“Storm-ravaged Libya faces a long road to recovery as humanitarian groups ask for $71 million in aid”
September 18, 2023
“…According to the UN Development Programme, “humanitarian partners are requesting $71.4 million to respond to the most urgent needs of 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need, over the next three months.” Roula Abubaker, a spokesperson for UNDP, told CNBC the organization is still gathering data from the mission on the ground to determine the full cost of the damage.
Over 3,000 people have been killed and more than 9,000 remain missing with the toll expected to rise, according to the World Health Organization, but numbers have been difficult to verify. Meanwhile the International Organization for Migration estimates 40,000 people have been internally displaced following the storm. Medical centers are struggling to treat civilians and morgues are running out of space for the deceased…”
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/storm-hit-libya-needs-tens-of-millions-in-aid-relief-groups-say.html
I don’t trust anything the U.N. or W.H.O. does. Everywhere they get involved things become worse not better.