THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$6,750,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Colombia
- Fiscal year
- 2011-2012
- Agreement period
- February 24, 2012 – December 31, 2012
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-M013688001
Published purpose
February 2012 - Established in 1961, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the food assistance arm of the United Nations, and is the largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger in the world. WFP provides food assistance to vulnerable populations as a means of addressing hunger and global food insecurity. WFP has demonstrated knowledge and capacity to address the urgent food needs of vulnerable populations, and contribute to fighting global hunger. Given WFP’s presence and capacity, there are no other agencies that are able to perform the same functions on a similar scale as WFP. CIDA funding is supporting WFP food assistance operations in various countries in the Americas in 2012. WFP’s main programming areas in humanitarian contexts the provision of food assistance to address acute malnutrition and food insecurity, and to protect livelihoods.
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This grant funds the United Nations World Food Programme to provide food assistance and address acute malnutrition and food insecurity in vulnerable populations across the Americas in 2012.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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