EU humanitarian funding supports aid organisations delivering life-saving assistance to vulnerable people, including people affected by conflict, drought or food shortages, to enable them to meet their most urgent needs. This assistance includes food, shelter, access to clean water and basic health services, protection and education. Earlier in 2020, the EU has also provided €11 million to the UN’s FAO to help it tackle the locust outbreak and protect the livelihoods of affected farmers and pastoralists in the region. Following the recent torrential rains that caused devastating floods and landslides across the region, the EU mobilised €1.4 million in emergency assistance to respond to immediate needs in Somalia.