ON DEVELOPMENT | How the focus on Ukraine is hurting other humanitarian responses

July 9, 2022

The Russian invasion is sucking up attention, funding, and resources. Aid workers say it’s starting to cost lives. The UN’s appeal for Ukraine is more than 80 percent funded for this year. In comparison, the UN response plan for Afghanistan is around 38 percent funded, Yemen’s is around 27 percent funded, and Sudan’s is around 20 percent funded.

Source: How the focus on Ukraine is hurting other humanitarian responses, The New Humanitarian, by Corinne Redfern, July 7, 2022; (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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