INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has recently reported that it has received a contribution of GBP25 million (approximately US$28.8 million)
from the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
(FCDO) and added that the funds will go towards WFP&s emergency operations for 15 million Afghan people facing food insecurity this
winter.According to WFP, after having struggled through a year of unprecedented economic hardship and environmental disasters like drought,
earthquakes and flooding, the already dire situation for many Afghan families is expected to further deteriorate in the coming months.WFP
has started ramping up assistance across the country as millions of families have almost no way to cope with another harsh winter.This
latest life-saving support from the UK is estimated to help around 650,000 people to get through the harsh winter in Afghanistan through the
World Food Programme, with food for the most vulnerable and those living in remote areas,& said UK Minister of State for Middle East, South
Asia and the UN Lord (Tariq) Ahmad.The UK is taking a leading role in the humanitarian response in Afghanistan and has provided GBP286
million of aid to the country this year, making it the UK&s biggest bilateral aid programme.With the latest contribution, WFP Afghanistan
has by now received GBP184 million from FCDO since November 2021
It will enable WFP to provide food and nutrition support to 400,000 severely food insecure people through in-kind food distributions and
250,000 people with monthly cash transfers that go directly to families to help them cover their food needs in areas where markets are
In total, WFP will distribute 16,000 mt of nutritionally balanced food commodities and US$ 9.3 million in cash.WFP is one of the last
remaining barriers between Afghanistan and absolute desperation and hunger,& said WFP Afghanistan&s Country Director Mary-Ellen McGroarty
&The British Government has been a long-standing partner of WFP
We thank the UK for standing with the people of Afghanistan
The latest contribution will allow us to help tens of thousands of vulnerable families in the coming months when hunger bites hardest.Since
the beginning of this year, WFP has reached 21.9 million people with emergency food and nutrition assistance, cash-based transfers and
Racing time, WFP is already prepositioning a planned 150,000 mt of food and nutritious supplies in strategic locations across the country
before snow and ice make many communities inaccessible
This will ensure WFP to continue reaching vulnerable communities in remote areas throughout winter. The post WFP receives almost $28.8
million from UK govt to help 650,000 Afghans this winter first appeared on Ariana News.
