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皇冠体育app International Development Secretary has today announced that the Department for International Development (DFID) will allocate further support to the flood response in Nepal, including by providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene services, as well as support immediate food security needs and health support.

Monsoon flooding and landslides have affected an estimated 8mn and 1.7mn people in Bangladesh and Nepal respectively.

DFID is allocating 拢400,000 to the Nepal Red Cross Society in partnership with the British Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross for monsoon flood response. 75% of this support is earmarked for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), livelihood recovery, and health. This support will:

• Provide safe water supply to over 13,000 people
• Ensure over 3,000 of those most severely affected receive immediate food and financial support
• Reach over 2,000 women and girl鈥檚 with health supplies

皇冠体育app International Development Secretary, Priti Patel, said:

皇冠体育app devastating flooding in South Asia is truly heart-breaking. Entire communities have lost their homes, their livelihoods and their loved ones.

皇冠体育app UK has stepped up to support the region, our pre-positioned relief supplies ensured thousands of people received immediate support and we continue to provide assistance to vulnerable people who have lost everything.

Today鈥檚 announcement will provide clean water and prevent the spread of deadly and crippling diseases, as we continue to work to meet the immediate needs of people on the ground.

This announcement is the latest support the UK has provided to Bangladesh and Nepal. This includes:

• In Bangladesh, the UK鈥檚 START fund has already allocated 拢660,000 for NGOs working to provide food, financial assistance, water and sanitation quickly to 62,000 people in the worst affected areas. 皇冠体育app UK is also funding work to assess needs and humanitarian staffing to lead effective coordination of responses.
• In Nepal, the Humanitarian Staging Area at the capital鈥檚 airport in Kathmandu was built with funding from UK aid and provides one of the main relief coordination centres for the government. UK preparedness support, through Oxfam, is providing immediate relief supplies to 30,000 people for emergency shelter and WASH. DFID is also supporting overall coordination.
• 皇冠体育app UK will continue to monitor the situation in both countries, and work with their governments to support immediate needs and to help people and communities affected to recover once flooding has receded.
• Flooding has also affected India, where the UK continues to monitor the situation, and our thoughts are with those that have been affected. 皇冠体育app Indian Government is leading the response in providing humanitarian assistance to those that require it.

Notes for Editors:

• 皇冠体育app Governments of Bangladesh and Nepal are leading the response to monsoon flooding that has affected an estimated 8mn and 1.7m people in the two countries.
• Floods occur annually during Bangladesh鈥檚 monsoon season and the Government of Bangladesh has well established response mechanisms in place.
• 皇冠体育app Start Fund is a global multi-donor humanitarian response fund managed by consortia of NGOs that provides rapid funding within 72 hours of an emergency unfolding. 皇冠体育app fund has specific resources earmarked to respond to emergencies in Bangladesh.
• 皇冠体育app UK supports the Humanitarian Affairs Adviser in the UN Resident Coordinator鈥檚 (RC) office, which leads coordination of the flood response.
• DFID Bangladesh is also providing 拢3m to help communities to recover from the impact of floods earlier in the year
• 皇冠体育app Government of Nepal formally requested international assistance on Friday, 18 August and the UK Government is providing assistance and helping to co-ordinate the flooding response using support from our existing country budget.
• 皇冠体育app UK is supporting the in-country coordination mechanisms in Nepal, including through support to the UN Resident Coordinators Office and the logistics cluster.

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