New Delhi,<\/p>\n
The European Union (EU) has donated an initial 1,90,000 euros to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) for providing immediate assistance in flood-devastated Kerala.\u201cIn response to the devastating monsoon floods that swept across large parts of Kerala, the EU has allocated an initial contribution of \u20ac1,90,000 in humanitarian aid funding to support the Indian Red Cross Society for immediate relief assistance,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aid will directly benefit 25,000 from among the most affected people in some of the worst hit areas,\u201d it said.The worst floods to hit Kerala since 1924 have claimed around 370 lives since monsoon rain began on May 29 and displaced hundreds of thousands this month.<\/p>\n
The EU said its funding support would ensure much needed assistance through the distribution of essential shelter and household items including tarpaulins and kitchen sets.\u201cAs outbreaks of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and malaria are common following flooding, mosquito nets are also being provided, while disease prevention and hygiene promotion activities are being conducted,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecial attention will be placed on the most vulnerable populations.\u201d The funding is part of the EU\u2019s overall contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi, The European Union (EU) has donated an initial 1,90,000 euros to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) for providing immediate assistance in flood-devastated Kerala.\u201cIn response to the devastating monsoon floods that swept across large parts of Kerala, the EU has allocated an initial contribution of \u20ac1,90,000 in humanitarian aid funding to support the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312,315],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39973,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971\/revisions\/39973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}