UN: More Funds Needed to Provide Aid to Philippines

The U.N. says it has raised just over a third of the money it needs to provide emergency aid in the central Philippines, 12 days after the region was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.Orla Fagan with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Philippines tells VOA it will take a "concerted effort" to reach the world body's fundraising goal."It is 37 percent funded and 63 percent unmet. And that's for the immediate life-saving (needs), and has...

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