United Nations, Ramadan 25, 1435, Jul 22, 2014, SPA -- The U.N. refugee agency on Tuesday urged donors to increase funding for programs in the countries hosting refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR). “The CAR remains one of the most poorly-funded emergencies. The underfunding is badly hampering our ability to provide even basic survival assistance for the refugees and even less to host communities,” Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters. The appeal to revise the Regional Refugee Response Plan, which covers the asylum-providing countries of Chad, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo, has a target of $210 million to help 306,500 people by December 14. Only 31 percent of the targeted funds have been met, there is an urgent need for life-saving supplies, and “serious gaps in assistance remain in shelter and water, sanitation and hygiene,” said Baloch. --SPA 23:40 LOCAL TIME 20:40 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w