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Case Announces Additional $2.5 Million To Aid Tonga In The Aftermath Of Destructive Volcanic Eruption

Statement

By: Ed Case
By: Ed Case
Date: Jan. 22, 2022
Location: Honolulu, HI
Issues: Foreign Aid

Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $2.5 million in critical assistance to the Kingdom of Tonga in the aftermath of the destructive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano.

"This funding is in addition to the initial $100,000 already provided to the Tonga Red Cross Society that will fund critical water, sanitation and hygiene supplies and support disease prevention campaigns to reduce the spread of infectious disease," said Case.

The humanitarian aid comes after the underwater volcano erupted on January 15th local time in Tonga, the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in 30 years which triggered widespread damage to Tonga as well as a tsunami that was felt across the Pacific.


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