EU humanitarian aid to Timor, China and Haiti

The European Commission has decided to give humanitarian aid to displaced Timorese people (€1.935 million), to China (€0.73 million) and to Haiti (€0.4 million). The assistance is channelled through the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), which comes under the authority of Commissioner Poul Nielson.

Timor (€1.935 million)

Humanitarian support is being provided for East Timorese refugees still living in camps in West Timor. The assistance includes therapeutic feeding for people who are severely malnourished and supplementary feeding for almost 10,000 children and 1,700 women who are either pregnant or breastfeeding. Water will also be supplied to more than 26,000 people at 18 refugee sites while 5,000 families (both refugees and vulnerable local people) will receive plastic sheeting, hygiene kits and children's clothing.

The decision also covers support, through the UNHCR, for the voluntary return of East Timorese refugees living in other parts of Indonesia and for family reunifications.

China Tibet Autonomous Region (€0.73 million)

The funding is being directed towards traditional Tibetan herders and their families who suffered major livestock losses as a result of exceptional snowfalls at the end of last winter. It is being spent on foodstuffs, medicines and replacement livestock for 25,000 people in the worst affected districts.

Haiti (€0.4 million)

Emergency aid is being supplied to victims of the recent floods in southern Haiti. It includes the distribution of food, shelter and emergency kits to some of the worst affected families, rehabilitation of two health centers and the restoration of a water and sanitation network that was destroyed during the storms, leaving 15,000 people without access to clean water.

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