Austria Helps: Covid-19 Accelerates Global Crises

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: December 15, 2020; 22:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian government has decided to increase its funding for the Foreign Disaster Fund and the Austrian Development Agency, which are both responding to ongoing crises in the world. In total, the two programs will be able to help people in need with over EUR 175 million in 2021, an increase of almost EUR 40 million compared to 2020.

Austria's Foreign Ministry Alexander Schallenberg has announced an increase of funding for the Foreign Disaster Fund and the Austrian Development Agency. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Gruber / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

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