Today's top news: Global Humanitarian Overview, Ukraine

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People displaced by violence at a site in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo OCHA

Global Humanitarian Overview

Halfway into 2023, we have only received 20 per cent of the US $54.8 billion we need to help people in need around the world.

At the end of 2022, the number of people who need aid was a record 349 million, but that number has climbed to 362 million. This means that one in 22 people globally now require assistance.

With needs growing exponentially, funding is struggling to keep pace.

OCHA also warns that unequal funding across emergencies and sectors have challenged our ability to respond to the surging needs. Current underfunded crises include Myanmar, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Venezuela, Somalia and Afghanistan.

These funding gaps have real consequences on millions of people’s food insecurity, health and protection, among others, and we encourage donors to continue to contribute generously to the humanitarian response plans.

Ukraine

We and our partners are continuing to help people affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.

Since 6 June, we have organized 15 inter-agency convoys which delivered more than 60 truckloads of vital supplies to over 20 villages and towns of the Dnipro and Kherson regions, including Kherson city.

The latest inter-agency convoy today reached two villages in the Dnipro region, carrying water, food, hygiene kits and medical supplies to nearly 2,000 civilians in the area. These villages, which are less than 10 km from the front line, have been completely cut off from water since June 7th, affecting more than 10,000 civilians.

Yesterday, another inter-agency convoy delivered for around 1,500 civilians in the town of Antonivka, which is approximately 2.5 km from the front line in the Kherson region. Last Friday, humanitarian workers reached other two villages, also in Kherson, with enough aid for nearly 2,000 people.

These inter-agency frontline convoys are in addition to the aid that UN agencies and NGOs are providing.

Overall, humanitarian workers have distributed more than 2.6 million litres of drinking water and over 180,000 rations of food. Cash assistance has reached more than 11,000 people, with another 35,000 people set to receive cash in the coming days.