The Disaster Risk Management Commission reports that more than eight million request for assistance have been made for the Amhara and Afar regions of Tigray. Currently, 141 000 671 metric tonnes of help are required for one month. Debebe Zewde, the chief of communications for the commission, reported that Zones Two, Four, and Five were sent to North Wolo and Afar.
In light of the current situation, 997 metric tonnes of food, or 95% of the second wave of aid, have been made available. The first wave of aid has already been distributed in full. He mentioned that a total of 274,668 metric tonnes of food have been transported to three regions since relief deliveries got underway in October by the government, the World Food Program, a group of non-governmental organisations, and partner organisations.
Also, according to Ato Debebe, partners have handed Mekele and Shire more than 2 billion birr in cash.