Burundi: UN Appeals for Nearly U.S.$300M for Burundi Refugees

The U.N. refugee agency and 35 partners report $296 million is needed this year to provide life-saving assistance to 345,000 Burundian refugees living in desperate conditions in neighboring Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

UNHCR reports thousands of Burundians are going hungry because food rations have been cut for lack of money. It says the health of many people is on a knife’s edge because medicine is in short supply. It says schools are overcrowded, with many children missing out on an education. It says shelter is inadequate.

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