UN seeks $1 billion for ‘first-responder fund’ in emergencies
Since 2006, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated nearly $10 billion in more than 110 countries through rapid and strategic financing that often arrives before other sources of support, saving countless lives in the process. But with humanitarian needs rising as crises multiply, the “tank is running on empty – with millions of lives hanging in the balance,” UN Secretary-General António […]
