UK International Development Secretary declares which charities and NGOs have got UK aid funding to support fight coronavirus in the developing world.
A total number of 40 charities and NGOs will get funding from the Department for International Development’s (DFID) £20 million humanitarian assistance package, which announced last month, or the £100 million global hygiene partnership with Unilever, revealed in last March.
From 18 May 2020, up to £30 million of new donations will also be made accessible to small and medium-sized UK charities. Health experts have recognized the weakness of developing countries’ healthcare systems as one of the biggest hazards to the global spread of the virus.
DFID is therefore rapidly reprioritizing its programs throughout the world to better tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these in-country programs are currently operated directly by civil society organizations, including charities and NGOs.
The UK is also working with the United Nations to ensure the significant UK aid support, pledged in recent weeks, is passed on to its partner charities and NGOs as quickly as possible.
