ADB provides 3 mln USD to Cambodia for flood relief

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing emergency humanitarian assistance of 3 million U.S. dollars to help Cambodia recover from devastating floods that have affected 1.7 million people and caused an estimated 1 billion U.S. dollars in damage, the Bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

The grant, from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Facility, will be used to provide rice seeds, make temporary repairs to irrigation canals and related facilities, and rapidly restore connectivity of damaged rural roads through cash-for-work programs, the statement said. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
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