some of the gaps. Lives are . . .
