UN food agency gets $10.5 million from EU for emergency aid in Angola
17 October -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation of $10.5 million from the European Union for the people in need of relief assistance in war-ravaged Angola.
The donation will enable WFP to deliver and distribute 14,000 metric tonnes of maize and 1,300 metric tonnes of cooking oil to the most vulnerable populations in the country.
"We are extremely grateful for this donation which comes at a critical moment," said Ronald Sibanda, WFP Representative in Angola. "We were facing a break in the food pipeline next month which could have forced us to drastically cut aid deliveries and distributions in many areas. This will enable us to continue providing assistance at least until January 2001."
Last January, WFP launched a $207 million operation to assist 1.5 million people per month for a 15-month period. The funds received so far left a shortfall of $90 million, with almost 60 per cent of the donations coming from the United States.
Because of insufficient funding for the operation, WFP has only been able to transport and distribute a monthly average of 13,000 tonnes instead of 17,000 tons. This has forced the agency to limit food distribution to 1 million people.
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