The European Commission has adopted a new humanitarian funding decision of €10 million, to help the Japanese population cope with the massive consequences of the twin disaster. This boosts the European Union’s (Member States and Commission) aid to earthquake and tsunami-stricken Japan to more than €15 million. The new funding will provide assistance to more than 30,000 people, who live in temporary shelters and rely on aid for food, water, blankets and mattresses and other immediate provisions.

The new funding decision has been spearheaded by European Commissioner for International Cooperation, humanitarian aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva, who was the first high-level international politician to visit Japan after the disaster. “We continue to stand by a brave friend in need,” Commissioner Georgieva said. “I have no doubt Japan will emerge from this disaster more resilient. While we support the affected people, we need to also draw our conclusions and prepare for a world where disasters are both more frequent, and more destructive,” the Commissioner added.

This €10 million decision will allow the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to distribute relief items to evacuees and other people in need in Japan, in partnership with the Japanese Red Cross Society. The European aid will target some 8,000 families in the affected provinces of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

Source: europa.eu

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