United Nations allocates $1.1 million for humanitarian response
To alleviate the dzud hardship condition in which the herders of Northern part of Mongolia are severely affected, the United Nations has allocated $1.1 million through its Central Emergency Response F
United Nations allocates $1.1 million for humanitarian response. To alleviate the dzud hardship condition in which the herders of Northern part of Mongolia are severely affected, the United Nations has allocated $1.1 million through its Central Emergency Response Fund to launch a rapid humanitarian response and provide life-saving assistance. UN Central Emergency Response Funds aim to address the most urgent needs of 3,500 poorest and most vulnerable herder households across 36 sub provinces in 13 provinces. To assist herder families to access essential items such as food, fuel and basic medications, Central Emergency Response Fund will provide multipurpose cash grants. The most vulnerable families will also receive animal feed packages and veterinary first aid kits to minimize the loss of livestock as their main source of food and income. Across the country, 37,000 herder households in 17 out of 21 provinces in Mongolia are affected with dzud and among them 8,000 households are in urgent need of support. The unpleasant weather patterns over the summer and autumn in 2016 with drought conditions in the North-East affected pasture growth and late autumn rains destroyed part of the harvest, that jeopardize the preparation of sufficient forage reserves that are needed to get the livestock, on which herder livelihoods depend, through the extended and cold winter.
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