The European Commission provided 166,000 euros as humanitarian funding to help families suffered by the heavy rains and floods which affected over 32,500 people in Egypt between end of October and beginning of November 2016. 

This EU-funding supports the Egyptian Red Crescent in delivering relief assistance to meet the immediate needs of up to 10,000 people affected by the floods, the EU website said on Monday. 

The funding will help refill the stocks of blankets, mattresses, pillows, plastic sheeting and other urgently needed items that had been given out during the first hours of the disaster.

EU funding will help finance the first aid response as well as hygiene promotion and kits to reduce the risk of water and sanitation related diseases. 

The funding is part of the EU's overall contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Source: MENA