KATHMANDU: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) seeks to correct some points published in the news today.
WFP has purchased more than 11,000 metric tons of rice for the Nepal earthquake response. Of this, more than 5,000 metric tons has been purchased locally from Nepali suppliers and these purchases are continuing. The remainder that couldn’t be sourced locally was purchased from the State Trading Corporation of India after a tender process.
The cost of the rice bought from the State Trading Corporation of India is 34.87 Rs per kilogram, not 0.34 Rs as has been incorrectly reported.
WFP works closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs in Nepal. A senior official of the Ministry has been stationed within the WFP-managed interagency Humanitarian Staging Area at the airport since the earthquake response started for the purpose of even closer cooperation and transparency.……
WFP has begun providing cash assistance to close to 9,500 people affected by the floods in the country’s south earlier this year.
TIRANA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing cash assistance to close to 9,500 people affected by the floods in the country’s south earlier this year.
WFP responded to the request of the Government of Albania to provide assistance for the most vulnerable families in badly hit communities, through cash transfers to help them to rebuild their lives. The February floods were Albania’s second worst floods on record; only a disaster in 1971 was worse.
The Albanian Red Cross covered immediate food requirements in the aftermath of the floods, but there is still a pressing need for food assistance. WFP is providing a cash injection to the most vulnerable families in flood-affected communities. “The torrential rains forced people out of their homes and shattered the lives of many. WFP is striving to help them regain control and get back to normal life, through providing them with cash assistance,”……
