MANILA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it has provided a 4 million U.S. dollars emergency grant to Tuvalu to help fund drought relief efforts.
The Tuvalu government declared on Nov. 8 a state of public emergency due to the extreme drought affecting the whole country.
Aaron Batten, regional director of ADB’s Pacific Subregional Office in Fiji, said the persistent drough