Development minister Bert Koenders has earmarked €1.5 million in emergency aid for the victims of floods that have hit Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Dutch aid money will be used to provide food, medicine and shelter to some of the 1.3 million people affected. Across the four countries the floods have driven 120,000 people from their homes.
Koenders' pledge is the Dutch response to an appeal for aid by the United Nations. 'In previous flood situations in southern Africa, the World Food Programme demonstrated its effectiveness,' said Koenders, 'and I have every confidence that the emergency funds will be spent quickly and judiciously.'
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