Refugees in Adré, Chad, get 8 liters of water a day, UN refugee chief says
Barham Salih says funding cuts are complicating the UN refugee agency’s work: in Ethiopia, a community of about 60,000 refugees has only one doctor.
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Barham Salih says funding cuts are complicating the UN refugee agency’s work: in Ethiopia, a community of about 60,000 refugees has only one doctor.
UN refugee chief Barham Salih says his agency can provide refugees in Adré, Chad, with only 8 liters of water per person per day. In Gambela, Ethiopia, a community of about 60,000 refugees has only one doctor, he said.
Salih gave the examples in an interview with France 24 as he explained how funding cuts complicate the work of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. He said the impact of US cuts had been drastic, while the European Union had increased its support. Efficiency savings have limits, he said, and cuts are hurting people in dire need.
A former Iraqi president who was himself once a refugee, Salih took charge of UNHCR in January.
At a UN Geneva media briefing, Salih said agreement had been reached on UNHCR’s 2027 programs and needs-based budget, but the budget was not yet fully funded.
Salih projected about $2.7 billion in funding, comparable to roughly $2.68 billion at the same point the previous year. He said the previous year’s funding subsequently rose above $3 billion.
Salih said Sudan’s war, in its fourth year, had displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands of people killed, maimed or traumatized. He called the war shameful and urged a political solution to end it.
The World Food Programme says its coverage has fallen from more than four million people in August to just over three million, as funding shortfalls force it to cut assistance.
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UNHCR and IOM say funding limits humanitarian agencies to prioritizing around one in 10 people in need. Their joint statement says 936,000 people have received assistance so far.
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A strike-related power failure stopped dialysis for 25 patients at a hospital outside Khartoum, UN coordinator Denise Brown says. Fuel shortages have also stranded hundreds of aid trucks, preventing food, nutrition and shelter deliveries.
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