UN provides $3m for rural communities in Nepal

The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated 3 million U.S. dollars to assist rural communities in Nepal, according to a release issued by the UN body on Thursday. In 2008, Nepal received a total of 12.6 million dollars from the CERF in four different allocations to provide humanitarian assistance in response to the Koshi floods, flooding and landslides in the mid and far-western regions, the food crisis, and other urgent humanitarian needs. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/04/content_10457224.htm