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<p>Extensive spring rains have come at a time when Ethiopia is experiencing its worst
drought in 30 years, which has already left 18 million people in urgent need of relief.
Britain is scaling up its response to help the Government of Ethiopia provide lifesaving
support to thousands of families in urgent need after severe flooding.</p><p>Emergency
humanitarian supplies – including 34,000 shelter kits, 60,000 blankets, 30,000 kitchen
sets, clean water devices and other equipment – have begun arriving in Ethiopia to
help 150,000 people in immediate need cope with the aftermath of intense flooding.</p><p>The
UK is already the second largest bilateral humanitarian donor in Ethiopia, and this
new support, at around £3.5 million, brings our total funding to the current humanitarian
response in Ethiopia to £145 million.</p>
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