Submitted by Callum Tennant on Tuesday 26th January 2021
Published on Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Current status: Closed
Closed: Monday 2nd August 2021
Signatures: 25
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2020 ~ Africa ~ Britain ~ Dairy ~ Devastated ~ Devastating ~ East Africa ~ foreign aid ~ fund ~ Leading ~ security ~ UK
Provide emergency funding to safeguard anti-locust operations in East Africa
Aircraft fighting a locust invasion in East Afria will stop flying, unless £28m in emergency funding is secured.
Preventative action in locust epidemics is vital. Without action: livelihoods, food security and stability will be devastated.
UK aid can solve this crisis and keep planes flying.
This year the UK government cut foreign aid by £5bn. The UK government could fund this lifesaving initiative, if it reversed just 0.56% of those cuts.
This is an opportunity for a Global Britain to move proactively in preventing a humanitarian crisis.
Anti-locust operations since January 2020 alone have helped avoid crop and dairy losses worth an est $1.2bn.
This action is the embodiment of UK aid goals, that we should: "Focus our efforts where the UK can make a world-leading difference."
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