The United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) has agreed to increase relief assistance for the low income communities from US $ 117 million to US $ 135 million with the influx of large numbers of internally displaced persons of the North, Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Ministry Project Director R.H.W.A. Kumarasiri told the Daily News yesterday.
WFP is assisting the Nation Building Ministry in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Puttalam, Pollonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Ampara, Moneragala, and Hambantota. There are over 433,000 beneficiaries, he said. WFP's largest operation in Sri Lanka started in the aftermath of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, assisting over 918,000 beneficiaries.
It has also been assisting the schoolchildren mid-day meal program in collaboration with the Education Ministry since August 2003. A total number of 393,000 students from 1,615 schools benefit from this program. Read more ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment