THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

$10,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $0.24 for every person in Canada ≈ 129 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Burkina Faso
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
March 30, 2021 – September 30, 2022
Reference
CA-3-P010074001

Published purpose

This World Food Programme project is a coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency response initiative of $10 million for 18 months in South Sudan and Somalia. The project aims to provide integrated activities to support children’s wellbeing, health and nutrition. Project activities include: 1) delivering school meals, take-home rations and micronutrient supplementation and deworming to 111,500 school children in Somalia and South Sudan; and (2) ensuring adherence to COVID-19 mitigation measures.

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