The U.S. Government has announced 29 million dollars in new humanitarian assistance to Mali.
This is contained in a statement from the U.S. State Department released on Sunday.
According to the statement, Ms Sarah Sewall, U.S. Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, announced the provision of funds in Mali.
Sewall is on a three-day working visit to Mali.
The U.S. government said that the fund would support the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Program (WFP) and other international organisations in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
It also said that the fund would help to provide essential protection and assistance such as health, food, water, education and better livelihoods.
According to the statement, the funding brings the total of U.S. humanitarian assistance for the Mali regional crisis in 2015 and 2016 to more than 105 million dollars.
The funding will allow UNHCR to scale up livelihoods and resilience-based interventions, increase collaboration with partners to enhance peaceful coexistence between refugees and host communities.
Others are to harmonise programming to ensure the viability and continuity of self-reliance efforts between countries of asylum and areas of return. It said that the fund would also support WFP efforts to maintain food and nutrition activities for Malian refugees in the region.
``The U.S. is hopeful that conditions will soon improve such that all are able to voluntarily return to their homes in safety and dignity.
According to the statement, Ms Sarah Sewall, U.S. Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, announced the provision of funds in Mali.
Sewall is on a three-day working visit to Mali.
The U.S. government said that the fund would support the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Program (WFP) and other international organisations in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
It also said that the fund would help to provide essential protection and assistance such as health, food, water, education and better livelihoods.
According to the statement, the funding brings the total of U.S. humanitarian assistance for the Mali regional crisis in 2015 and 2016 to more than 105 million dollars.
The funding will allow UNHCR to scale up livelihoods and resilience-based interventions, increase collaboration with partners to enhance peaceful coexistence between refugees and host communities.
Others are to harmonise programming to ensure the viability and continuity of self-reliance efforts between countries of asylum and areas of return. It said that the fund would also support WFP efforts to maintain food and nutrition activities for Malian refugees in the region.
``The U.S. is hopeful that conditions will soon improve such that all are able to voluntarily return to their homes in safety and dignity.
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