WFP welcomes US donation to maintain food assistance for refugees in Tanzania
With support from USAID, WFP provides emergency food assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in the camps. Devdiscourse News Desk | Dar Es Salaam | Updated: 15-03-2021 23:03 IST | Created: 15-03-2021 23:03 IST
WFP distributes monthly rations consisting of cereal, pulses, salt, vegetable oil and fortified maize meal, including specialised nutritious foods for vulnerable pregnant and nursing mothers and children under five. Image Credit: World Food Programme
Today, at the Tanzania Port Authority, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes an US$8 million contribution from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contribution will help maintain critical food assistance to refugees living in Nduta, Mtendeli and Nyarugusu camps in north-western Tanzania.