Khama�s El Nino appeal reaches P12bn

Local farmers are among the region's hardest hit by EL Nino PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Local farmers are among the region's hardest hit by EL Nino PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The SADC region’s US$2.4 billion international appeal for relief aid in the wake of last season’s El Nino disaster has thus far raised US$1.13 billion (P11.99bn), an amount experts say is lower than hoped for at this stage.

Of the funding released by donors thus far, none has been directed at Botswana, which in September added its own requirements of US$66.2 million (P700 million), two months after President Ian Khama launched the appeal in July.

Botswana needs US$83 million (P881 million) in total for 1.1 million people exposed by successive El Nino droughts in 2014/15 and 2015/16. Government has said it will self-fund US$16.8 million (P178.3 million) of the amount.

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