The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Libya (OCHA) said that over 194,000 people in Libya benefited from humanitarian assistance including food, education, health, shelter and protection services provided by the UN and humanitarian partners in 2022.
In a tweet, OCHA thanked its partners, colleagues and all humanitarians in Libya. OCHA explained that 77,000 people benefited from food assistance. 24,000 people benefited from educational services.
It added 70,000 people benefited from health services and 45,000 from the shelter and non-food items assistance.
According to OCHA, 26,000 people benefited from water, hygiene and sanitation assistance. 104,000 people benefited from protection assistance, including Gender-Based Violence (GBV), child protection and psychological support.
On Friday, the German Ambassador to Libya Michael Ohnmacht said that Germany supported Libya with more than €10 million in humanitarian aid in 2022.
In a tweet, the Ambassador added that their colleague visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Libya, one of Germany’s humanitarian partners to support vulnerable groups in Libya, on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day.
On its part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya said on World Humanitarian Day, “we honour the work of people helping to provide life-saving help to bring hope and ease suffering when there are urgent humanitarian needs and to support communities”
In a related context, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Libya has welcomed a contribution of JPY¥200 million (about US$1.53 million) from Japan for food distribution in the West and the East of Libya.
The WFP said the project aims to provide food assistance to more than 10,000 beneficiaries, including vulnerable and food-insecure people, as well as schoolchildren.
The Japanese government recently confirmed a new contribution of US$ 500,000. This is to provide general food assistance to some 8,500 vulnerable Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs), host communities, and returnees in the south of Libya who are suffering from high food prices, exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine.
“WFP is extremely grateful to the Government of Japan for these generous contributions coming at a crucial time in a world struggling with the impact of COVID-19 and the conflict in Ukraine,” said Maysaa Al-Ghribawy, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Libya.