Aid Workers: World War and Nations Warning

aid workers: The UN has said 4.4 billion in humanitarian aid is needed by July to avert disaster, according to Huffington Post Canada. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen urged factions in the conflicts in the affected countries to allow safe access for aid workers so that they can provide much-needed help to those at risk of starvation. The pledge comes in response to a United Nations warning earlier this month that the desperate situation in the four countries represents the largest humanitarian crisis the world has faced since the end of the Second World War. Photo The Canadian Press Canada's contribution of 119.25 million, to be delivered through UN agencies and non-governmental humanitarian organizations, will go towards the provision of food, health care services, clean water and sanitation facilities, and support to protect people's income-generating activities. Severe food insecurity in the region is the result of internal conflicts, which have displaced millions, and major drought in Somalia. In particular, the aid is to be targeted at the most vulnerable, generally women and children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.