EU allocates $224,500 to tackle drought in Indonesia
Emergency aid will help the Indonesian Red Cross deliver clean water to drought-hit regions
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – The European Union has allocated €200,000 (about $224,500) in emergency humanitarian aid for Indonesian communities hit by a severe, prolonged drought, the state news agency Antara reported.
The funding aims to secure safe water and reduce health risks for roughly 200,000 people in the hardest-hit areas, supporting the Indonesian
Red Cross in distributing clean water by tanker, promoting hygiene and providing medical masks and oxygen concentrators where wildfire smoke has worsened air quality.
Months of below-average rainfall have triggered acute water shortages across Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
The grant is part of a €16 million EU contribution to the Red Cross federation’s disaster-response fund.
Indonesia’s weather agency projected that moderate-to-strong El Niño conditions will persist into early 2027, delaying the monsoon, with peak rainfall not expected until December 2026 to February 2027.
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