ECHO EU humanitarian aid
08 August 2006, 23:58 CET
Thanks to ECHO, humanitarian action occupies a key position in the European Union's external action. ECHO is the world's main player in this field. Through ECHO funding, some 18 million people are helped each year in more than 60 countries through 200 partners (NGOs, ICRC, and UN agencies like the UNHCR and the WFP). The EU Humanitarian Aid Office spends more than EUR 500 million a year on financing humanitarian projects.
The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/echo/index_en.htm
