{"id":224287,"date":"2019-07-24T21:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T01:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224287"},"modified":"2019-07-24T21:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T01:42:24","slug":"eu-mobilizes-e3-m-humanitarian-aid-for-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/24\/eu-mobilizes-e3-m-humanitarian-aid-for-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"EU mobilizes \u20ac3-M humanitarian aid for PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224290\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/europe-609118_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224290\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/europe-609118_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/europe-609118_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/europe-609118_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/europe-609118_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;During these difficult times, EU solidarity makes a difference: our support will reach those most in need of providing water, sanitation, and essential supplies. In the wider region, the EU is also supporting Nepal and the Philippines to be better prepared for natural disasters and get aid to those most in need,\u201d he added. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The European Union Delegation in Manila on Wednesday announced a total of \u20ac3 million in humanitarian assistance to communities affected by natural disasters and humanitarian crises in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>At least \u20ac1 million was earmarked to consolidate disaster risk reduction and resilience-building initiatives in the country while the remaining \u20ac2 million was aimed to assist the most vulnerable people in Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine funding is part of the total EU aid package worth \u20ac8.5 million for the region.<\/p>\n<p>Of the package amount, \u20ac1.5 million will go to the victims of ongoing monsoons in India and Bangladesh. This support comes on top of \u20ac2 million allocated to support several regional disaster risk reduction initiatives in South and Southeast Asia and an additional \u20ac2 million, which will be dedicated to Nepal to improve both their national and local response capacities in the events of fire, floods and earthquakes, particularly in cities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The countries in South Asia are facing an increasingly worse monsoon season. Heavy rains and flooding have created a large-scale humanitarian situation in India and Bangladesh,&#8221; Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During these difficult times, EU solidarity makes a difference: our support will reach those most in need of providing water, sanitation, and essential supplies. In the wider region, the EU is also supporting Nepal and the Philippines to be better prepared for natural disasters and get aid to those most in need,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, the European Commission has invested over \u20ac88 million to fund disaster risk reduction and preparedness programs in South and Southeast Asia, supporting, among others, initiatives such as the building of flood-resistant infrastructures and the reinforcement of early warning systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The European Union Delegation in Manila on Wednesday announced a total of \u20ac3 million in humanitarian assistance to communities &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":224290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224293,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224287\/revisions\/224293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}