Ebola-stricken countries get $142m USAID grants
Thursday, 16 October 2014
US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah announced on Thursday nearly $142 million in humanitarian projects and grants to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Shah made the announcement after meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia in the capital city of Monrovia. It was the first stop in a week-long trip for Shah to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Senegal to meet with national and local officials, aid organisations, and staff involved in the international response to the Ebola outbreak. The announcement brings total US humanitarian assistance for the Ebola crisis to more than $258 million. Stopping Ebola in West Africa will require a significant international effort, and the United States urges our global partners to provide additional assistance to help bring the outbreak under control, Shah said, according to APA.