From: noreply@ebolagroundwork.com
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:11:22 +0000
Subject: UN launches urgent appeal for donation
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$1b Needed To Tackle Ebola Crisis
UN launches urgent appeal for donation
BBC Online
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched another urgent appeal
for funds to help fight Ebola after a United Nations drive for
donations fell short of its target.
The UN chief said a $1bn trust fund he launched in September has
received just $100,000 (£62,000) so far. He joins a growing chorus of
world leaders criticizing the global effort to tackle the Ebola
outbreak, the disease has killed about 4,500 people so far, mostly in
Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Donors have given almost $400m (£250m) to other UN agencies and aid
organizations directly but the UN trust fund, intended to act as a
flexible spending reserve, has itself only received pledges of just
$20m (£12m) of those countries that have pledged money to the trust
fund, only Colombia has paid, giving $100,000 (£62,000).
The UN special envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, encourage the public and
other co-operate bodies to securely donate by visiting
http://www.un-ebolafoundation.org/
To donate via wire or cheque send detailes to
(ebolafund@unebolafoundation.org)
For other means of donation send inquiry to (support@ unebolafoundation.org)
We appreciate your support.
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