WFP awarded U.S. commodities for school meals
October 23, 2013 | 12:16 AM
The United Nations World Food Program has been awarded $81 million in food commodities under the Agriculture Department’s McGovern-Dole international school meals programs, WFP announced today.
The food will be provided over a three-year period to feed children in Cambodia, Kenya, Liberia and Malawi. Each country will receive food valued at $20 million except Malawi, which will receive food valued at $21 million. USDA’s contribution will allow WFP to feed 3.9 million schoolchildren: 1.5 million in Kenya, 1.4 million in Malawi, 578,136 in Cambodia and 454,000 in Liberia.
The commodities provided are rice, yellow split peas, vegetable oil, bulgur (regular and soy-fortified) and a fortified nutritional product called Corn Soy Blend-Plus.
This program is in addition to school meals support that WFP is receiving from the McGovern-Dole program for five other countries: Bangladesh ($30 million), Ethiopia ($26.5 million), Haiti ($24 million), Laos ($10 million) and Nepal ($18 million). They are in different stages of previously-awarded, three-year grants.
Last year, WFP provided school meals or take-home rations to 24.7 million children around the world.
The food will be provided over a three-year period to feed children in Cambodia, Kenya, Liberia and Malawi. Each country will receive food valued at $20 million except Malawi, which will receive food valued at $21 million. USDA’s contribution will allow WFP to feed 3.9 million schoolchildren: 1.5 million in Kenya, 1.4 million in Malawi, 578,136 in Cambodia and 454,000 in Liberia.
The commodities provided are rice, yellow split peas, vegetable oil, bulgur (regular and soy-fortified) and a fortified nutritional product called Corn Soy Blend-Plus.
This program is in addition to school meals support that WFP is receiving from the McGovern-Dole program for five other countries: Bangladesh ($30 million), Ethiopia ($26.5 million), Haiti ($24 million), Laos ($10 million) and Nepal ($18 million). They are in different stages of previously-awarded, three-year grants.
Last year, WFP provided school meals or take-home rations to 24.7 million children around the world.
