THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$6,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Ethiopia
- Fiscal year
- 2011-2012
- Agreement period
- January 9, 2012 – December 31, 2013
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-M013656001
Published purpose
December 2011 - Ethiopia is still suffering from the effects of the worst drought in sixty years, with an estimated 4.9 million people, including more than 260,000 refugees, requiring humanitarian assistance. In the worst-affected areas, in the south and east of the country, food insecurity and loss of livestock have led to high rates of acute malnutrition and the devastation of livelihoods, particularly amongst pastoralist communities. In addition, the influx of refugees fleeing conflict and famine in neighbouring Somalia has further strained the local capacity to weather the drought. With CIDA support, WFP is helping to meet the food security needs of up to four million Ethiopians per year for two years through general food distribution and targeted supplementary feeding.
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This contribution supports the UN World Food Programme in Ethiopia to provide general food distribution and targeted supplementary feeding to up to four million people affected by drought and refugee influx over two years.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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