Tunisia: USAID Partners With UNICEF On Social Safety Net for Tunisian People

Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a grant of $60 million to UNICEF to provide direct support to vulnerable Tunisian families as they contend with rolling food shortages, fuel and food price hikes, and rising economic uncertainty.

The Tunisian market was already experiencing shortages in key commodities when Putin’s unjustified war on Ukraine caused wheat and oil prices to skyrocket, endangering the stability of many Tunisian families.

This award reflects the…