European Union provides €3 million boost to WFP operations in Sudan
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WFP Press Release
26 December 2013
European Union provides €3 million boost to WFP operations in Sudan
KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today
welcomed a generous contribution from the European Commission’s
Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)
towards WFP operations in Sudan.
The €3 million (US$4.1 million) contribution will cover the needs of
345,000 internally displaced people in Darfur and other areas.
“We are very grateful for ECHO’s continued support that helps WFP
provide timely and much needed food assistance to displaced and
conflict affected people as well as other vulnerable groups across the
country,” said WFP Representative and Country Director in Sudan Adnan
Khan.
WFP will also use part of the grant to purchase 395 metric tons of
specialised supplementary food for treating and preventing
malnutrition among 66,000 children, pregnant women and nursing mothers
for one month.
This contribution brings ECHO’s total contributions to WFP Sudan this
year to €20 million (US$27.1 million) making ECHO its second largest
donor.
Sudan remains one of WFP’s largest and most complex operations,
providing food assistance to people suffering conflict, displacement
and chronic under-nourishment in Darfur, as well as in the east and
border areas to the south.
In 2013, WFP plans to reach 3.9 million people across Sudan, 2.9
million of whom are in Darfur. In addition, WFP is concerned with
supporting those who have been newly displaced following recent
conflict in Darfur and South Kordofan, North Kordofan and Blue Nile
states.
WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger
worldwide. Last year, WFP reached more than 97 million people in 80
countries with food assistance.
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