Australia has donated the sum $3 million to the rehabilitation and upkeep of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The country also said that it had dedicated an additional $2.4m to existing projects to combat malnutrition in Niger, adding that its total global contribution to the World Food Programme for 2015-2016 was $43.3m.
The Australian High Commission in Abuja in a statement, Monday, stated that Australia’s contribution to the WFP was being used in all four countries to assist up to 400,000 of the region’s refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and the communities hosting them to gain access to life-saving food assistance.
“Special attention is being paid to children under five, pregnant women and nursing mothers faced with malnutrition,” it added.
