Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |

Emergency Grant Aid to refugees and host communities in Uganda

TOKYO, Japan, June 20, 2017/APO/ --

1. On June 20, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of 10 million US dollars to refugees and host communities in Uganda.

2. This Emergency Grant Aid is to provide humanitarian assistance such as refugee protection, provision of food, delivering services related to health, water and sanitation and to contribute to the capacity building for refugees and its host communities to sustain their coexistence in Uganda, through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP), and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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