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Vice President Kamala Harris Announces Additional U.S. Funding to Respond to Humanitarian Needs in Ukraine and Eastern Europe

This additional assistance includes support to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to provide lifesaving emergency food assistance to meet immediate needs of hundreds of thousands affected by the invasion, including people who are displaced from their homes and who are crossing the border out of Ukraine.

By USUN Rome Mission | 10 March, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees, Ukraine, WFP

International Donors Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants

We are heartened to see strong participation by international donors today, and encourage your continued support to the Venezuela crisis response. The United States will continue to be a catalyst for a peaceful, political resolution to the crisis, as proposed in the Democratic Transition Framework.

By USUN Rome Mission | 26 May, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Migration, Refugees, Venezuela

The United States Supports the Venezuelan People with Humanitarian Assistance – Fact Sheet

RECOGNIZING THE REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: Former President Nicolas Maduro's systematic economic mismanagement, corruption, and violent oppression have caused severe shortages of food and medicine and needless human suffering, resulting in an exodus of millions of Venezuelans to neighboring countries.

By USUN Rome Mission | 7 February, 2019 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees, Venezuela

UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL $639 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FOOD INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE

Today, the United States announced nearly $639 million in additional humanitarian assistance to the millions of people affected by food insecurity and violence in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. This additional funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $1.8 billion for these four crises since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2017.

By USUN Rome Mission | 10 July, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, USAID | Tags: Humanitarian Assistance, Nigeria, OFDA, Refugees, Somalia, South Sudan, USAID, Yemen

On the Ground in South Sudan: Delivering Humanitarian and Food Assistance Against the Odds

Over one and one-half million people have been displaced inside South Sudan, to escape the fighting; over 100,000 people have sought refuge on United Nations compounds. An additional 500,000 people have fled the country and are refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. Despite the herculean efforts of WFP, neighboring countries, and the humanitarian community, ...

By USUN Rome Mission | 28 March, 2015 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, News | Tags: blog, Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees

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