The following excerpt is from a January 10 article published by ECOWorld. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A drought-stricken section of Guatemala will receive almost $2 million in emergency humanitarian aid from the European Commission, officials say.
The EC’s Humanitarian Aid department has set aside the money to ensure some 20,000 residents have enough food, water and seeds.
The drought, caused by El Nino, has left parched a corridor of Guatemala bordering El Salvador and Honduras, an EC release said Friday.
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