Mercy Corps: Funding Is Urgently Needed to Save Lives in Nigeria and Across the Lake Chad Region
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release:
Ahead of this week's Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region taking place in Oslo, Norway, the global organization Mercy Corps urges governments to commit funding to meet humanitarian needs and tackle underlying causes of conflict. The United Nations appeal for the region in 2017 is $1.5 billion to fund assistance to more than 10 million people across the Lake Chad region, including m . . .
Ahead of this week's Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region taking place in Oslo, Norway, the global organization Mercy Corps urges governments to commit funding to meet humanitarian needs and tackle underlying causes of conflict. The United Nations appeal for the region in 2017 is $1.5 billion to fund assistance to more than 10 million people across the Lake Chad region, including m . . .