US provides $10.5m donation for IDPs in North East Nigeria (PHOTO)

The United States government has provided a sum of $10.5 million donation for the rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Northeast Nigeria. The grant was announced in a statement released by the USAID today June 11th.

Part of the statement reads: "The grants will support the activities of the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve access to health care services for affected populations in Boko Haram affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. With this new funding, total U.S. humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis is nearly $44 million."

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